Denis O’Brien, calls on UK government to “Step up and do the right thing”

Digicel chairman, Denis O’Brien, calls on UK government to “Step up and do the right thing” for volcano-ravaged former colony St. Vincent & The Grenadines Labels the lack of support as “a slap in the face” With the island of St. Vincent & the Grenadines facing a humanitarian crisis with the ongoing La Soufriere volcanic activity causing the mass displacement of over 30,000 people, food insecurity and a potential public […]

April 20, 2021

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Penny Pinch Partners with NEMO St. Lucia to facilitate donations

Penny Pinch has partnered with NEMO St. Lucia to facilitate donations from the region and the diaspora in aid of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, suffering from the recent volcanic effects eruption. Individuals can use the Penny Pinch Mobile App to send donations to NEMO, FREE of charge. Loved ones can also send money to their friends or family in need of assistance directly to their Bank account. Download the […]

April 14, 2021

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Entrepreneurs Invited to Participate in BOOST National Idea Pitch Competition

BOOST is hosting the first National Idea Pitch Competition which started on January 12, 2021. BOOST is a virtual business incubator and accelerator programme launched by Invest Saint Lucia in September 2020 and this competition is one of its many initiatives towards developing the local entrepreneurial landscape and individuals with innovative. Creative business ideas are welcome to submit via www.boostsaintlucia.com. Along with its key strategic partners, BOOST invites entrepreneurs or […]

January 27, 2021

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Digicel gives customers a better way to enjoy data

Today, Digicel is giving customers a better way to enjoy data by removing Pay-As-You-Go data in keeping with the promise of being transparent - with no hidden charges, no tricky terms and conditions and no leaving customers hanging. Pay-As-You-Go data, otherwise known as Pay Go, refers to paying per MB for data consumption outside of a Digicel Prime Bundle or plan. John Mangos, Digicel Group - Regional CEO West Indies […]

January 21, 2021

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Digicel steps out as a digital operator

Delivering simply more with powerful digital experiences and all-new data-packed Digicel Prime Bundles Digicel is today launching itself as a Digital Operator and is marking the occasion by delivering simply more through a suite of eight apps and a promise of powerful digital experiences. Today heralds a new frontier for Digicel as it goes all in on digital. Nineteen years after its launch in Jamaica as a mobile operator and […]

October 20, 2020

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Region to tackle roaming rates

Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have agreed to collectively approach the Region’s telecommunications providers to eliminate roaming charges throughout the Community. This is one of the priorities which they identified as an early benefit with respect to achieving a CARICOM Single ICT Space. At a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (ICT) on Friday, by video-conference, the Ministers agreed that this would […]

November 8, 2019

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WhatsApp hacked and millions of users affected

The discovery of a point of vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a spyware technology dealer have stated. WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide, discovered in early May that attackers were able to install surveillance software on to both iPhones and Android phones by calling targets using the app’s phone call function. The code […]

May 14, 2019

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