World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), celebrated each year on 17 May, marks the anniversary of the signature of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865, which led to the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This year, WTISD-2014 will focus on the theme: “Broadband for Sustainable Development”. Broadband is a … [Read more...] about Broadband 4 all: Caribbean is catching up
Climate Change & Environment
Dispatches from the Front Line: The Caribbean Struggle for Energy
by Lumas Kendrick, Jr. The Caribbean is an area long admired for its alluring beauty and captivating lifestyle. Yet, beneath the surface of this tropical paradise, the people in the Caribbean are locked into a struggle that threatens their very lifestyle. The issue is the struggle to control the spiraling cost of energy that threatens to undue all of the hard won gains of … [Read more...] about Dispatches from the Front Line: The Caribbean Struggle for Energy
Combatting the Terror of Flooding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9824382gOsA Flooding is by no means a problem experienced alone by those in tropical climates, but it afflicts the lives of people across the world. In February of this year, we saw the villages of Moorland and Fordgate in the United Kingdom besieged by flood waters and the grim impact of flooding in Burundi. Further underscoring the case that … [Read more...] about Combatting the Terror of Flooding
World Water Day
Water plays a tremendous role in everything we do. Water cannot be substituted, nor is it replaceable. It is a scarce resource needed in everyday life. On March 22, 2014 the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Water Land Environment and Climate Change collectively brought stakeholder attention to the … [Read more...] about World Water Day
Good Living Nah Lang Life for the Caribbean
"Good living nah lang life” is an African Guyanese proverb that translates to mean that the good life won’t continue indefinitely without sustained contribution from the one giving or living it and that nothing free and easy lasts forever. I could not help wonder if this proverb can very well reflect the state of Caribbean development when we think about the challenges facing … [Read more...] about Good Living Nah Lang Life for the Caribbean