Barbados
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February 22, 2013708
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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February 21, 2013764
EDITORIAL: The right and duty to vote
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THIS IS THE DAY and now is the moment. Barbadians will cast their vote today to elect an administration to govern the island for the next five years. As a people, we need to appreciate the importance of the vote and not pass on the opportunity, only to complain at a later date, whether in whispers or…
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February 21, 2013687
Voters choosing a new government in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadians Thursday began casting their votes in a general elections that political observers say could be historic if the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) fails to win a second five year term in power. No government since the island attained its political independence from Britain in 1966 has failed to obtain a second consecutive term, but…
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February 21, 2013725
CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish to meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad
“…the flyingfish has been recognised as the single most important small pelagic species in the southern Lesser Antilles.” BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 – On Friday, 22 February 2013, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will convene a meeting of seven Caribbean countries currently harvesting the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific name: Hirundichthys affinis), in Port of Spain, Trinidad…
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February 20, 2013677
Barbadians gearing to elect new government
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 20, CMC – Barbadians go to the polls to elect a new government on Thursday with opinion polls predicting a victory for the main opposition Barbados labour Party (BLP). But Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is telling voters that his ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) ,which won the 2008 general election by an 20-10 margin, is still the…
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February 20, 2013737
T&T farmers enter Barbados market
(Trinidad Guardian) – Local farmers may soon be getting more opportunities to export produce to the region, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj said yesterday when he oversaw the export of 1000 kilos of paw paw to Barbados. Maharaj and a team from the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (Namdevco) arrived at the Servis terminal at Piarco shortly before 6…
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February 20, 2013777
Grenada/Barbados poll verdicts
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – BY the time you read this column, the official results of yesterday's general election in Grenada should have been publicly declared. Grenadian voters had trekked to polling stations aware that, according to forecasts by credible pollsters, the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas was facing defeat by former prime minister Keith…
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February 19, 2013731
Opposition Leader wants less focus on his health
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opposition Leader Owen Arthur wants his detractors to look at the policies of his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) ahead of Thursday’s general election rather than focus their attention on his health. Arthur, who turns 64 on October 17, is seeking to regain the government that he lost when the BLP was trounced 2010 by the Democratic…
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February 19, 2013746
Opinion poll predicts victory for opposition part
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is likely to win as many as 20 seats in Thursday’s general election, according to the latest opinion poll published here on Tuesday. The poll by the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES), shows that the BLP, lead by former prime minister Owen Arthur could win between 17 and…
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February 18, 2013675
UWI commended for 50 years of ‘great work’
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Despite challenges in the past, the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus has excelled in a half century. The 50th Anniversary Interfaith Thanksgiving service was one of celebration as the institution was lauded for its achievements. Bishop of Barbados and Archbishop of the West Indies, The Most Rev. Dr. The Hon. John Holder, said that…
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