Barbados

  • March 20, 2013
    875

    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
    829

    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
    952

    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
    882

    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
    847

    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
    893

    $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
    945

    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
    910

    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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  • March 19, 2013
    880

    Camera systems come under scrutiny as CCJ continues hearing testimony in case against Barbados

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cameras installed at the Grantley Adams International Airport have been functioning since they were put in place as part of the security arrangements for the 2007 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was told on Monday. The Trinidad-based CCJ is hearing testimony in the case in which a Jamaican national…

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  • March 19, 2013
    914

    CARICOM’s silence on UN’s rejection of Haitian claims

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – IT’S ALMOST a month since United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon informed Haiti’s President Michel Martelly of the quite shocking decision to invoke “legal immunity” for rejecting compensation claims by some 5 000 Haitian cholera victims. That tragic decision was conveyed via telephone within two days following the conclusion of a CARICOM Heads of Government Conference…

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