bmobile partners with Gerontology Dept for a fun, insightful celebration of IOPD 2021

The United Nations General Assembly designated 1st October as the International Day of Older Persons (resolution 45/106). The UN has also adopted Plans and Principles related to ageing populations since the global life expectancy increased from 46 to 68 years between 1950 and 2010.

The TTPS spokesperson added that as Community Officers, their primary concern is the care and welfare of the community. “Since the pandemic began plaguing the world, we have seen a very high increase with families in need”. The officers at the Unit contribute a daily savings amount which goes toward hampers and other goodwill projects, but we rely heavily on corporate sponsors to keep this hamper drive in constant motion.”

Founder and Director Camille Selvon Abrahams is pleased to see the development of the space and believes there is no better time for such a competition. “For our 20th anniversary, we wanted to bring that element of public engagement through competition. We also felt that the time is right as we have a very different public to engage compared to the start of our journey at Animae Caribe. When we began, starting with the Festival, there was no local industry for animation and it was not considered a career path back in 2001,” she added.

The IdeaHub offers alternate uses as a digital whiteboard (with AI text and shape conversion), office utility as a Windows device, conference utility with multiple mics and a 4K camera that can ‘follow’ presenters, a wireless projection device (using the built-in IdeaShare software) and as a knowledge board with live streaming and more built-in.

bmobile joined parents, principals and students as they gathered at the Ministry of Education, Port of Spain, on 9th September 2021 to recognise and reward the top performers in this year’s Secondary Entrance Exams (SEA).

Citizens of T&T have been doing their duty at dozens of vaccination sites around the country, lining up for their first and second doses of the available Astra Zeneca, Sinopharm and Pfizer iterations. Many vaccinations have been administered via sites explicitly established for this purpose rather than at the nation’s medical institutions. However, most citizens may not realise that these sites are being operated by numerous Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) and executed by persons volunteering their time, efforts, and energy. One organisation, SEWA TT (pronounced See-Wa), has been overseeing the vaccination of as many as 3000 persons every day from their location at the Divali Nagar.

The primary languages that run the world are no longer English, Spanish or French. While these three have enjoyed prominence in diplomacy and commerce for the past century, the modern world is run more on computer code today, by the sheer scale of global communication, than any other language. Recognising that learning to code is a necessity and priority for young learners, the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) with support from companies like bmobile have engaged with over 900 students in T&T to introduce them to the fundamentals of mobile app development and coding languages later this month during school holidays.

bmobile, a pivotal brand of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT), the largest communications solutions provider in the island nation, is partnering with Clare Controls, a Snap One exclusive brand that produces the powerful ClareOne wireless security and home automation system, to offer a new level of home security and automation to the region’s telecom customers through its bsecure product line.

There has been a notable absence of women in leadership positions, when it comes to milestone events associated with the Caribbean’s development throughout history, according to the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados.

For close to 30 years, Moms for Literacy has been doing much-needed work in developmental reading to improve education outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded out of a recognised need by mothers, the organisation has recently shifted their classes and programmes to online modules, which allows their young participants to safely continue learning to read with a view to overall personal development.