Barbados

  • September 2, 2013
    910

    LIAT performance during CPL disgraceful – Ajmal Khan

    (Barbados Nation) Next year, beleaguered regional carrier LIAT could find itself on the outside looking in on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of the poor quality of service it delivered during the just-ended Twenty20 tournament. The man who delivered the bad news to the airline was millionaire businessman Ajmal Khan, the owner and founder of CPL who told the…

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  • August 30, 2013
    692

    Discussions ongoing about use of medical marijuana

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – As various states across the United States legalise the use of medicinal marijuana, and others debate its benefits, it appears that Barbados might not be entirely immune from the discussion. This, as sources within the island’s Ministry of Health revealed to the Barbados Advocate recently that at the “highest level”, the use of medicinal marijuana to…

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  • August 30, 2013
    724

    FSC, Central Bank sign MOU

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – A MEMORANDUM of Understanding (MOU) has been officially signed between the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Central Bank of Barbados ensuring greater stability in Barbados’ financial system. Principals of the two entities met at the Tom Adams Financial Centre yesterday afternoon to cement an already existing relationship as regulators of the securities, insurance, credit union…

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  • August 30, 2013
    863

    The debate on reparations

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Although, if readers will forgive the sporting expressions, popular support for the regional claim for reparations for slavery might have been considered a “slam-dunk” or a “gimme” in the current economic environment, it is refreshing to see that the debate has been joined by an opposing contribution from Dr. Leonard Shorey, published in both of the…

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  • August 30, 2013
    699

    BARBADOS-HEALTH-Barbados to host CAPSCA meeting

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Matters relating to public health event preparedness, response planning and management in the civil aviation sector will be discussed next week when Barbados hosts the Fifth Cooperative Arrangement for the Prevention of the Spread of Communicable Diseases through Air Travel (CAPSCA) meeting. Tourism and International Transport Minister Richard Sealy and Health Minister John Boyce will deliver addresses…

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  • August 30, 2013
    701

    CARIBBEAN-SIDS-SIDS adopt political declaration at Barbados meeting

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) have adopted a political declaration ahead of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Development of SIDS Global conference in Samoa next year. But negotiations on the draft outcome document on sustainable development for SIDS will continue in New York following three days of discussions here. “The Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting in preparation…

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  • August 29, 2013
    695

    Keep on sailing

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Cultural industries, cultural preservation and heritage tourism are terms that have gained currency in recent years as efforts continue to diversify the limited scope of the Barbadian economy. The country scored a major feather in its cap with the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, and since then much has been said…

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  • August 29, 2013
    683

    Project launched to promote region as spa and wellness destination

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – In an effort to promote the Caribbean as a destination for health and wellness, the Development and Promotion of the Caribbean Health and Wellness Tourism Sector Project has been launched. This is according to Valarie Pilgrim, Operations Officer at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) who delivered remarks at the Caribbean Spa and Wellness Launch yesterday at…

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  • August 29, 2013
    673

    Barbados requests FB information on three citizens

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados has made a request of the social networking website, Facebook, for information on the use the social media site by three of its citizens. Barbados is the only Caribbean Community country to have made such a request, so far. Facebook has, for the first time, published data on how often governments around the world request…

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  • August 14, 2013
    696

    A call to swift action

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO have woken up to the realization of the need to act and to do so with some measure of urgency in an effort to stop the economic morass which has stymied or eliminated growth in recent years. This call to action was evident, given some of the measures outlined last evening by…

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