Barbados

  • February 13, 2013
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    BARBADOS-ELECTIONS-Prime Minister calls on voters to reject Owen Arthur

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has called on voters to reject the man seeking his job and ensure that the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is returned to power for another five year term on February 21. Stuart, addressing supporters in the St. Peter’s constituency on Monday night, said that Owen Arthur, the leader of the Barbados…

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  • February 12, 2013
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    New guidelines for B’dos off-shore sector

    BRIDGETOWN—The Central Bank of Barbados says it has developed a new framework for granting licenses for prospective financial institutions seeking to operate here warning that it would reject any applicant if it determines that approval would not be in the public interest. The central bank said that the new framework is in furtherance of its responsibility to regulate and supervise…

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  • February 12, 2013
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    Digicel Barbados complaint on landline market to be heard

    (Barbados Nation) Digicel Barbados could be one step closer to entering the local landline market following a Fair Trading Commission (FTC) decision, according to chief executive officer of Digicel, Barry O’Brien. During a Press conference yesterday at Hilton Barbados, the Digicel boss told reporters: “The Fair Trading Commission now has agreed that this is a dispute that they are now…

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  • February 12, 2013
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    BARBADOS-POLITICS-Barbados on “fiscal cliff” warns Opposition Leader

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opposition Leader Owen Arthur is warning of a “fiscal cliff” in Barbados and accuses the Freundel Stuart government of putting the country in that crisis. Addressing a political meeting of his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) on Sunday night, Arthur, who is seeking to regain the government he lost in 2008, said that the decision of the…

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  • February 8, 2013
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    Put locals first!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – In the effort to address the situation with CLICO, the leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is suggesting that Barbados should begin by focusing on its own people and attend to the needs of others after. At a spot meeting in Amity Lodge, Christ Church last night Owen Arthur responded to comments made on the…

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  • February 8, 2013
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    Behaviour change key

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – In the midst of the election fever heating up Barbadians, one noteworthy occasion passed with very little fanfare – World Cancer Day. Observed on February 4 every year, this year’s theme, “Together It Is Possible”, seeks to focus on screening and vaccination efforts across the globe. As part of the information released to mark World Cancer…

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  • February 6, 2013
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    Barbados seen as needing to do more on suspicious financial transactions

    (Barbados Nation) THERE IS A SUGGESTION that law-enforcement and regulatory officials here may not be carrying out sufficient investigations and prosecuting people reported to the Financial Intelligence Unit of Barbados (FIU) for suspicious transactions. In addition, Eamon Kearney, a member of the Eastern Caribbean financial advisory team, has questioned why current legislation did not allow confiscating the assets of criminals…

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  • February 6, 2013
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    BARBADOS-CRIME-Police investigating missing data on oil industry

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Police are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of data on Barbados’s critical oil industry from the Division of Energy and Telecommunications. In a statement responding to a newspaper report that “millions of dollars worth of seismic data” had been reported missing, the  Division of Energy and Telecommunications sais that “the matter in question is…

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  • February 6, 2013
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    CARIBBEAN-TRADE-British trade mission visits the Caribbean

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A British trade mission showcasing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and expertise arrives here on Wednesday as part of a visit to two Caribbean countries. The British High Commission said that the mission will visit Barbados until Thursday before travelling to St. Lucia for a one-day visit. “This trade mission has attracted six United Kingdom companies…

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  • February 5, 2013
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    Create niche branding, more window of options

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – NICHE marketing and branding are opportunities Barbados should pursue to grow more of its exports. This suggestion has come from Matthew Wilson who is a Councillor at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. He believes that every opportunity must be pursued more to promote more of Barbados’ goods to the Caribbean market. “I know consumers may…

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