Barbados

  • 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
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    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
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    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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  • March 5, 2013
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    Fighting on several fronts

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The fight against crime goes on. Varying reports suggest that countries within the region are facing escalating levels of crime – some unarguably more alarming than others. The crimes vary from drug trafficking to firearms, theft and bodily harm, as well as cyber-crimes. Three interdependent approaches to countering this scourge bear heavily on the mind. Firstly, it’s…

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  • March 5, 2013
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    Former PM looking forward to writing his memoirs

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two weeks after he failed in his bid to regain the position of prime minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur is now indicating that he intends writing his memoirs after having had a “wonderful life” in politics. “I will be writing my memoirs in three phases. One is called a country boy giving a perspective of what…

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  • March 5, 2013
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    No problem

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Two weeks after being replaced as party leader following the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) February 21 defeat at the polls, Owen Arthur says he is not disturbed by no longer being at the helm. “The notion of not leading the BLP is not a problem for me . . . . I really have had a wonderful life…

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