Barbados
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Sir Garfield Sobers
For the cricketing world of the West Indies, Sir Garfield Sobers, a Barbados national, is an embodiment of excellence and a symbol of West Indian pride. Cricketer par excellence, Sir Garfield distinguished himself as a superior cricketer, classified as the greatest all rounder ever. For this outstanding contribution to the Region through his remarkable career as Captain and player of…
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Sir George Alleyne
Barbadian Sir George Alleyne’s exceptional accomplishments in public and international health earned him the deserving honour of membership of the Order of the Caribbean Community in the fourth conferment of 2001. A true believer in the Region of his birth, Sir George Alleyne dedicated the greater part of his career in Medicine and Health Care to uplifting the standard of…
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Barbados
Key facts Date of Membership in CARICOM: 1 Aug 1973 Also Known as:Land Of The Flying Fish Status of Independence:Independent November 30th 1966 Area: 431 km2 (166.4 miles2) Capital City: Bridgetown Population: 285,000 (2013) Currency: Barbados Dollar Bds$ Highest National Award: Knight or Dame of St. Andrew Economy GDP Growth: 0.9% p.a. 1990–2013 GNI: US$4.2bn GNI PC: US$15,172 Key dates…
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Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Ms Lolita Applewhaite was Director of the Centre for International Services at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. Ms Applewhaite is on loan to the University from the Barbados Government where she spent 30 years. She has served in the diplomatic service of her country with postings in North and South America and…
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Dr. Kurleigh King
The time has come to pull many strands in this paper together in order to form a good appreciation of where the Caribbean Community stood when Dr. Kurleigh King became its Secretary-General. It will be recalled that the high hopes of the Community had been dampened by the effects of the global recession triggered by the increases in the price…
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Ambassador Fred Lloyd Cozier
Mr. Frederick Lloyd Cozier was born in Barbados on 18th March 1920. He attended Wesley Hall Boys’ Primary School during the years 1924 to 1931 and Harrison College from 1932 to 1939. He was also enrolled at New College, Oxford University during 1955-1956 while attending the Second Devonshire Course for Overseas Administrative Officers of the British Colonial Service. In 1960,…
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