Barbados
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September 23, 2013801
Solutions must match our needs
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – MANY will agree with the President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Warren Smith that economic growth across the Caribbean must be built on several pillars. No longer can growth strategies be undertaken in isolation but rather through a coherent set of interrelated policies. They are necessary if the island nations of this region are to make…
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September 6, 20131,096
OUR CARIBBEAN: After Iraq war, Obama’s dilemma on Assad’s Syria
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – Still chastened by the unforgettable lies told by former President George Bush for “regime change” in Baghdad – achieved at horrific, mind-boggling human cost and devastation of Iraq – the American people should know that in our Caribbean region there are also deep anxieties over President Barack Obama’s impending US-led military attack in Syria. The…
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September 4, 2013820
EDITORIAL: International law for a lawless world
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – The civil war in Syria has been raging for about two years, with over 100 000 people killed and nobody seemed to care. A few weeks ago it was alleged that sarin nerve gas was used by the Syrian regime, killing about 1 500 people, and all hell breaks loose. We are not at all advocating…
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September 4, 2013816
Reaping benefits from waste
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the use of animal guts to produce biodiesel is not a new technology. However, of late there has been growing interest in “aquaticbiofuels” – producing bio diesel from fish gut. Fish oil comes from leftover waste and is mixed with methanol and other products. Certainly,…
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September 4, 2013791
Gov’t committed to removing bottlenecks to foreign investment
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – GOVERNMENT continues to look into ways to facilitate foreign investment into the country. So says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart who was speaking to the media following a tour of the Limegrove Lifestyle Centre on Monday. According to the Prime Minister, “the past few months we have been having consultations with people in the private sector to…
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September 4, 2013811
Boost efficiency
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – INCREASED productivity is the only way to maintain and improve the competitiveness of the Barbadian economy. So says Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. Delisle Worrell, who stated that increased productivity would also help to secure growth and result in continued enhancement of the quality of life in this country. Addressing the participants of…
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September 4, 2013830
LEAD – BARBADOS-EMPLOYMENT-PM meets with senior public servants to discuss employment issues
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Tuesday held talks with senior public servants amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the Civil Service, Chief Personnel Officer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Civil Service…
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September 4, 2013814
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Caribbean countries urged to adopt united position on Syria
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Meeks, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that his advice to regional governments is…
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September 4, 2013848
CARIBBEAN-LABOUR-Barbados to host regional workshop on gender equality
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes. The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”, will be attended by delegates from the 13-member Caribbean countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is being organised by…
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September 3, 2013787
No layoff ‘crusade’, says PM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be held to ensure that the wrong persons are not ending up with dismissal…
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