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Shannon Clarke wins the 2011/2012 National Innovation Award and receives a cash prize of $75,000.00

Developing countries such as Barbados must use innovation for the society to maintain and surpass the current standard of living.

This from Acting Director of the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Charles Cyrus, who delivered the opening remarks at the National Council for Science and Technology and the Enterprise Growth Fund Limited 2011/2012 National Innovation Awards held on Saturday night at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

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Minister Benn Statement - Annual World Consumer Rights Day March 15^th, 2012

Today, March 15^th, Barbados joins Consumer International in celebrating the 30th anniversary of World Consumer Rights Day. Given the current and prolonged global financial crisis, Financial Services are again in focus this year with the theme being:

“Our money, our rights – Campaigning for real choice in financial services”.  

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NCST to focus on developing ICT Capacity 

The findings of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Capacity and Infrastructure project, which was commissioned by the National Council for Science Technology (NCST) in January and completed this summer, will be used to take ICTs forward in the coming year..

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 Innovation competition moves to next stage

The National Council for Science and Technology’s (NCST) National Innovation Competition has moved into its second phase, bringing participants one step closer to discovering who has created a winning concept.

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