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Columbus Business Solutions Now Operating as C&W Business in Dominican Republic

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#Miami,FL, June 8, 2018 – United States of America – Columbus Business Solutions, part of Cable & Wireless Communications, a Liberty Latin America company, announced today that it will be operating under the trading name of C&W Business in the Dominican Republic, effective immediately.  The Company has offered broadband and related cloud based managed services in the country since 2013 under the Columbus Business Solutions brand.  Following an approval last year of an expansion of its telecommunications concession by INDOTEL, the telecom regulator in the Dominican Republic, the Company will now offer the full suite of C&W Business domestic and international managed network services, data center hosting, and customized IT service solutions, utilizing cloud based technology.

“This is an important milestone for our Company as we introduce the C&W Business brand to the Dominican Republic, continuing to provide our robust product portfolio and excellent service levels which our customers have grown accustomed to,” said Mario Marciano, Vice President of Latam, C&W Business.   “In the Dominican Republic, we continue our commitment to offer first-class solutions under the C&W Business brand, and ensuring customer experience is of the highest standard with our flagship portfolio of Unified Communications and Collaboration, Integrated Cloud and IT Solutions and Security products and services that enables organizations to transform their businesses,” added Marciano.

“C&W Business has created a solid and unique position across the region and we are thrilled to now operate under this iconic brand,” said Teudis Quezada, Country Manager, C&W Business, Dominican Republic.  “Under the C&W Business brand, we will offer businesses in the Dominican Republic, a wide range of managed services from Networking and Security, Connectivity, Cloud Services, other IT Solutions and Unified Communications.  We’re looking forward to continuing to deliver the most innovative technology solutions to our customers to help enable their businesses to grow and prosper,” said Quezada.

C&W Business solutions are backed by a fiber optic network owned and operated by C&W Networks, which spans more than 50,000 kilometers of subsea fiber and over 60 sub-sea cable stations.  In addition, C&W Networks has extensive terrestrial fiber networks enabling end-to-end solutions and a fully meshed MPLS overlay fabric.  The combined network is the most extensive, reliable service delivery platform in the region enabling the greater Caribbean, Central American and Andean region’s advancement in broadband speed and services.  A network designed with enough capacity and durability to meet all the needs of the region.

In addition, C&W Business owns and operates six state-of-the-art regional data centers in Bogota, Colombia; Panama City, Panama; Miami, Florida; the Cayman Islands and Curacao with a minimum uptime of Tier III to a maximum of Tier IV.  This year C&W Business attained the Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Partner (CMSP) Master certification for the Caribbean and Latin American region and it is the first provider operating in the region to achieve this distinction.  The Company is also certified in information security under ISO 27001 in the services of IaaS, DraaS and Security Operations Center (SOC).

 

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  • (From left to right) Mario Marciano, C&W Business, Vice President of LATAM and Teudis Quezada, C&W Business, Country Manager, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 7, 2018
  • (De izquierda a derecha) Mario Marciano, Vicepresidente de C&W Business de LATAM y Teudis Quezada, Country Manager de C&W Business en República Dominicana en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana el 7 de junio de 2018

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  • (From left to right) Jose Alfredo Rizek, Rizek law firm; Victor Lago, C&W Networks and LATAM; Vice President Legal, Jessica Arthur, Rizek law firm and Fabricio Gómez Mazara, Board Member of INDOTEL, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 7, 2018
  • (De izquierda a derecha) José Alfredo Rizek, de la firma de abogados Rizek; Victor Lago, Vicepresidente Legal de C&W Networks y LATAM; Jessica Arthur, de la firma de abogados Rizek; y Fabricio Gómez Mazara, miembro del consejo directivo de INDOTEL en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana el 7 de junio de 2018.

 

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CARPHA Progresses to Eligibility for the First Disbursement of Pandemic Funding

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Following a landmark Public Signing Ceremony for the Pandemic Fund (PF) Technical Cooperation Agreement (“Reducing the Public Health Impact of Pandemics in the Caribbean through Prevention, Preparedness, and Response” [RG-T4387] Project) on December 14, 2023, in Trinidad, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) continues to progress towards the start of implementation.

 CARPHA fulfilled the IDB’s nine conditions prior to first disbursement, achieving full eligibility on March 15, 2024, and is now eligible for the first disbursement. This milestone achievement in just 3 months after the signing speaks to the commitment of both CARPHA, the Executing Agency, and IDB, the Implementing Entity, toward the regional PF project with the objective of supporting the reduction of the public health impact of pandemics in the Caribbean by building pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) surveillance & early-warning systems (EWS), laboratory systems and workforce capacity, regionally at CARPHA and in countries.

Since the signing of the Technical Cooperation Agreement and as part of the conditions prior to first disbursement, CARPHA has achieved the following key outputs (i) the development of the PF Project Operations Manual, Multi-annual Execution Plan, Procurement Plan, Financial Plan, Procedure for CARPHA’s Financial Reporting System; (ii) vacancy announcements for two tranches of consultants with the subsequent hiring of five (Technical Coordinator, Financial Specialist, Procurement Specialist, Operations Officer and Project Operations Coordinator) and (iii) the establishment of the Project Execution Unit (PEU) and Project Execution Steering Committee (PESC). The dedicated PEU will be responsible for execution according to its planned timelines, which will be led by the Dr. Lisa Indar, the Project Director (CARPHA’s Director of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control Division).

 CARPHA, as the lead regional public health agency and an expression of Caribbean Cooperation in Health is mandated by its Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to support its 26 CARPHA Member States (CMS) in bolstering national systems and coordinating regional response to public health threats. The Agency works closely with regional and international agencies and uses regional mechanisms, surveillance systems, and networks for coordinating its public health response work.

In July 2023, the PF Governing Board announced that CARPHA’s regional entity proposal, entitled ‘Reducing the Public Health Impact of Pandemics in the Caribbean through Strengthened Integrated Early Warning Surveillance, Laboratory Systems and Workforce Development’ was successfully selected for the first round of financing. It was one of only 19 proposals selected from over 300 submissions and the only regional project. The three priority areas in the proposal are: (i) Comprehensive disease surveillance and EWS, (ii) Laboratory systems and (iii) Human resources and public health and community workforce capacity.

This project is expected to begin implementation in March 2024, starting off with a blended onboarding session. A Stakeholder Meeting with countries is tentatively planned for July 2024.

CARPHA remains dedicated to working together with the IDB, CARPHA Member States and the Pandemic Fund to successfully implement the regional proposal geared toward reducing the public health impact of pandemics in the Caribbean.

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Men who had Murdered Man, Marley Higgs’ cell phone face Court

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Wilkie Arthur

Freelance Court Correspondent

The prosecution intends to try two young North Caicos men, both age 21 for the offense of possession of property of a murdered man, property that was stolen and landed in their possession.

The phone belonged to Peureton ‘Marley’ Higgs, who is believed to have been an innocent gunned down at his apartment complex in the Glass Shack area in a spray of bullets on February 2 that killed another man and wounded two others, including a ten-year-old little girl.

The cell phone was described as white in colour, an iPhone, in a hard black case. 

On Monday, March 18th, JEFFVANO HANDFIELD of North Caicos pleaded not guilty to the offense, and the matter was adjourned to April 2024. He was granted bail in the matter.

A second North Caicos man was charged similarly.  

SARENO CAPELLAN aka, Kino Williams is the second individual brought before the court pertaining to the said cellphone. He appeared in court a week after JEFFVANO HANDFIELD, the date being Monday March 25th 2024.

The case for the Crown is that both men sometime in February of this year possessed the cellphone knowing or suspecting it to be stolen property.

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Supreme Court Closed for Easter

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Easter Recess shall commence on Friday 29th April, 2024 and end on Friday 5th April, 2024. During the Easter Recess Judge Selochan will be available to deal only with matters that are urgent or require prompt attention.

Court Business During the Easter Recess

A person who wishes to have a matter heard during the recess must file a certificate of urgency along with an affidavit, which must set out the reasons why the matter is urgent or requires prompt attention. The matter will not be listed during the recess unless the Judge deems it fit for urgent hearing.

Opening Hours During the Easter Holiday

The Supreme Court’s last sitting day for the first term is Thursday 28th March, 2024. The Court will officially resume sittings on Monday 8th April, 2024. The Supreme Court Offices in both Grand Turk and Providenciales will continue to operate while the Court is not sitting during the recess.

The Court Office will be closed on the following public holidays:

  • Friday 29th March, 2024 (Good Friday) CLOSED
  • Monday 1st April, 2024 (Easter Monday) CLOSED

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