Tag Archives: Digicel

  1. DIGICEL ANNOUNCED AS SPONSOR OF HAITIAN COMPAS FESTIVAL FOR A FOURTH YEAR RUNNING: Supporting Haitian culture in the Diaspora communities

    Digicel today announced its sponsorship of the Haitian Compas Festival for a fourth year running. The event will be held at the Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida this Saturday May 19th 2012. The festival, now in its 14th year, is a celebration of Haiti’s rich musical culture and Digicel is eager to make this year’s [...]

    May 17, 2012Music, TechnologyNo comments
  2. DIGICEL AND VERIFONE COMBINE TO LAUNCH UNIQUE MOBILE WALLET PAYMENTS SERVICE IN TONGA

    Digicel today launched an innovative addition to its Digicel Mobile Money service offering which sees customers in Tonga being able to pay for goods and services through any mobile phone using NFC technology – and without the need for a bank account or credit card. With around 60% of the Tongan population not having bank [...]

    May 14, 2012Business, TechnologyNo comments
  3. DIGICEL SPONSORS THE PENN RELAYS: Supporting Jamaica and Jamaicans – at home and abroad

    Digicel is sponsoring the highly anticipated Penn Relay Carnival to be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field in the United States, from April 26th to the 28th. As a Jamaica born and bred company, Digicel has been a steadfast supporter of athletics since its launch in 2001. Being a part of the Penn [...]

    April 23, 2012Athletics, TechnologyNo comments
  4. #Jamaica’s #Dancehall #Diva Lady Saw To Guest Judge on Mission Catwalk

    Grammy Award-winning Dancehall diva Lady Saw will serve as a guest judge on episode five of Caribbean fashion designer reality series Mission Catwalk which airs Tuesday 24th April on Television Jamaica. She will join executive producer/host Keneea Linton-George, judges Novia McDonald-Whyte, Jamaica Observer lifestyle editor and noted menswear designer Carlton Brown in critiquing the work of [...]

    April 20, 2012Events, Fashion, Video GalleryNo comments
  5. The Digicel Cricket Experience Excites Youngsters in #Barbados #cricket #children #charity #kemarroach #kirkedwards #kraiggbrathwaite

    “These kids are on the verge of playing Under-13 cricket, so this is a great time for them to start learning from the older, more experienced players like these West Indies cricketers. It will help to motivate them.” These observations from former West Indies spin bowler, Lance Gibbs, proved to be on target recently when [...]

    April 8, 2012Cricket, GamesNo comments
  6. DIGICEL CRICKET EXPERIENCE CONTINUES IN ST. LUCIA #castries #vieuxfort #digicelcricket #sportscaribbean

    The Digicel Cricket Experience events continued in St. Lucia this past week as the Digicel Series 2012 swept through the island. The Experience events are happening throughout the Digicel Series venues to enhance the WICB Digicel Grassroots cricket development programme. Held at the Corinth Playing Field, the coaching clinic for the more than 30 St. [...]

    March 29, 2012Cricket, CultureNo comments
  7. DIGICEL LEADS PROJECT TO DELIVER HIGH-CAPACITY UNDERSEA CABLE TO HAITI #satellite #broadband #ayiti #haiti #digicel #caribbean #rebuild

    Two years after Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of a US$16m 200km undersea cable which will link the country to the world via internet connectivity, thanks to Digicel. The project – which is being undertaken in conjunction with Columbus [...]

    March 28, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  8. Advocate for St. Lucia disabled joins Digicel 4th ODI Coin Toss #cricket #odi #digicelcricket #castries #beausejour #digicel #physicallychallenged

    West Indies and Australia Captains, Sammy and Watson, respectively, were joined by a very special young man at the crease for the coin toss signalling the start of the 4th Digicel One Day International, held at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St. Lucia. An advocate for the differently-abled young people in St. Lucia, 17-year old [...]

    March 24, 2012CricketNo comments
  9. Romain Virgo Top Winner At Linkage Awards #concert #reggae #music #romainvirgo #jamaica

    Romain Virgo, who’s known for his chart-toppers Caan Sleep, Who Feels It Knows It, Wanna Go Home, System and more, won the coveted “Male Vocalist of the Year“, “Most Consistent Artiste of the Year” and “Recording Artiste of the Year” awards. The singer who left the island to attend the ceremony says, “It was a [...]

    March 23, 2012Events, MusicNo comments
  10. Jamaica College Old Boys wins the 2012 Ziadie Cup #soccer #jamaica #miami #ziadie

    The Jamaica College Old Boys defeated the St. George’s College Old Boys to claim the 2012 Ziadie Cup – it was their second Ziadie Cup win since the tournament began 8 years ago. The Jamaica College over-40 team played the St. George’s College over-40 team to a 2-2 draw in the Grand Masters match. In [...]

    March 23, 2012FootballNo comments
  11. DIGICEL KICK START ACADEMY VIDEO WINS PRESTIGIOUS GOLD ADDY AWARD #sunderland #soccer #digicel #youth #sports #caribbean

    Digicel proudly received the prestigious Caribbean Advertising Federation (CAF) Gold ADDY award for its 14 minute mini-documentary about the Digicel Kick Start Academy. The annual Digicel Kick Start training programme sees over 800 aspiring young footballers from across the Caribbean and Central America put through their paces by England and Liverpool football legend, John Barnes. [...]

    March 20, 2012Football, Video GalleryNo comments
  12. Bajan fast bowler at Arnos Vale spreading cheer to youngsters – Digicel Cricket Experience kicks off in St. Vincent

    “This is a great thing that Digicel is doing.” Those were the words of West Indies Fast Bowler, Kemar Roach, when he finished interacting with more than 50 young cricketers who came out for the first Digicel Cricket Experience in St. Vincent. The Experience events are happening at all the Digicel Series venues to enhance [...]

    March 19, 2012CricketNo comments
  13. DIGICEL LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED MARKETING CAMPAIGN INVITING CUSTOMERS TO FEATURE IN TV AND PRESS ADS ALONGSIDE USAIN BOLT

    Digicel today launched a massive regional campaign inviting customers to be a part of its TV and press advertising alongside Digicel Brand Ambassador and the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt. The campaign is a first for Digicel in the region and calls on customers to upload their running images to a specially-designed Facebook application. The [...]

    March 6, 2012OlympicsNo comments
  14. DIGICEL LAUNCHES NEW INTERNATIONAL TOP UP PRODUCT

    Digicel, the best value operator in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific, just launched another fantastic new addition to their convenient range of Digicel Top Up products. This latest Digicel Top Up service means customers across the US can send top up to their friends and family in Haiti and Jamaica simply by dialing [...]

    February 14, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  15. DIGICEL LAUNCHES TWO BLACKBERRY 7 SMARTPHONES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN

    Digicel launches two new BlackBerry® 7 smartphones – the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 – across its 24 markets in the Caribbean. The powerful BlackBerry Bold 9790 features a compact design and offers users a full-featured, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high resolution touch display and a highly tactile [...]

    February 8, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  16. DIGICEL HAITI WELCOMES NEW CEO DAMIAN BLACKBURN

    Digicel just announced how Damian Blackburn, formerly CEO of Digicel Honduras, will assume the role of CEO of Digicel Haiti and Group Director of Special Projects effective immediately. A telecoms industry veteran with over fourteen years experience, Damian joined Digicel Group three and a half years ago as Group Operational Development Director. He was then [...]

    February 5, 2012Featured, Nature, TechnologyNo comments
  17. The Digicel International Soca Monarch Competition Rides The Information Superhighway Into Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Carnival

    Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts will take the Digicel International Soca Monarch competition to the World Wide Web with live streaming in High Definition (HD) via Carnival TV’s signature series, LIVEOnStage2Nite. The pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast will go live from the Arima Velodrome for four hours from 8:00 p.m. (00:00:00Z) with the semi finals [...]

    January 27, 2012Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  18. Dragon Fly Mass (DFM) Launch: Saturday 28th Jan. – PRIVA Night Club

    Dragon Fly Mass is a street party and carnival VIP band with the slogan “come for the parties and stay for the mass”. DFM is envisaged as an all-inclusive premium membership band catering to over 400 members and offering a white-glove service, as we raise the bar of VIP membership and service in Barbados for [...]

    January 24, 2012Events, Fashion, Music, Photo Gallery1 comment
  19. THE WICB DIGICEL GRASSROOTS CRICKET PROGRAMME 2011 COMES TO A CLOSE

    The West Indies Cricket Board/Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme 2011, which has been reinvigorating youth cricket across the Caribbean since April, came to a close yesterday with a series of cluster games across nine countries. Over 2600 aspiring young cricketers from across Grenada, BVI, St. Lucia, Anguilla, St. Vincent, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and [...]

    December 22, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  20. “GRASSROOTS CRICKET IS WHERE THE FUTURE WEST INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE,” SAYS WICB YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER

    The Under-17′s WICB Grassroots Cluster Games come to a close with participants from nine Caribbean countries taking part, all part of the West Indies Cricket Board Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme which is reinvigorating youth cricket across the Caribbean. Aspiring young cricketers in Grenada, BVI, St. Lucia, Anguilla, St. Vincent, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, [...]

    December 19, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  21. THE DIGICEL FOUNDATION DELIVERS ON ITS POST-EARTHQUAKE PROMISE TO BUILD 50 SCHOOLS IN HAITI

    The Digicel Haiti Foundation just opened their new College Classique d’Haiti school buildings in Turgeau, Port-au-Prince, making it the last of 50 schools rebuilt as part of the Digicel Foundation’s initial commitment following the devastating earthquake which struck the country on January 12th 2010. The co-founder of the College Classique d’Haiti, Maitre André Jean, and [...]

    December 18, 2011Education, Featured, Nature, NatureNo comments
  22. AMERICAN ACTOR’S CHARITY GROUP AND DIGICEL HAITI FOUNDATION PARTNER TO BUILD SCHOOLS IN HAITI

    Ben Stiller‘s philanthropic organization, the Stiller Foundation, has announced a partnership with the Digicel Foundation to build schools in Haiti to help support the country’s education system. Over the next 12 months, the two foundations will build eight schools together across the country. The Stiller Foundation has been working to rebuild schools after the January [...]

    December 16, 2011Featured, Nature, NatureNo comments
  23. “LOSING THE SERIES IS A BLOW,” SAYS WEST INDIES WICKETKEEPER DENESH RAMDIN: DIGICEL CRICKET UPDATE

    It has been a series of high and lows for the West Indies cricket team recently. After winning their third One-Day International against India on Monday 5th December, the team lost to India in the subsequent fourth and fifth ODIs, losing the overall Series. West Indies wicketkeeper, Denesh Ramdin, spoke exclusively to www.digicelcricket.com about his [...]

    December 13, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  24. “I’M LIVING THE DREAM” SAYS WEST INDIES CRICKETER RAVI RAMPAUL – DIGICEL SPORTS UPDATE

    On Friday December 2nd, West Indies fast bowler, Ravi Rampaul, officially created a new world record for the highest score by a No. 10 batsman in the history of One-Day Internationals, during the second ODI versus India. This personal victory was capped by team success, as the West Indies beat India in the third ODI [...]

    December 9, 2011Cricket, FeaturedNo comments
  25. DIGICEL GROUP ANNOUNCES 16% REVENUE GROWTH IN ITS FIRST HALF RESULTS

    Digicel successfully reported strong financial performance for the six months of 2011 ended September 30th. Digicel Group Limited – which comprises the 30 markets of the Caribbean, El Salvador and the Pacific – reported revenues up 16% year on year to US$1.24 billion for the first half of the fiscal year. EBITDA (earnings before interest, [...]

    December 8, 2011Business, FeaturedNo comments