Barbados
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March 13, 2013817
EDITORIAL: Kenya faces uncertain future
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding father, was named the winner of the country’s presidential election with 50.07 per cent of the vote last Saturday. He has the name, the wealth – and the burden that comes with his heritage. Unlike the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Uhuru faces indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for…
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March 12, 20131,011
Drug Treatment Court for Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados will be establishing a drug treatment court this year as it seeks to deal with a high prison population and the recurring problem of recidivism. Home Affairs Minister, Adriel Brathwaite said the issue is providing a “major headache” for the authorities and that the government is continuing to explore all avenues to tackle the problem…
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March 12, 2013967
EDITORIAL: Barbados and Hugo Chavez’s Petrocaribe
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It is good to know that at this time when rising fuel prices continue to impact on the general cost of living, fresh thinking is being encouraged for Barbados to revisit its absence from among the countries of the Caribbean that have long been beneficiaries of Venezuela’s significantly subsidized Petrocaribe project. Credited as a “visionary initiative” in…
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March 11, 2013819
Oil slip
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – BARBADOS IS MISSING out on housing, environmental and agricultural benefits by not signing on to the Petrocaribe oil agreement. So says Venezuela’s Ambassador to Barbados Jose Gomez Febres, who wants to see Barbados join the list of 17 Caribbean states which have signed the deal with Venezuela to purchase oil at preferential prices. “There are benefits for…
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March 11, 2013805
End of an era in region’s politics
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE death of Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for the last 14 years, has brought to an end a type of politics that many would not have associated with a region on the doorsteps of the USA, were the global environment similar to what existed 40 or even 30 years ago. It gives rise to the question…
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March 8, 2013815
No ball!
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte is unlikely to get the support of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control he once headed in elections later this month. In a peculiar set of circumstances for the March 27 poll in Barbados, the Windwards seconded Jamaican Dave Cameron for president and Dominican Emmanuel Nanthan for vice-president.
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March 8, 2013847
EDITORIAL: Critical time in politics
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Both houses of the Barbados Parliament have been constituted and the Throne Speech has been delivered as the new administration sits down to begin its business in what is going to be an interesting period of our parliamentary life. One aspect of being a responsible paper is that we function as a paper of record; for in…
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March 8, 2013809
Changing attitudes towards women
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Today is International Women’s Day. Recognised every year on March 8, this occasion is one when several countries across the world hail women for their achievements in various areas in society while looking back at those challenges overcome, accomplishments made and future potential gains still to be had for females. Starting back in 1975 during International Women’s…
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March 7, 2013803
Enough talk, say farmers
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LOCAL FARMERS ARE tired of hearing the same thing over and over on praedial larceny. Tempers flared as farmers and others involved in agriculture vented their frustration yesterday at their continuous losses from crop and animal theft and what they said was the inability of the police and the court to do anything about the problem. “I…
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March 7, 2013784
EDITORIAL: Chavez reached out to CARICOM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE NOT SO UNEXPECTED NEWS came on Tuesday night of the passing of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan leader for the past 14 years. He had become the standout figure in Latin America during his term in office, and forced many to either like him or hate him. There was no middle ground with Chavez. Chavez suffered from…
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