Barbados
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August 9, 2013842
CARIBBEAN-FOOD-OAS calls for urgent action in addressing food security
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) has called for urgent action in addressing food security in the Caribbean. During a conference on food security and the economic implications held in Barbados this week, Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin has called for reforms in agriculture in the Caribbean, including increased public-private partnerships and renewed focus on research…
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August 8, 2013975
FAO official draws attention to food security challenges
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – A major challenge for the Caribbean region is the high food import bill, and an official from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is suggesting that work has to be done to get the figure down substantially. Moreover Dr. J.R. Deep Ford, Co-ordinator, Caribbean Sub-Region, FAO, noted that efforts must be made…
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August 5, 2013796
Transhipment potential highlighted by Tourism Minister
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – BARBADOS has potential to do more transhipment business from both ports of entry. Tourism Minister Richard Sealy says it is with this recognition that some changes will be needed to facilitate an around the clock operation. According to Sealy, “What we are saying is that there are some legislative adjustments and other things we would have…
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August 5, 2013811
Wrong way
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – BARBADIANS TOOK THEIR eyes off productivity in the last decade and this has led to the current economic woes, says CARICOM ambassador Robert “Bobby” Morris. Stating that Government started “pelting money at problems” once it got past the difficulties of the 1990s, Morris said such a system could never have been sustainable once salaries and…
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August 2, 2013912
ST. KITTS-POLITICS-Opposition concerned over silence by regional leaders to political situation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 1, CMC – Opposition legislators say they are concerned at the continued silence of Caribbean leaders to the ongoing political situation in St. Kitts-Nevis and are warning of possible violence in the future. Leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM), Shawn Richards, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that to date, none of the regional…
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August 2, 2013996
Reparation talk critical
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – “In order to complete [the] circle of economic freedom and the quest for political and economic enfranchisement … as a government, we have to confront the issue of reparation … this issue, as you know, remains an elusive quest for justice.” This is the suggestion of Minister of Culture, Youth Family and Sport, Stephen Lashley, as…
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July 31, 2013778
EDITORIAL: No solution in sight in Egypt
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – That the ouster of Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohammad Morsi was a military coup should not be debatable. Subsequent developments however confirm the view that though the majority party governs, the army always rules. It is also testimony to the failure of the first phase of the tenuous nature of Egypt’s spontaneous revolution that coalesced around…
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July 31, 2013921
Barbados records increase in syphilis cases
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities say they are monitoring what seems to be an increase in the number of syphilis cases on the island. The Ministry of Health said that recent studies have revealed that a growing number of persons were testing positive for the sexually transmitted infection (STI). It gave no figures. They authorities say they are…
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July 31, 2013981
Economy ‘hurt’ by exodus of non-nationals
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The exodus of a number of non-nationals from Barbados in recent times has affected the economy in a negative way. Mia Mottley, leader of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party stated this as she addressed a meeting of the St Vincent and Grenadines Association at the Clement Payne Centre on Monday night. “I am not going to be divisive but…
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July 31, 2013822
Rescue plan
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) has its own plan to save the Barbados economy. The first two areas on its to-do list are for Government to reduce the country’s national debt by selling off non-strategic, non-core Government assets such as Hilton Barbados to pay down on debt, and sell strategic assets to credit unions, pension funds…
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