Barbados

  • July 30, 2013
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    Green ease

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – TAX BREAKS FOR businesses and individuals who produce and use alternative energy are among a wide range of concessions coming under long-awaited green legislation. The financing for the initiative has been also approved by the Central Bank.

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  • July 30, 2013
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    CARICOM, GWP-C sign MOU

    BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, CMC – The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) says it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), formalising a collaborative relationship for addressing water priorities in the region. It said the MOU signifies a building block for change as there is undoubtedly a need for greater cooperation on water-related issues in the region.…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Haitians cry for justice against the UN

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LAST WEEK’S announced findings by a group of international scientists that the 2010 outbreak of a cholera epidemic in Haiti was caused by then United Nations peacekeeping troops would further fuel strident compensation demands by families of the more than 8000 dead. On March 19 last year, we had lamented the silence of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),…

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  • July 29, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Make better use of technology

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In this country’s efforts to grapple with its challenging economic circumstances as well as build a platform on which to record growth and boost job opportunities for its people, some emphasis will have to be placed on making greater and better use of technology. It is evident that a knowledge-based economy will be critical to our very…

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  • July 29, 2013
    688

    Not the time!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Public servants in Barbados can breathe a bit easier. For now. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has promised that if the struggling economy does reach the stage where Barbadians are to be put on the breadline, trade unions and the population will be consulted first. “I can’t say from this distance we are looking to lay people…

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  • July 26, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Worthy push for Landship recognition

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In the midst of a raging debate on the economy and the observance of Crop Over Festival, which is easily our greatest manifestation of our cultural heritage, there comes news that steps are being taken to have the indigenous Barbados Landship Association recognized by the UNESCO. This revelation has come from no less an authoritative source than…

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  • July 26, 2013
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    Leeward Islands population urged to monitor progress of Dorian

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Resident in the Leeward Islands were told on Friday to continue monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Dorian that had become less organised as it moved towards the islands. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Dorian, located 1,425 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, is packing sustained winds of 50 miles per hour,…

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  • July 26, 2013
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    Region warned not to lose sight of economic transformation

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that they should not lose sight of the bigger goal of economic transformation and development even as they remain pre-occupied with overall economic growth. Former deputy director of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Shelton Nicholls said Caribbean countries “”need to ensure that the strategies and that we are…

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  • July 25, 2013
    686

    SIDS need funds

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) still have difficulty accessing funds, and Minister of the Environment and Drainage Dr Denis Lowe says it impacts on their ability to reach some of their development objectives. Lowe called for “the provision of new additional and predictable sources of financing for sustainable development for SIDS and the simplification of access criteria…

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  • July 23, 2013
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    Commonwealth politics over sacking of CJ

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE 54-MEMBER Commonwealth of Nations, among which are a dozen independent states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), likes projecting itself as a microcosm of the world’s diverse peoples of various languages, ethnicities and cultures with shared commitment to democratic governance and the rule of law. While this perspective is being sustained, the reality is that over the…

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