The Bermuda Telephone Company [BTC], launched its new fiber based network — called PRISM — which BTC said will “provide both the highest capacity on the island and the end-to-end Quality of Service performance necessary...

(CNS): The islands’ young scientists will be sparking up the Bunsen Burners and rattling the test tubs this weekend when Rotary Central’s annual Science Fair, opens at the Arts and Recreation Centre at Cayman International...

Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Marc Bean held a press conference yesterday [May 17] regarding the ongoing reform of the telecommunications industry. Minister Bean’s full statement follows below: Good...

Students in the Lower Primary Department at Saltus Grammar School are taking learning into their own hands—literally. The school has launched a pilot iPad programme for its youngest students, becoming the first Bermuda school to do...

(CNS): The developer of the Ritz Carlton has failed to respond to enquiries about the future of the promised red mangrove replenishment programme which has not materialised two years after 378,000sqft of buffer was removed on the...

Santo Domingo.- A Dominican Republic university will participate for the first time in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) world finals, where only 100 teams among the more than 4,000 applicants will classify.

(CNS): Cayman Prep High School’s robotics team made a very respectable showing last weekend at the First Lego League World Invitational tournament. The Cyber Rays were up against a field of 64 teams in Lakeland, FL, where the...

(CNS): One of the world’s rarest flowers, the mysterious Ghost Orchid, is in bloom at the Cayman Turtle Farm, officials announced in a release Wednesday. Grand Cayman's Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax fawcetti) is a rare, endangered and...

(CNS): The one and only remaining animal sanctuary on Cayman Brac is losing its protected status because of a bad smell. Government has gazetted an amendment to the Animals Law which will remove Salt Water pond from the list of animal...

The Ministry of Business Development and Tourism is advising that World Intellectual Property (IP) Day will be recognized this year on Thursday April 26. Each year World IP Day revolves around a particular theme set by the World...

LIME BlackBerry customers will get free premium apps (software applications) courtesy of BlackBerry Operators Research In Motion (RIM) as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions. RIM will...

A new initiative birthed out of a collaborative effort between National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) and telecoms company LIME will allow NCCU members to access small loans for the purchase of computers and internet services. The...

The Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children (FDCC) launched its new state-of the-art website (www.fdcchildren.org) and attractive Facebook and Twitter platforms on October 13th, 2011, at the Palm Haven Hotel, Gros Islet,...

Governments Chief Personnel Officer Irma Edwards has said the availability of  new video conference equipment will significantly cut travel costs within the public service. New video conference equipment was officially handed over to...

Following on from RIM’s unprecedented announcement that BlackBerry customers will be able to avail of up to US$100 worth of premium BlackBerry apps in the coming weeks, Digicel is pleased to announce that it will also reimburse...

Dominica is expected to have an internet exchange point (IXP) up and running in January, the third in the English-speaking Caribbean, Bernadette Lewis, secretary general of the Caribbean Telecoms Union (CTU), told BNamericas. At the end...

Apple’s iPhone 4S will be released in Dominica and across the Caribbean on Friday, Jan. 13, the company announced today. The company will begin a rollout in Anguilla, Antigua, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands,...

The importance of Information and Communication Technologies, (ICT’s) was underscored on Monday when Dominica launched the second edition of the ICT road show at St. Gerard’s Hall in Roseau. The week-long initiative by the...