Barbados
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April 3, 2013763
Not enough disaster training programmes
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The range and quantity of the programmes available for training with respect to disasters are too limited. That is the view of the recently retired executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy Collymore, who made the point while speaking to the media during his last press conference as head of the regional entity.…
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April 2, 2013813
BARBADOS-LEGISLATION-Barbados to consider legislation to allow for civil asset recovery
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government will soon discuss legislation allowing for the seizure of the ill-gotten gains from criminal activity through civil procedures, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite, has said. Brathwaite said over the last two years, Bridgetown has been working with the United States embassy here to champion the effectiveness of a civil…
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April 2, 2013813
Prime Minister Stuart is new RSS Chairman
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of Barbados has taken over the chairmanship of the Regional Security System (RSS). He was selected to head the regional body at its just concluded meeting in St. John’s, Antigua. Mr. Stuart replaces Errol Cort, the National Security Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Coming out of that meeting, the new Chairman has re-emphasised…
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April 2, 2013805
Debt warning
warning BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Caribbean countries, including Barbados, they face an uphill battle fighting the debt crisis that has them in a stranglehold. An IMF paper released yesterday, titled Caribbean Small States: Challenges of High Debt And Low Growth, said the average debt as a percentage of GDP for the region now hovered…
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April 2, 2013802
Making it work
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Discussions surrounding movement of goods, services and of people throughout CARICOM should be at the forefront of a lecture tonight at the Grand Salle, Frank Collymore Hall. The lecture begins a series of events over the next few days to mark the inaugural National Services Week. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert “Bobby” Morris and International Business Minister,…
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March 28, 2013793
Diplomatic push for Middle East
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – UNITED STATES President Barack Obama scored a diplomatic coup last week on his whirlwind trip to the Middle East. At first there was much speculation that the tour would merely be a widow-dressing exercise, especially among the Palestinians. However, there is now some scope for progress though somewhat tangentially. First there was the belated apology that came…
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March 28, 2013770
EDITORIAL: Financial sector key to economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The development of this country as an international financial centre carried through during the first Tom Adams administration in the 1970s and was part of a major restructuring of a critical area of the Barbados economy. That sector was important then and it is important now! By the early ’70s sugar had lost its place as our…
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March 28, 2013813
OUR CARIBBEAN: Reflecting on challenges facing Barbadians
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Tomorrow, as faithful Christians worship and observe the significance of Good Friday while preparing to celebrate the Resurrection, the people of Barbados in general will be particularly cognisant of a prevailing social and economic mood that reflects varying worrying concerns and negative messages in the media. The February 21 general elections came and went with the political…
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March 28, 2013710
Central Bank Governor outlines new strategies for sustained growth
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Central Bank Governor Dr. DeLisle Worrell Wednesday urged Barbados to seek ways of increasing foreign exchange earnings and called also on the government and the private sector to invest in “creating new high quality productive capacity, improving productivity, and maintaining and upgrading infrastructure”. Addressing the luncheon meeting of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI),…
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March 28, 2013783
CDEMA to focus on region’s communities
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – For disaster management personnel, the challenge of preparing Caribbean communities is a great one. That is according to the outgoing Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy Collymore. His comments came during an interview with the media yesterday afternoon following a media conference and luncheon in his honour at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford…
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