BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - WITH the private sector backing the recently announced tourism initiatives it is going to be important to gauge whether the measures will in fact translate into an improvement in the island’s tourism industry.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - George Lamming, whose name is synonymous with our Caribbean literary history and a most eloquent, persistent voice in defence of this region’s political and cultural sovereignty, will this evening be presented with the Clement Payne Appreciation Award, an event that coincides with next Monday’s annual celebration of National Heroes Day.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados government Thursday stood behind its medium term fiscal strategy (MTFS) in the face of a sluggish economy that has contracted by 0.4 per cent during the first quarter of the year. “It is not this government’s view that the MTFS has failed. That strategy like another was first set as a guide to ensure that we knew where we wanted to be at certain periods over the medium term in our deficit reduction programme,” Finance Minister Chris Sinckler told a news conference.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Government might be strapped for cash on some occasions, but Finance Minister Chris Sinckler says the state has never defaulted on local or foreign debt.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Eleventh Caribbean Fisheries Forum is imperative, timely and the findings discussed and deliberated on will be of great benefit to the region if they are creative, innovative and implemented.
This according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management Michael King who delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of the forum at Accra Beach Hotel and Spa (Barbados), pleading for action across all sectors.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - According to the Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Milton Haughton, the Fisheries sector is highly important.
He highlighted the importance of the sector as a way to improve the health and quality of life of the citizens of the Caribbean.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - According to the Minister of Finance, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is being viewed as a challenge that must be overcome.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - PARTICIPANTS in the ill-fated Boston Marathon could not have known or anticipated that a fatal bombing awaited them at the finish line. This incident again raises the ugly spectre of terrorism, which knows no bounds. We have previously said that although we are not in the line of fire, the Caribbean is not entirely immune from such horror. We need to pay particular attention to national security, particularly the drug trade that engulfs us so much that the focus is on establishing special drug courts.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government says the recent arrest of two people involved in a human trafficking ring is proof that the island is making strides in addressing the issue.
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite said the arrests and rescue five people between the ages of 17 and 21 were also a signal that the work of the committee established to deal with human trafficking was paying off.
“I was very happy to read the newspaper article,” he said, as he addressed the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Soroptimist International of Jamestown.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The United States should seriously reconsider its diplomatic stand-off with Venezuela, now extended to its reservations over the recent presidential poll that resulted in a very close victory – less than two per cent – for Nicolas Maduro, successor to the late president Hugo Chavez.