The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has formally launched its first Hackathon for programmers or coders to compete to develop applications for possible use in the public and private sectors.Programmers hard at work at the Hackathon event currently on at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC), East Coast Demerara.The 48-hour event began yesterday. It is a collaborative venture with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) Company.In an invited comment at the launch at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC) on Thursday, Minister of Public Telecommunications,Cheap Jerseys China, Cathy Hughes,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, said that the event is aimed at spurring innovation.She further noted that it is not just an exercise,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, as actual programmes can be used by a real life company or government agency.Further,Wholesale China Jerseys, it’s an opportunity for the programmers to be creative and to earn money from their ICT skills.Coordinator of the Hackathon,Wholesale Jerseys NFL, Lance Hinds, said that the idea is to get persons to come out and show their talents. The event “drives our policy in terms of the kind of things we need to do to move the ICT sector forward. Many people showed interest in the Hackathon; there is even a team participating from Suriname.”A member from Team Code Ups from Suriname said he looks forward to working with Guyanese programmers and to see how best they can integrate with other countries. They look forward to building relationships, so as to better technology businesses, he said.Rowen Willabus, a member of local team Intellect Storm, said they recently won a competition in Jamaica,Wholesale Jerseys China, and he was looking forward to the community growing from this, and for persons to see Guyanese talents displayed.The first prize is $300,000, the second prize $200,000 and the third prize $150,000.

–?? Jagdeo’s lawyers absentThe libel case brought by former President Bharrat Jagdeo against Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon was yesterday stalled when Jagdeo’s team of lawyers was not available.David HindsRace relations expert, Dr David Hinds, was flown into the country Thursday evening to be the first witness for the defense in the libel case. However,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Jagdeo’s lead attorney Senior Counsel Bernard DeSantos had to attend a Court of Appeal matter and thus asked to be excused. Jagdeo’s other attorney Sase Gunraj, said he had no instructions to stand in the absence of the senior counsel.Freddie Kissoon’s attorney Nigel Hughes wanted to commence the defence. Justice Brassington Reynolds was also willing to proceed with the case for the defence.? After adjourning the matter to September 27, the judge tried to get Senior Counsel De Santos on phone to inquiry whether the court could proceed in his absence, but he could not. The absence of? Jagdeo’s other lawyer compounded the issue.Jagdeo wants $10 million from outspoken columnist Freddie Kissoon, the newspaper’s publisher Glenn Lall,Cheap Nike Shox, and editor in chief Adam Harris. The subject of the libel case is a column written by Kissoon. It charged that the former President exercised ideological racism in performing his function as president.Jagdeo’s team had closed its case on July 5. And now it’s time for Kaieteur News to lead its defence and it intends to go the whole nine yards to prove that Jagdeo’s term in office was characterized by a racist ideology.? The defense team plans to call more than a dozen witnesses,Wholesale Jerseys Online, with Dr David Hinds being the first.Dr David Hinds is Assistant Professor of Caribbean and African Diaspora Studies at Arizona State University.He has written two books on race relations in GuyanaFormer President Jagdeo launched the libel case claiming that Kissoon’s article suggested that he is a racist and that “by extension, the State and Government of Guyana,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, practice racism as an ideology,NFL Jerseys From China, dogma,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, philosophy and policy.”

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