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September 4, 2013780
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, 2013817
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, 2013753
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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September 3, 2013960
Air transport and diseases discussed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Air transport is one of the most likely mechanisms through which a new disease can quickly spread throughout the world. So says Minister of Health, John Boyce. Speaking at the Fifth CAPSCA-Americas Meetings and Training at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterday morning, the health minister said that with air transport being the lifeblood of many…
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September 3, 2013762
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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September 3, 2013817
BARBADOS-EMPLOYMENT-PM to meet with senior public servants to discuss employment issues
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with senior public servants later on Tuesday amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. But ahead of the talks, Prime Minister Stuart is emphasizing that his administration, which introduced a number of cost cutting measures in the…
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September 2, 20131,009
Strategic Plan 2012-2017 to address pertinent issues
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – THE University of the West Indies (UWI) recognises that in order for Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean to continue to progress, they must have a strategic plan rooted in addressing the areas that would carry us forward including the development of our human resources capacity and innovation and in this regard, they would be…
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September 2, 20131,043
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, 2013807
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, 2013852
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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