Barbados

  • March 8, 2013
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    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, 2013
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    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, 2013
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    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, 2013
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    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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  • March 7, 2013
    823

    Barbados’ lead attorney reprimanded in Myrie trial

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – AS Shanique Myrie’s case against the Barbados Government continued in the Caribbean Court of Justice at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston yesterday morning, lead attorney for the Barbados Government, Roger Forde, received a sharp reprimand from head judge, Sir Dennis Byron. The reprimand came after Forde attempted to discredit claims by witness, Odisha Brown, that she…

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  • March 7, 2013
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    Myrie trial moving to Barbados

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Jamaica leg of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) trial in the case of Shanique Myrie against the Barbados government is now complete. The lawyers representing Jamaican national, Shanique Myrie, have now closed their case at a hearing of the Caribbean Court of Justice, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston this…

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  • March 7, 2013
    781

    Jamaica turned back as many CARICOM nationals as Barbados, CCJ told

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – A senior Jamaican immigration official yesterday conceded, during the Shanique Myrie trial before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), that there was no significant disparity in the number of Caribbean nationals denied entry to Barbados in the last five years when compared to Jamaica. The admission by Ephieum Allen, the acting deputy director for immigration at the…

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  • March 6, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Fanning the flames of war in Syria

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The major issue preoccuping those interested in the Middle East is what to do about Syria, and whether the United States and Europe should provide military assistance to the opposition groups fighting to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It is topical given the current trip to the region by United States Secretary of State John…

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  • March 6, 2013
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    Barbados votes

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The narrowness of the election results in Barbados reflects a decision on the part of voters to keep close to the parties to which they have had allegiance. Though it also suggests that Mr Owen Arthur and his team failed to persuade the electorate at large that in the context of the recession which the country has…

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  • March 6, 2013
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    Caribbean pays tribute to President Chavez

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, who for more than 14 years, used his influence, oil and cash to fashion closer relationship among countries in the Caribbean died Wednesday, less than a month after he returned to Caracas from Cuba where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. His death was announced by Vice President Nicholas Maduro in a…

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