Barbados

  • January 21, 2013
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    CARICOM rum producers in talks with US officials

    BRIDGETOWN—Caribbean Community (Caricom) rum producing countries are holding high-level talks with the United States on resolving issues surrounding the rum industry in the region, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart announced. A government statement said that Prime Minister Stuart made the announcement as he addressed a ceremony unveiling a commemorative plaque for Mount Gay Distilleries’ New Aging Bond earlier this week. Stuart…

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  • January 18, 2013
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    Cave Hill Campus celebrating Golden Jubilee

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Yesterday, the institution launched their year-long activities under the theme “Path to Prosperity”. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, recalled that the Campus came into being first as a College of Arts and Science in 1963 with a mere 118 students…

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  • January 18, 2013
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    Barbados Assumes Chair of OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development

    The Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American States (OAS), John E. Beale today assumed the Chair of the Inter- American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), the main body of the hemispheric organization with decision making power in matters of partnership for integral development. The Chair of the CIDI was received from the Permanent Representative of Antigua and…

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  • January 18, 2013
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    PM promises fight

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is not happy about the recent large subsidies given to the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in relation to rum production, which has left Barbados and other Caribbean islands at a serious disadvantage. But he says the Government is fighting back and will take this grievance to the highest international world trade…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    IDB president arrives in Jamaica

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, arrived in Jamaica Wednesday night. Moreno who was met by Finance Minister, Dr Peter Phillips is here to attend the IDB’s second Annual Caribbean Governors Meeting. It will be held today and tomorrow at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Estwick: Cassava flour a healthy alternative

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Agriculture, Dr. David Estwick, says that the benefits to be derived from the production and wide utilisation of cassava flour as a substitute for wheat will not only be economical, but health-related as well. Estwick, who is also a medical practitioner, made the comments during a press conference where it was announced that manufacturers in…

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  • January 17, 2013
    814

    Stuart: My call

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Asking what the fuss was all about, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart insisted last night that elections would be called when he says so and that the date had been fixed in his mind since the St John by-election two years ago. Giving his “unequivocal and emphatic endorsement” to Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St Michael South East…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Terrorism and global instability

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS there was increasing evidence that France wanted to assert its power in many flashpoints around the world. It started with former President Nicolas Sarkozy and now being promoted by current President François Hollande. The opportunity has presented itself in the Central African country of Mali where French forces have bombed the bases…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    New ball for the Windies?

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In 2005, West Indies cricket took an exciting turn with the launch of the Stanford 20/20 tournament, and later the Stanford Super Series. These competitions injected new life into the standing of the game throughout the region, with its big entertainment factor and, of course, mind-boggling prize monies. Fears about the future popularity of cricket subsided, as…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Barbados predicts modest economic growth for 2013

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados is forecasting less than one per cent real economic growth for 2013 up from “no real growth” last year. The Central Bank of Barbados said that the 0.7 per cent forecast for this year is based on the most recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of average growth of 1.7 per cent for…

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