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Lead investigator in the e-mail investigation Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson has said “things are happening” in the probe and police have a “little way” to go with it again. Richardson spoke in an interview last Friday and yesterday on the e-mail probe which police began in May after complaints were brought by the Prime Minister. This resulted from presentation of certain e-mails in Parliament by PNM leader Keith Rowley who used the e-mails as the basis of his no-confidence motion against the Government. The e-mails alleged a “plot” by government officials on the Section 34 issue. Rowley’s e-mails—which he said came from a whistleblower—bore what purported to be e-mail addresses of the Prime Minister, Attorney General, Local Government Minister and the PM’s National Security Adviser. Government, citing discrepancies in the documents, deemed the e-mails false and fabricated.

Weiterlesen: TT: DCP Richardson: E-mail probe results almost there

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Primary schoolchildren between the ages of six and nine will soon have the opportunity to learn valuable information and communication technology (ICT) skills as part of a pilot programme dubbed Techno-Kids.

The programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (TEST) and will be conducted over the next two months at National Energy Skills Centres (NESC) across the county.

TEST Minister, Fazal Karim, announced his plans for Techno-Kids camps during the official opening of Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago’s (MTT) offices at 61 Mucurapo Road, St James last Wednesday. Prior to the ribbon cutting at the new facility, MTT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Government, represented by Karim, for the establishment of a local arm of Microsoft’s youth in education and entrepreneurship project, YouthSpark.

Weiterlesen: TT: Techno-Kids are coming

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Trinidad and Tobago’s minister for Social Development has proclaimed that a biometric system will be introduced to reduce crime and that citizens receiving State grant should enroll in the Republic’s Direct Deposit programme.

Reported in Trinidad Express, Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh – the Minister for Social Development – made the comments speaking to reporters after a United National Congress national executive meeting and specified that the new system will include a retinal scan.

Weiterlesen: TT: Trinidad and Tobago to roll out biometric system in July

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Security measures to protect against cyber-crimes, ICT (information and communications technology)-based community access centres located around the nation and the introduction of a third mobile service provider are just a few of the initiatives being spearheaded this year by the Ministry of Science and Technology and its related agencies—the National Information and Communication Technology Company Ltd, the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology and the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT).

Minister of Science and Technology Dr Rupert Griffith revealed a number of these initiatives yesterday during his address at a seminar hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, titled “Building Competitiveness Through Inno­vation in ICT”, at the MovieTowne conference and banquet hall, Invaders Bay, Port of Spain.

Weiterlesen: TT: Griffith announces new tech-based initiatives

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We have been grappling with the issue of public sector reform in Trinidad and Tobago for approximately 40 years during which time significant efforts have been made to improve the performance of agencies to deliver goods and services to citizens.

The current hope is that great leaps forward can be achieved through the use of computer technology to build ‘e-government’ platforms that can make a range of public goods and services accessible online. The use of modern technology to distribute governmental services will provide an entry to creating entrepreneurial government.

Weiterlesen: TT: Creating Entrepreneurial Government

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