Barbados
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June 5, 2013792
Africa yet to tap full potential
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LAST MONTH Africa’s 54 leaders celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) – it became the African Union (AU) in 2002 – which had its origins in the struggle for decolonization and against apartheid. It was founded in 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the venue chosen to mark the anniversary.…
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June 5, 2013813
Meetings with Chinese President ‘fruitful’
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described as “very fruitful” the discussions he had last Sunday with the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in Port-of- Spain. President Xi was on an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend, where he held bilateral meetings with the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community…
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June 5, 2013799
Two CARICOM countries given extension to meet CFATF guidelines
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have until November to meet the stipulations outlined by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). The CFATF met in Nicaragua last week and according to Dominica’s Attorney General Levi Peters the island has been given “certain deadlines to comply with certain recommendations by the plenary”. Peters said that Dominica had…
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June 5, 2013799
Regional delegation to discuss CARICOM Strategic Plan
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation begins a series of consultations on Wednesday examining the 2014-19 Strategic Plan for CARICOM. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, said the island is one of the pilot countries for the consultation process which was agreed upon at a meeting last month in Trinidad and Tobago. Areas to be addressed during…
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June 4, 2013797
Regional bankers urged to use technology to improve services to clients
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, Monday urged regional bankers to use the opportunities which new technologies offer in delivering central bank services as efficiently as possible. Addressing the 23rd Regional Central Banks Information Systems Specialists (RCBISS) annual conference, Worrell said providing the services should be done without exposing the banking system…
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June 4, 2013837
Obstacles to development
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – On June 4, 1940, Winston Churchill stood in the House of Commons and painted the picture of a country that would refuse to bow to the pressures of a German annihilator. In one of his three most celebrated speeches, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”, the victories which he depicted were not from a standpoint of having…
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June 4, 2013829
Barbados to host first ever water resources management workshop
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – More than 20 lecturers and researchers from universities across the Caribbean will meet in Barbados on Wednesday for the first-ever Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Knowledge Management workshop to be held in the region. The two-day regional workshop is being organised by the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in collaboration with the Centre for Resource Management and…
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June 4, 2013841
ACP’s sugar plea for EU to avoid a crisis
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A MONTH from this week, Heads of Government of CARICOM will be meeting in Port of Spain for their regular annual summit. They will have much to reflect on – the just concluded rounds of informal meetings in Trinidad and Tobago with United States’ Vice-President Joseph Biden and China’s President Xi Jingping. The final agenda for the…
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June 3, 2013819
Still a priority
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women Multi-Country Office of the Caribbean, made the comments during…
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June 3, 2013815
Navigating the new dynamic
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LAST week was a significant development in the relations between the United States and the small island nations of the Caribbean Community. Trinidad and Tobago hosted an official visit to the region by United States Vice President Joe Biden. Caribbean leaders, including our own Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, held meetings with Mr. Biden and his delegation. It…
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