Barbados

  • April 23, 2013
    796

    EDITORIAL: This unhelpful US-Venezuela political tension

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States should seriously reconsider its diplomatic stand-off with Venezuela, now extended to its reservations over the recent presidential poll that resulted in a very close victory – less than two per cent – for Nicolas Maduro, successor to the late president Hugo Chavez. As it is, the Barack Obama administration’s decision not to have a representative…

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  • April 23, 2013
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    Attorney General backs drug treatment court

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite said Monday the establishment of a drug treatment court will not solve Barbados’ drug problems, but will assist the country in attacking the source. Brathwaite, who is also Minister of Home Affairs, said the court is necessary to understand why a significant number of young men who are incarcerated turn to alcohol…

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  • April 22, 2013
    780

    Work it out!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – OVER the past couple of days enough was said to indicate that all is not well with trading relations between Barbados and some of its Caribbean partners; something which those in the business of exporting have complained about repeatedly. At the recent launch of BMEX 2013 at Mount Gay Distilleries, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and…

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  • April 19, 2013
    769

    Enhancing regional security important

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Enhancing security within the region is one of the major issues that came under discussion recently when Mark Simmonds, Minister for Africa, the Overseas Territories, the Caribbean and International Energy, met with Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart and other Minister of Government including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Maxine McClean; Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite and Minister of Energy,…

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  • April 19, 2013
    791

    Maduro and Venezuela, CARICOM ties

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE FIERCE battle to elect a successor to the late President Hugo Chavez is over but a heavy cloud of uncertainty hangs over Venezuela amid today’s official ceremony for Nicolas Maduro to take the oath as new head of state of that influential oil-rich nation. With seven known deaths and scores of injured during a clash of…

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  • April 19, 2013
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    Economic problems need urgent solution

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The difficulties confronting regional economies continue to stare us in the face on a daily basis. We hear of problems with the fiscal deficit in most islands, along with the pain and stress of civil servants clamouring for wage increases to cushion them against increases in the cost of living. Quite often, such increases are outside the…

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  • April 17, 2013
    797

    Diplomacy vital for democracy

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID that democracy thrives in a turbulent climate. It is also true that for it to function effectively there will be winners and losers, who must accept the verdict and the will of the majority of the people. The situation in Venezuela is the latest example of the difficulty that could arise where…

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  • April 16, 2013
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    Recognise ICTs in small, medium enterprises

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Particular attention must be given to Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), with regards to how Information and Communication Technologies or ICTs, may be applied to improve their efficiency, extend their reach and make them more globally competitive. That is according to Dr. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada during his address to the University of the West…

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  • April 16, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: PM Mitchell’s gaffe on funding LIAT

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – FRESH FROM his electoral victory in Grenada’s February 19 parliamentary election, in which his People’s National Party captured all 15 seats, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell chose to go public last week with a rather surprising negative message about the sole intra-regional airline, LIAT. Without any known outstanding dispute between his less than two-month-old administration and the…

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  • April 15, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Bracing for hurricane season

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE START of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season is less than two months away, but with the predictions from the various forecasters of a very active season, we need to start putting the necessary precautions in place. We must disabuse our minds of the silly notion that a hurricane will not hit our country, believing that it…

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