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Job Opportunity – Senior Case Officer, Economics (Closed)

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority is accepting applications for the position of Senior Case Officer, Economics. Deadline for application is January 31, 2014. Interested applicants may download the job description by clicking on the PDF document below. Downloads Senior Case Officer, Technical    

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URCA Community Outreach in 2013

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] URCA Donates to the Salvation Army[/caption] URCA ended 2013 with corporate giving. Including gifts to schools in the local community where URCA’s office is located: Doris Johnson Senior High School received 8 computer systems. The School’s IT teacher recently introduced Computer Aided Draft and Design (CADD) to the computing curriculum. Uriah McPhee Primary School received 2 computer systems for use in the School’s library. URCA’s gift also included 1-year subscription and licenses to online educational programmes including Brain Pop, Brain Pop Jr, Brain Pop Espanol and Reading A – Z. URCA also donated to the Children’s…

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Consumer Protection Regulations Take Effect

Consumer Protection Regulations for the Electronic Communications Sector (ECS) become effective on December 30, 2013, with the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s (URCA) publication of the final regulations [URCA document reference ECS 19/2013]. Publication of the regulations concludes a process initiated on June 10, 2013 when URCA released draft regulations for public consultation. Consultation activities included public meetings on the draft regulations in New Providence, Abaco, Andros, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and San Salvador; in addition to appearances by URCA representatives in various broadcast media forums. URCA also published on December 30, 2013 its Statement of Results [URCA document reference ECS…

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