Barbados

  • July 9, 2013
    785

    Overcoming DR’s CARICOM hurdle

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – SOME CRITICS of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) may wonder why it is that the Dominican Republic’s repeated request to access membership of our regional economic integration movement is yet to get a positive response. A quick, short answer could perhap be in one word – trade! With the exception of Trinidad and Tobago, which continues to market…

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  • July 9, 2013
    873

    A bigger CARICOM?

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A report coming out of the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad & Tobago has indicated that regional leaders will be looking to expand the bloc to embrace more territories in the area. The impetus behind this suggestion is to seek ways to strengthen CARICOM, which, it has been acknowledged, is facing challenges. Despite…

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  • July 8, 2013
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    Barbados under weather watch

    (Barbados Nation) A weather advisory has been issued for Barbados. A strong tropical wave located about 1050 miles east-southeast of the windward islands is moving west-northwestward at around 25mph. Satellite imagery indicates that shower and thunderstorm activity has increased in organization since this afternoon. It seems this disturbance could become a tropical depression or tropical storm later tonight or on…

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  • July 8, 2013
    832

    Bajan PM: LIAT a major concern

    (Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN – Barbados is so concerned about the future viability of regional carrier LIAT that it sought legal advice on whether its heavily subsidized competitor Caribbean Airlines (CAL) was following CARICOM rules. Speaking to the media at the start of the final day of the 34th regular CARICOM Heads of Government conference at the Hilton Hotel…

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  • July 8, 2013
    850

    BREA to focus on energy efficiency

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Recognising the need to raise the level of public awareness as it relates to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology, the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) will be launching a special Roadshow today. Executive Director of the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA), Clyde Griffith, along with Aidan Rogers, Public Relations Officer for BREA and Arit Okey,…

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  • July 5, 2013
    1,235

    Oil clean-up still a messy issue

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – GOVERNMENT MAY eventually have to cough up $64 million dollars for the clean-up of the former Mobil Oil Refinery site at Needham’s Point. But the legal team representing the Canadian company originally hired to clean up the site believe Government’s continued delay in signing a contract to have the work done may have made the…

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  • July 5, 2013
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    UWI’s Open Campus to be first accredited

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – History will be created in Barbados when the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) grants institutional accreditation status to one of the island’s tertiary educational providers – the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC). The Open Campus will receive this award, the first of its kind on the island, next Monday, July 8 at 10 a.m.…

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  • July 5, 2013
    873

    Sinckler: Cut could have been deeper

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – HAD Government’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) not been implemented, the fiscal adjustment which now has to be made of four per cent or close to $400 million, would be times higher. This assertion from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Chris Sinckler, who believes the shift being seen right now was reflective of what was…

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  • July 5, 2013
    831

    Healthier options

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – In an effort to curb the growing level of obesity in this island, the Ministry of Health has started talks with several fast food restaurants with the intent of having healthier foods placed on their menus. Senior Medical Health Officer (CNCDs), Dr. Kenneth George, made this revelation yesterday during Esso’s Help Us Help programme at the…

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  • July 4, 2013
    837

    Caribbean can rise above challenges

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Barbados Advocate – It is only in the context of a properly functioning integration movement that the Caribbean region, now more closely knit than ever, can rise about the daunting challenges it now faces. This was the message sent by Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Freundel Stuart, on the occasion of the 34th Conference of…

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