BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - One of the inescapable incidents of manâs inhumanity to man is the need for reflection on events which some of us would rather forget.
Slavery, in our case, and the Holocaust, in the case of the Jews, are two examples of such atrocities, but modern-day ethnic cleansing and the whole colonial experience also come to mind.
Two recent news items brought us face to face with this need to reflect, if only to ensure that we honour the contribution of our forbears.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The placement of Barbados on a United States watchlist of intellectual property rights violators is being seen as a double-edged sword.
Barbados was put on the list this month, with the Office of the United States Trade Representative citing the ârefusalâ of local television and radio broadcasters to pay American entertainers for public performances of their music.
The CEO of the management of the Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IN the context of what he says is increasing unemployment and poverty in Barbados; high incidences of non-communicable diseases; the current contracting of the economy; and a decrease in tourism arrivals and spend, the all-encompassing aspects of agriculture must play a greater role in the economic and social empowerment policies of this island.
This view came from Dr.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prepare for anâactive hurricane season.
Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Judy Thomas sounded this warning yesterday saying that residents should prepare homes and businesses against flooding and strong winds.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS - Tourism authorities are concerned about complaints about rude and arrogant personnel at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA).
Commenting on a story appearing on the Back Page of yesterdayâs MIDWEEKâNATION about ratings Barbados was receiving from some of the visitors passing through the airport, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport Irene Sandiford-Garner said the reports were of concern to tourism authorities who had discussed the matter and determined it was an area that âmust be tackled at all levelsâ.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Middle East seems on the verge of another war or at best a long period of instability. Last week, Israel reportedly made air strikes on Syria, a development which has already attracted wide condemnation in the Arab world. Egypt on Sunday condemned the attacks, with the Arab League also demanding that the United Nations Security Council act to stop what it called âIsraeli attacksâ. It says the air strikes âviolated international law and principles that will further complicate the situationâ.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Organisation of American States (OAS) regional experts meeting on the project âExpanding the Socio-Economic Potential of Cultural Heritage in the Caribbeanâ, got under way at Amaryllis Hotel yesterday.
OAS Representative to Barbados, Francis McBarnette, pointed out to participants that the OAS of today represents a hemisphere of vast cultural diversity, whether referring to architecture, paintings, music, sculpture, craft work, cinema cuisine, literature or religion.
âAll these forms are relevant, ever evolving, and dynamic,â he stressed.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Someâvisitorsâto Barbados have been giving the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) negative reviews on various websites. And they are especially critical about the attitude of customs and immigration officers. Discerning travellers are going on websites such as Britishexpats.com, TripAdvisor.com and Barbados.airport-authority.com, to name a few, to write their experiences for the world to see. âA special kind of hellâ was how one British visitor writing on TripAdvisor.com last September described the GAIA.
BRIDGEETOWN, Barbados (CMC) â Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding believes the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) represents an excellent opportunity for the development of professional cricket in the region. The 59-year-old, known for his strident criticism of the shortest form of the game, said the CPL was special as it had the potential to birth a new generation of professional cricketers in the Caribbean. He has signed on as the ambassador for the development programme.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC â Barbados is moving to establish a hotel innovation fund to provide low-cost finance to hoteliers and other stakeholders in the tourism industry, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Chris Sinckler has announced.
âI recently had discussions with the chairman of the National Insurance Board, Dr. Justin Robinson, and he has assured me that very shortly we will be able to bring our sector stakeholders and players in to begin to fashion the Hotel Innovation Fund that we had announced in the Financial Statement and Budgetary proposals of last year.