Barbados

  • January 8, 2013
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    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
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    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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  • January 8, 2013
    910

    Official welcomes WHO draft on NCDs

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A senior Barbados health official has described as a “major achievement” the recent agreement by member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) to draft a comprehensive global monitoring framework for the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joy St. John, who is also the Chairperson of the WHO Executive Board,…

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  • January 8, 2013
    920

    PM comments on Barbados’ downgrade

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – No country rejoices at being downgraded, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on last month’s International rating agency Moody’s downgrade of Barbados. “However, the downgrade has not altered any of the facilities to which Barbadians are entitled and to which they have access. Life continues,” he stressed. “We have a comfortable foreign exchange position at the moment; we…

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  • January 8, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Strengthening CARICOM/Cuba cooperation

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – n a pace-setting move the Guyana Parliament last week unanimously approved a motion to record for posterity the “special relationship” that country shares with Cuba. As Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, noted, the relationship with Cuba dates back to more than four decades when Guyana was still a British colony, and prior to the 1962 United States-imposed…

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  • January 7, 2013
    919

    Commonwealth or Europe? Why a choice?

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The New Year started with yet another welcome affirmation from the British Government of the importance of the 54-nation Commonwealth. Hugo Swire, who was appointed Minister of State for the Commonwealth last summer, published an Opinion in the Daily Telegraph in London on January 2 in which he said that the Commonwealth “is an important institution” that…

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  • January 4, 2013
    951

    Open Campus hits hard times

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The financial problems affecting the University of the West Indies have trickled down to the UWI Open Campus programme. Reports indicate that the Open Campus which operates in 16 nations is owed millions by contributing countries and, as a result, is struggling to pay its bills. The major defaulters, according to a source, were the Eastern Caribbean countries which…

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  • January 4, 2013
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    Barbados and San Marino sign Double Taxation Agreement

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados says it has signed an Avoidance of Double Taxation agreement with the Republic of San Marino as well the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on income. A government statement said that the agreement was signed in New York last month and formalises the bilateral agreement which was initialled in July 2012. Barbados…

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  • January 3, 2013
    950

    Still hanging in the balance

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Looking back, there were several issues last year that have been left hanging in the balance that one can only hope will be addressed this year. REDjet came with a lot of fanfare and hoopla, creating major excitement in a region whose population has begged on bended knees over the years for cheaper options to travel. Many…

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  • January 2, 2013
    946

    No end to Middle East problems

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE YEAR 2012 has seen challenges and opportunities, new beginnings and familiar setbacks, victories and defeats. The most glaring example is the attempts by the United Nations to end the bloody 21-month-old Syrian conflict through diplomacy which have been a resounding failure. There is little reason to expect a quick change given the Russian-United States disagreement on…

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