Barbados

  • January 16, 2013
    788

    Zero growth

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados economy had a dismal performance in 2012, registering no growth, and the Central Bank is predicting hardly any increased economic activity in the country this year. Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell delivered the disappointing news yesterday in his review of the economy for last year and his projections for the next 12 months.

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Union puts nationwide strike on hold

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has decided to put on hold, plans for a national strike pending the outcome of talks with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on Friday. Prime Minister Stuart has summoned officials from the union and the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, to the meeting in a bid to end the impasse…

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  • January 16, 2013
    846

    Opposition chided on boycott

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – AS NINE EMPTY benches faced Government yesterday in the House of Assembly during presentation of a $15.7 million supplementary resolution to subsidize diesel, the Opposition boycott came in for a tongue-lashing from a senior minister. Minister of Small Business Denis Kellman noted that yesterday was Government’s fifth “birthday” – the anniversary of the January 13, 2008 election…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    BLP boycotts Parliament, calls for election date to be announced

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Tuesday defended its decision to boycott a sitting of Parliament accusing the ruling Democratic Party (DLP) of failing to follow tradition and announcing the date for a general election in Barbados. “The Barbados Labour Party which won the right to vote for all Barbadians of qualifying age, has always…

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  • January 16, 2013
    787

    Regional efforts to combat HIV/AIDS moving ahead

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean has approached the problems related to HIV/AIDS in a collective way. This is the opinion expressed by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, Edward Greene. “I believe that the region has good support from critical agencies; in particular the UN system, UNAIDS and from the US government through PEPFAR. They…

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  • January 15, 2013
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    PM to meet with union leader

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with officials of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) later on Tuesday as he seeks to ward off a nationwide strike that the union has announced after it failed to get the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, to retract dismissal letters sent to nearly 100 workers last week. BWU…

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  • January 15, 2013
    826

    Focus on opportunities

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Should we congratulate St. Kitts and Nevis for being the most recent Caribbean nation to become a “high-income country, as defined by the World Bank? Recently, the President of the United States of America Barack Obama pointed out that it was his intention to terminate the designation of the twin-state as a beneficiary developing country under the…

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  • January 14, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Switching to alternative energy

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Things are beginning to look very interesting in the alternative energy sector in Barbados. In recent months we have witnessed an intensification of practical involvement and investment, from both the public and private sectors. There is now better appreciation that we can generate more of our power needs using solar and wind energy. Last week Government took…

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  • January 14, 2013
    841

    Barrow still has a presence

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Evidence of Errol Barrow’s influence continues to permeate Barbados and the Caribbean, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart told a thanksgiving service in memory of the Father of Independence yesterday. Speaking at St Christopher’s Anglican Church, Stuart said he and the members of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which Barrow co-founded, were “pleased to be his distinguished successors”. Stuart…

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  • January 14, 2013
    824

    It is only a matter of time

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – WITH the heightened political activity currently on in Barbados, it seems only a matter of time before Barbadians get to know just when they will be going to the polls to elect a Government of their choice. Both political parties – the ruling Democratic Labour Party and the Opposition Barbados Labour Party – are in a state…

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