Barbados
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February 28, 2013691
BARBADOS-HEALTH-Barbados has not imported any beef products tainted with horsemeat.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities Wednesday said that no meat product containing horsemeat had been imported into the country in light of the controversy currently sweeping Europe. Senior Veterinary Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Mark Trotman, said “extensive trace back investigations” had been conducted and to date, none of the identified products had been imported into…
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February 28, 2013654
University faces grave debt problem
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – THE Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies is asking government to sit down with them and develop a strategy for its growing debt problem. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles maintained that the debt problem began to increase significantly with the death of former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance David…
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February 26, 2013651
CTO says regional tourism showing signs of recovery
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Americans are travelling once again to the Caribbean and visitor spending is beginning to rise. This was part of Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, Beverly Nicholson-Doty’s, State of the Industry Report presented recently. “All indications are that Americans are coming back to the Caribbean in their customary numbers. US arrivals went up 4.1 per cent…
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February 26, 2013709
C’bean can learn from Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Other countries within the region would do well to learn from Barbados in terms of this country’s care for its elderly population. That is according to Caribbean Programme Co-ordinator and acting PAHO/WHO Represen-tative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr. Ernest Pate. He was speaking at the Multi Stakeholders Consultation on Healthy Ageing at the Savannah…
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February 26, 2013863
BARBADOS-POLITICS-Mottley appointed leader of opposition party
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Less than a week after he led the Barbados labour Party (BLP) into its second consecutive defeat, Owen Arthur, has been replaced as leader of the party. Mia Mottley, a former attorney general, who in 2010 lost the leadership of the BLP, was named as the new leader, by BLP executive member Gline Clarke flanked by…
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February 26, 2013674
What about us?
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – Are we ready and open for business? Recently, Dr. Patrick Antoine, chief economic advisor to the new Grenada Government declared this was now so in his country. You would be aware that Grenadians also had the opportunity last week to speak with the vote. A mere two days before Barbadians headed to the polls, their regional…
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February 26, 2013719
Dr Worrell: Keep pace with the competition
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – The way to outrun the competition in the international market is to improve productivity. This was the advice given by Dr. Delisle Worrell, Governor of Central Bank of Barbados (CBB). Delivering his address at the opening ceremony of the Week of Excellence at the Grande Salle yesterday, he highlighted, “Foreign exchange markets are highly competitive, and…
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February 25, 2013654
Still tough road ahead
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The 2013 election is now over and the votes have been counted, disappointments and jubilation expressed and we have begun to return to normalcy. The Prime Minister is busy choosing his Cabinet and in due course the senators will be chosen and the debate on the annual Estimates of Government Revenue and Expenditure will begin. This year…
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February 25, 2013725
Stuart ‘on par’ with Arthur
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – PRIME MINISTER FREUNDEL STUART has been able to achieve levels of support on par with former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. This is the view of the Democratic Labour (DLP) which, in a statement from its general secretary George Pilgrim yesterday, said Stuart had shown in two years an ability to muster as much support as Arthur, who…
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February 22, 2013707
Democracy prevails
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbadians have elected a new administration to govern this country’s affairs for the next four to five years. Once again, Barbadians can congratulate themselves on a peaceful elections period, devoid of the violence, rifts and fierce territorial demarcations that characterise other jurisdictions in the region and beyond. Bees, Dems, independent or apathetic, we all have to live…
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