Barbados

  • May 20, 2013
    852

    Declare war on T&T, Barbados

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Having read Ronald Mason’s blast against CARICOM, and the insipid reply by Hilbourne Watson, I must intervene. The whole thinking about CARICOM has gone off track. This business of whether Jamaica should be in or out is beside the point. Who told Trinidad and Barbados to set up shop in our backyard? After all! I say we…

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  • May 20, 2013
    759

    Growing shift in global clout

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – SOME very interesting comments made the rounds last week when the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Barbados released the latest report on the Human Development Index. One of the comments attested to the fact that countries in the South are leading the way in terms of global economic growth. Another comment had to do with the…

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  • May 17, 2013
    827

    Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad warned about copyright infringement

    NEW YORK, CMC – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for U.S. musical compositions aired in the broadcast media. The USTR also decided to retain Jamaica although the country has taken steps to enforce regulations related…

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  • May 16, 2013
    752

    PM: Economic growth should benefit the people

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It is possible to have social development when no economic growth is taking place. This, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, is because structural changes are taking place which are intended to make life better for a larger number of people. Delivering the feature address at the Barbados Launch of the 2013 Human Development Report at United Nations…

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  • May 16, 2013
    766

    EDITORIAL: US perception of Caribbean must change

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It is welcome news that United States Vice-President Joseph Biden will be coming for a meeting with Caribbean Community Heads of Government later this month as part of scheduled official visits, with his wife Dr Jill Biden, to Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago. The announcement of the surprise visit came last week via the United States…

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  • May 15, 2013
    749

    Bid for $1 billion more

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – For the fourth time in five years, Government has gone to Parliament seeking an increase in the amounts of Treasury bills and Tax Certificates it can issue. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler introduced a resolution at yesterday’s sitting of the House of Assembly to raise the limit from $1.75 billion to $2.75 billion Sinckler…

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  • May 15, 2013
    806

    Bynoe: Import tariff not proper

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE 184 per cent import tariff on certain meat products is having such an effect on Carlton and Emerald City supermarkets that the two establishments may not be able to supply Barbadians with the popular seasoned chicken wings from next week. Mananging director Andrew Bynoe told the MIDWEEK NATION, that neither supermarket deli will stock the chicken wings…

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  • May 14, 2013
    800

    EDITORIAL: Africa’s stifled growth potential

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Last week African business and government leaders met in Cape Town at the World Economic Forum on Africa to assess the impact of its growing wealth on alleviating poverty and to address the issue of transparency. It is well known that Africa’s impressive growth is not shared by millions of its people. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to…

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  • May 14, 2013
    793

    Threats to traditional knowledge outlined

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Consultations conducted within the Caribbean region have revealed that there are numerous threats to traditional knowledge (TK). Regional Consultant with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Mary Ann Richards says that there is a lack of knowledge about the contribution that TK has made in the past and can make in the future to development. She made…

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  • May 14, 2013
    831

    Dr. Brathwaite: Country has no control

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados should be conscious of its food supply, as the ability to withstand external shocks such as a nuclear accident, major terrorist attack, natural disaster or any international event that disrupts the movement of food to Barbados or leads to international food price increases, could leave us very vulnerable indeed. According to Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, an agriculture…

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