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This Luxury Turks and Caicos Resort Has Huge Suites and Spectacular White Sand — and It Just Joined Leading Hotels of the World

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Long Bay Beach runs for nearly 3 miles along the southeastern side of Providenciales, a long stretch of white sand where steady trade winds move across shallow water that shifts between turquoise and pale blue depending on the light. The shoreline feels wide and open. Kiteboarders glide across the bay in the distance. The rhythm here […]

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Cable and Wireless Pays $1.85 Billion for Columbus International

By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional Caribbean telecom giant Cable and Wireless has agreed to purchase Barbados-based Columbus International, another major telecom provider in the wider Latin American and Caribbean region. London-listed Cable & Wireless, which does the majority of its business in the Caribbean, paid $1.85 billion for Columbus, which provides telecommunications and technology […]

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LIME to Invest $10M to Improve Mobile, Broadband in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional telecom provider LIME will be investing $10 million to improve networks in St Kitts and Nevis, the government announced this week. LIME will invest $4.5 million to expand 4G coverage in the twin-island federation, with another $5.4 million investment aimed at upgrading broadband services […]

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Grenada to Distribute Tablets in Schools

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will be launching a programme to distribute tablet computers in the country’s schools in September, the government announced this week. The plan will be conducted with help from telecommunications firm LIME, which offered to do so during a meeting that included Prime Minister Dr Keith […]


LIME to Invest $10M to Improve Mobile, Broadband in St Kitts and Nevis

Above: the signing ceremony in New Kingston (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional telecommunications firm LIME is partnering with the government of Jamaica on the “Start-Up Jamaica” initiative. Through the partnership, LIME will be providing Internet connectivity, furniture and equipment for the programme. Start-Up Jamaica, a public-private partnership that aims to help support […]

In Nevis, the Art of the Beach Bar

Above: Chevy’s Calypso Bar (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell NEVIS — Arms and legs shake, the rum flows freely, the music pulses and, if you concentrate, you can hear the soft reminder of the ocean just a few steps away. This is Caribbean beach bar country. And here, just off the edge of […]

Antigua Launching New ICT Project

Above: St John’s Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua and Barbuda is set to launch what it is calling a “major” new information and communication technology initiative. The multimillion-dollar initiative, which is called the Human Entrepreneurship and Assistive Resource Technologies project, is a partnership with telecom firm LIME. As […]

Montserrat Sending Three to CARIFTA

By the Caribbean Journal staff Montserrat is sending three athletes to the LIME CARIFTA Games, which begin in Bermuda this week. The team, led by Winston Scotland, will leave on Wednesday. Lester Ryan, making his third appearance at CARIFTA, will compete in the 100 and 200 metres along with Julius Morris, with Miguel Francis competing […]

Antigua, LIME Roll Out Laptop Programme for Country's Teachers

Above: a teacher receives a laptop (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Antigua, in collaboration with telecom LIME, has rolled out the third phase of its teacher laptop initiative, giving 500 teachers in the country a new high-speed laptop. Antigua is not the only Caribbean country to distribute laptops in this […]

Antigua to Put Wi-Fi in High Schools

By the Caribbean Journal staff Secondary schools across Antigua and Barbuda will get campus-wide Wi-Fi internet as part of the government’s Technology for Education 20/20 Initiative. As part of the programme, LIME will install Wi-Fi access points on all public and private secondary school compounds. On Monday, representatives from the Ministry of Information and Lime […]

Kirani James Signs Partnership with LIME

Above: Kirani James signs the deal with LIME Grenada GM Angus Steele By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenadian star sprinter Kirani James has signed an endorsement deal with LIME, the company announced today. James, the current world champion in the 400 metre race, will represent the brand in the Caribbean. “LIME has had a long […]

Antigua Could Liberalize Telecom Sector

Above: PM Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antiguan government is embarking on a series of programmes aimed at liberalizing the telecommunications sector in the country in 2012. “We really need to sit down, government, APUA and the telecoms division and really chart a proper course going forward,” said Prime Minister Dr Baldwin […]

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