Barbados

  • January 14, 2013
    793

    Outfoxed!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has been outmanoeuvred by the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and is being forced to call a general election, three political scientists say. And they contend that the longer Stuart waits to act, the worse it could be for his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration. The three – Peter Wickham, Dr George Belle…

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  • January 11, 2013
    849

    Barbados amends tax agreement with Sweden

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados and Sweden have signed a protocol to amend the Convention for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income. A statement from the Ministry of International Business and International Transport said the accord went into effect last month after being signed on November 3, last year. It…

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  • January 11, 2013
    941

    Union plans nationwide strike

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says it will “definitely” embark upon industrial action after efforts to get the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, to retract dismissal letters sent to nearly 100 workers last week failed. BWU general secretary Sir Roy Trotman said that while no date has yet been decided on when the industrial…

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  • January 10, 2013
    862

    LIAT apologizes to customers

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LIAT has apologized to customers travelling to and from Dominica and St. Vincent who have been experiencing an increase in cancelled flights and delayed baggage. In a release today from the regional airline, it was stated: “Over the past two weeks customers travelling to/from Dominica have faced an unusual number of cancellations, especially at nights; while customers…

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  • January 10, 2013
    849

    Talks fail

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A national strike, which could see thousands of workers on the streets, is now looming following LIME’s decision not to withdraw dismissal letters to 97 employees. A last-ditch effort mediated by Minister of Labour Esther Byer-Suckoo at the Ministry of Labour’s offices in Warrens, St Michael, failed last night to bring a resolution between the telecommunications company…

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  • January 9, 2013
    832

    EDITORIAL: Leaders reach deal in Sudan

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – At last some sense has emerged between the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan who have agreed to a set of proposals outlined by former South African President Thabo Mbeki and envoy of the African Union (AU) to bring about a settlement to their dispute. Relations between these two neighbours have also been tense since the independence…

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  • January 9, 2013
    853

    Union threatens island-wide strike

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) is threatening a nationwide strike if the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, does not retract dismissal letters sent to nearly 100 workers last week. The BWU has also given the telecommunication company until Wednesday to rescind the letters. Last week, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, which operates here under…

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  • January 9, 2013
    818

    LIME knocks BWU

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ largest telecommunications company, LIME, has taken the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) to task for threatening to call a national strike over job redundancies at that company. The union on Monday called on LIME to withdraw the 97 letters of termination issued to workers by today or face industrial action. On January 2 LIME announced the laying off…

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  • January 8, 2013
    878

    Prime Minister urges voters to return DLP to power in next general election

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, hinting at a general election “which is not too far away” is appealing to supporters ensure that the St. Andrew’s seat is won by his ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP). The last general election was held in January 2008 and the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has been calling on Prime…

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  • January 8, 2013
    850

    Increased cases of dengue fever

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados has recorded a significant increase in dengue cases last year even as health authorities were reporting a decline in confirmed cases during a four week period leading up to mid-December last year. Official figures released here show that for the four-week period leading up to December 15, last year, there were 43 confirmed cases of…

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