Barbados

  • March 21, 2013
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    Crime and regional transportation affecting Caribbean trade

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Wednesday warned that crime and difficulties surrounding regional air transportation were major stumbling blocks towards making greater progress in regional trade.  Addressing the two-day colloquium hosted by the Barbados-based Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) Gonsalves said  high crime levels in several countries were not only…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Syria is bleeding to death

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Last Friday was the second anniversary of the uprising in Syria and is a brutal reminder of the impotence the entire world has shown in resolving a conflict that has wrought destruction on one of the Arab world’s leading countries. It is reported that about one million Syrians are displaced, while 1.5 million refugees have streamed across…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Neonatal mortality rates in the Caribbean cause for concern

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A three-day workshop aimed at creating a regional strategy to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity began here Tuesday amid concerns over the high levels of mortality rates for post neonatal infants and children under the age of five. Health officials said that while Latin America and the Caribbean had made “great…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Witness: I never expected Myrie

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Pamela Clarke was a surprised woman when her mobile phone rang on March 14, two years ago, and police stationed at Grantley Adams International Airport were on the line. Clarke told the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday she was even more surprised when police told her there was a woman named Shanique Myrie from Jamaica there…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Internet host the snag

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The immigration officer who interviewed Shanique Myrie when the Jamaican came to Barbados in 2011 became suspicious because the visitor was travelling here for the first time, and had also met the person who planned to host her on the Internet. This was revealed to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday by Grade 3 Immigration Officer…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Court rules statements cannot be used as evidence

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Tuesday ruled that the statements of two people interviewed by a police officer as part of his investigations into allegations by a Jamaican national that she was assaulted by an immigration officer when she visited Barbados in 2011 cannot be used as evidence in the matter. But the CCJ said…

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  • March 19, 2013
    817

    PM ready to work with which ever government emerges in Grenada, Barbados

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – One of the Caribbean’s longest serving head of government says he is ready to work with whichever leader the electorates in Grenada and Barbados select in general elections on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. “First of all, I make no comment about any of the elections. So, I am not agreeing with your thesis because I…

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  • March 19, 2013
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    $600m plan

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE OPPOSITION PROMISED an economic stimulus package but it is the re-elected Freundel Stuart administration that is about to deliver one. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler revealed yesterday in the House of Assembly during the first day of debate on the 2013-2014 Estimates of Income and Expenditure that a $600 million stimulus package was on to generate…

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  • March 19, 2013
    871

    Food imports too high

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ food import bill has reached unsustainable levels for a small island developing state. This was pointed out by the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport, Shelley Carrington, while addressing the opening of the Ministries of Tourism and Agriculture sponsored workshop, “Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in the Restaurant Sub-sector,” held…

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  • March 19, 2013
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    Expert calls for new laws to deal with issues affecting children

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Caribbean law expert Monday categorised many of the region’s laws dealing with children as being outdated and not adequate in dealing with a range of social issues confronting that vulnerable segment of the population. Head of the Caribbean Law Institute, Professor Velma Newton, made the charge as the University of the West Indies (UWI) and…

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