Barbados

  • May 28, 2013
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    CARICOM/US to sign trade accord

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will sign a trade investment framework agreement with the United States during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden to Trinidad and Tobago next week. Biden is due in Port of Spain on Monday for a two-day visit and will also meet with regional leaders to discuss security and other…

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  • May 24, 2013
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    Caribbean countries extend sympathy to United States on tornado disaster

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments have sent messages of empathy to the United States after a tornado killed more 24 people including nine children in Oklahoma on Monday. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, who is in Doha, attending the 13th Session of the Doha Forum, sent a message to President Barrack Obama expressing condolences and…

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  • May 24, 2013
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    Barbados must sharpen focus as a financial centre

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE OFFSHORE SECTOR has always been major part of the financial employment generating and foreign exchange earning aspects of our economy, and along with tourism, it has helped to fill the breach created by the decline of sugar. But the potential for that sector to do even more for the Barbadian economy can be gauged from the…

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  • May 23, 2013
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    Alternatives to criminalisation

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – The recent report that an Organisation of American States (OAS) study is calling for a serious discussion on legalising marijuana follows a modern trend globally to re-think the “war” against this and other currently controlled substances. The London Guardian of May 13, for instance, reports that the Home Office of Britain is to undertake a study…

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  • May 23, 2013
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    Harmonise labour laws in the Caribbean

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – There needs to be a harmonisation of labour laws within the region. This call was made recently by Cedric Murrell, President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) at “The Role of Labour Standards in Accessing International Markets and Supporting the Caribbean Single Market Workshop” held at Island Inn. “A case…

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  • May 23, 2013
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    More land for food needed

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Making sure that just under a third of Barbados’ limited land space is kept for substantial agriculture would be to the betterment of the country. And one such area would be in making inroads in the fight against the chronic non-communicable diseases that are affecting our development. This is the view of agriculture specialist, Dr. Chelston…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Response to terrorism not consistent

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As the many hotspots around the world are examined, it is not difficult to reach the conclusion that governing is becoming increasingly challenging for many governments facing the spectre of terrorism. Nigeria, for example, is in a state of war with its local militants Boko Haram, who are wreaking havoc in the north-eastern region. Nigeria launched a…

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  • May 21, 2013
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    Owen out!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – FORMER PRIME MINISTER Owen Seymour Arthur is bowing out of elective politics. The most senior member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) told the monthly meeting of the party’s Christ Church West branch Sunday evening that, having given 40 years of his life to the 75-year-old party, he would not be contesting another general election.

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  • May 21, 2013
    753

    Dealing with some ‘realities’ facing CARICOM

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – CITIZENS OF our Caribbean Community who keep hope alive, against the odds, for this region’s economic progress and social stability would undoubtedly find encouragement in a just-released World Bank Global Development Report. According to this report, the World Bank projects the quite optimistic forecast of the Caribbean being among developing nations having “the largest bloc of savings…

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  • May 20, 2013
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    Increase in drugs from US

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – There is a proliferation of drugs coming from the United States into Barbados and worryingly for local border patrols, an increase in illegal guns as well. Retired Comptroller of Customs Frank Holder told the DAILY NATION that formerly, drugs were smuggled to the United States but now, the United States is one of the shipment points. “Things have…

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