Barbados
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May 16, 2013809
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, 2013792
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, 2013860
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, 2013849
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, 2013841
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, 2013882
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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May 14, 2013912
Climate adaptation measures not expensive, says UWI lecturer
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados may have few excuses as to why it is falling behind in implementing certain climate adaptation measures, but money cannot be one of them. Speaking at a seminar last Thursday which examined “Water Management, Health and Climate Change Adaptation”, presenter Dr. Adrian Cashman, Senior Lecturer in Water Resources Management at the University of the West Indies…
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May 13, 2013804
Revenue dip . . . But Govt spending to jump to $3.87 billion
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The challenges confronting the just re-elected Freundel Stuart administration are already showing up in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure laid in Parliament yesterday. Government is projecting that total revenue coming into state coffers for the 2013-2014 financial year will fall to $2.59 billion from the $2.62 billion approved for 2012 -2013. The administration estimates that it…
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May 13, 2013833
OAS urges strengthening of transparency in political financing
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Inzulsa,has called for greater equity and transparency in the systems of political financing in the Caribbean. Addressing the regional forum, “Strengthening Regulation of Political Parties and Political Financing Systems in the Caribbean,” the OAS chief said these are necessary “not only for the consolidation of…
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May 13, 2013900
A wait-and-see situation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – EVERYONE will wait to see what comes out of the meeting which the LIAT shareholder governments said they want to have with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. It is a meeting that could determine the way forward for the region’s airlines which are facing challenges in relation to operational costs. The subject of the discussions is…
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