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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (GIS): Later this year, the Barbados government will be setting up a Financial Services Commission “to enhance the supervision and regulation of financial institutions in Barbados”. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon met Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur in Bridgetown on Saturday during an official tour of the Caribbean. McKinnon headed for St Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday for a three-day visit. read more.. |
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS):  Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Caricom sub-committee on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Owen Arthur, is expressing confidence that the region is on track for implementation of the single economy in 2008. read more.. |
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS):  Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, has said that the region must come to a decision regarding arrangements with its traditional economic allies and trading partners, before the full implementation of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy in 2008. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (GIS): Come Wednesday, February 14, the Barbados Ministry of Health will be launching an Online Media Centre. The website has been developed by the Ministry to act as an information portal disseminating vital data on its HIV/AIDS Programme, including its mandate and functions. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  On the eve of the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, one of Canada’s leading tennis professional coaches, Barbadian Lionel Eli wants Caribbean governments to invest more in sports tourism. The tennis coach is committed to introducing visitors to Barbados. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Fidelity Wireless has announced plans to offer Internet, phone and IPTV/Video on Demand services over a new state of the art wireless broadband network to the residential and business community in Barbados. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  The Barbados Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development Minister, Senator Lynette Eastmond, held talks this week with Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Pedro Garcia Roque. The two, along with other senior officials from the Ministry, discussed many topical issues. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Negotiations on a bilateral fishing agreement between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have resumed. After a break of over three years, officials from the two countries met in Port-of-Spain this week for talks aimed at settling the dispute. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: With nine host countries and Dominica to become a single domestic space during the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup, the Barbados Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is beefing up security in its plant quarantine unit. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Barbados and St Kitts-Nevis are getting multi-million dollar help from the European Commission to help them cope with the drop in sugar prices. Barbados will get a BDS$5.8 million dollar injection from the EC as part of the Commission's plan to provide development assistance. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Crystal Palace defender Leon Cort has backed Paul Ifill to be a success at Selhurst Park following the Barbadian's £750,000 move from Sheffield United earlier this month. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Martinique ended their appearance in the Digicel Caribbean Cup on a high as they defeated Barbados in the Hasely Crawford stadium in Group Sedley Joseph. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Haiti may have taken the longest route possible to get to the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals but they were the first team to qualify for the semi finals when they defeated Barbados by one goal to nil in the home of the Soca warriors. read more.. |
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| ST PETERS, Barbados: Almond Resorts, a Caribbean all-inclusive chain of resort hotels, has a very tempting sunshine offer this winter. With bookings of five consecutive night stays or more, Almond Beach Club & Spa, Almond Beach Village and Almond Morgan Bay, are all offering a US$500 credit per person, towards airfare. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The curtain rose at Sunbury Plantation House promptly at 8 pm on Monday night, with American pianist Robert Glasper and his trio providing some stimulating listening to open the 14th annual Barbados Jazz Festival. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Authority, Peter Odle, has welcomed Air Jamaica’s new daily non-stop service between New York and Barbados as “100 per cent positive”. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Capacity magazine launches its inaugural Capacity Caribbean 2007 congress, taking place on 31 January and 1 February in Barbados, that will provide information on the latest developments in the Caribbean wholesale telecoms market. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Regional immigration authorities should use the opportunity of Cricket World Cup 2007 to discuss issues that relate to immigration, including the issue that exists between Guyana and Barbados, said Guyana's Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies all-rounder Ryan Hinds will captain Barbados in the 2007 regional Carib Beer first class series. Hinds, who was reappointed by the Barbados Cricket Association, will also skipper the Bajans in the KFC Cup. read more.. |
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| 'This year could be a disastrous one for the small hotel and accommodation sector in Barbados if bookings do not increase for the period before and after the Cricket World Cup finals.' read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Air Jamaica has announced new daily non-stop service between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York and Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados, starting January 10, 2007. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados football team, currently preparing for the final leg of the 2006 Digicel Caribbean Cup in Trinidad, have been hit with a big blow when it was reported that first-string goalkeeper Alvin Rouse will be unable to train for the next two weeks. read more.. |
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| ST JAMES, Barbados (Reuters): Play was suspended in the final round of the WGC-World Cup in Barbados on Sunday because of driving rain and strong winds. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Eighty percent of the cabins on the cruise ship that will serve as additional accommodation in Barbados for Cricket World Cup have either been sold or pledged to be sold. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: There's some good news and bad news coming out of the tourism sector in Barbados. Minister Noel Lynch says while long-stay visitor arrivals are increasing, the picture in the cruise industry is not so rosy. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  St Kitts and Nevis Attorney General, Dennis Merchant has given an assurance that a Commission of Inquiry into the failure of an unusual number of Police Officers to report for duty immediately before 30th September 2006, must not be seen or viewed negatively. read more.. |
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| BWIA was described 'as a key player in developing the (Barbados) tourism industry'. Yet in a Caribbean Broadcast Corporation news item, the latest statement is the loss of 'BWIA will not affect Barbados'. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: A British actor has been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl in Barbados. But Benedict Paul Freeman was allowed to return home to continue his work in front the cameras after providing $100,000 bail. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The final Group G match of the Digicel Caribbean Cup, which was staged at the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados, ended with a 1-1 draw between Barbados and Bermuda. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Hosts Barbados started their Digicel Caribbean Cup second round qualifying matches in Group G with a 2-1 win over Bahamas. In front of an expectant home crowd, Barbados took time to settle. read more.. |
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| Of course a privatised company, Grantley Adams International Airport inc., could not collect taxes, that is a Government prerogative, so the name has to be changed to a 'service fee'. read more.. |
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| This week marks the third anniversary of British Airways generous loan of one of just seven Concordes operated by them to Barbados. Since November 2003 it has sat in a purpose built 'temporary' hanger. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Capacity magazine is to launch its inaugural Capacity Caribbean 2007 congress on 31st January and 1st February in Barbados, which will provide information on the latest developments in the Caribbean wholesale telecoms market. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The New Year will see Barbados in an island-wide musical ferment when Grammy award-winning artist Anita Baker and a cast of other regional and international artistes gather for the 14th edition of the Barbados Jazz Festival. read more.. |
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| Your reporter here in Barbados, Dawne Bennett, was quick to report "Barbados least corrupt country in the region". That might be easy for her to report. read more.. |
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| If the report carried in the Weekend Nation of Friday November 10, 2006 is correct and the airport departure tax is being increased by over 100 per cent to BDS$55 (US$27.50), it is in my opinion a massive mistake. read more.. |
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| I am looking for the Rev. Peter Haynes, who was the priest in charge at St Philip-the-Less church in Barbados in 1995. We are returning to the island next September and we are trying to locate him. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has shot down the Barbados government’s attempts to hang two convicted murderers. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados has been named the least corrupt country in the Caribbean by Transparency International, which gave Barbados just over seven out of 10, placing it at number 24 on the index. read more.. |
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| ‘Barbados has been billed the largest and most active cruise line home port in the world’. That was the word from Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch, as Barbados prepares to host 18 home-porting cruise ships. read more.. |
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| I am writing from the northeast of the USA and want to let the countrymen of Barbados know that I would not be able to visit their beautiful island if it was not for the “Best of Barbados” special. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Barbados Light and Power Company (BL&P) is searching for the root cause of a power failure that left Barbadians, businesses and schools without electricity for seven hours. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Within a few short weeks the Region will learn the names of the individuals selected as FirstCaribbean Regional Unsung Heroes. An eight-member independent judging panel recently met at FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Regional Head Office in Barbados. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Effective November 1, all applicants for visitor visas (non-immigrant visas, or NIVs), including applicants at the US Embassy in Barbados, will be required to use the Electronic Visa Application Form (EVAF). read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Over fifty senior leaders from FirstCaribbean International Bank recently found out what it’s like to work at the sharp end in FirstCaribbean when they spent the day ‘Trading Places’ with colleagues from other departments across the organisation. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: A team from Scotland Yard is in Barbados as British police continue the hunt for a man wanted for dozens of sexual assaults on mostly elderly British women over the past 15 years. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Outgoing US Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Mary Kramer, has suggested that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require American citizens to have a passport to return home by air, won’t be as disastrous as some are predicting. read more.. |
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| Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch is quoted as stating ‘Barbados will have 14 cruise ships docked in its port, six of which will be permanently berthed as floating hotels, during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007’. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The father and son charged in connection with the beating of a 15-year-old boy, in a case that involved accusations of racism, have been released on bail. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Sunday, October 15 marks the 45th anniversary of the arrival of Peace Corps Volunteers in St Lucia, which was one of the first nations to respond to President Kennedy’s initiative. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: In a bid to save the sensitive environmental lands at Graeme Hall from a water park development, the Friends of Graeme Hall Committee have announced their support for a new National Park at Graeme Hall. read more.. |
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| According to media reports, the Government of Barbados has signed a deal with Carnival Cruise Lines ‘which guarantees that it (Barbados) will earn BDS$156 million (US$78 million) over the next three years’. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The International Federation of PGA Tours on Friday announced that Digicel has been selected as the preferred wireless communications provider for the World Golf Championships read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Memory of the World Committee (CRLAC/MOW) is meeting in Barbados 4-6 October 2006, to discuss issues surrounding the enhancement of the Regional MOW Programme. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadians are now paying less to fill their gas tanks, following a government decision to drop prices in keeping with the fall in price on the international market. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US President George W. Bush has cleared the way for US military aid to Barbados, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): Jamaica, along with Mexico, booked their places at December's golf World Cup in Barbados after finishing first and second at the Nations Cup qualifying tournament in Aruba on Sunday. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados has been identified as one of the most competitive countries in the world to do business. In a list compiled by the World Economic Forum, the country comes in at number 31 out of 125 countries. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: In the words of its Greek owner, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyCruise has decided to reposition to St Maarten this winter, stating, 'We got a better deal from St Maarten overall, especially when the cost of bunkers is taken into account.' read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Barbados to increase VAT. But the government has rejected that advice, saying that such a move would cause undue hardship for Barbadians. read more.. |
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:  Barbados and the Netherlands Antilles have agreed to start negotiations regarding a Double Tax Agreement (DTA) and Mutual Customs Assistance Treaty. The Netherlands Antilles' State Secretary of Finance, Alex Rosaria, was recently in Bridgetown. read more.. |
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| As this week I celebrate 40 years in the travel industry across 67 countries, including eighteen on Barbados, perhaps the single biggest disappointment has been support for the re-DISCOVER the Caribbean initiative. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Air Jamaica has announced an increase in service to the Eastern Caribbean nations of St. Lucia and Barbados, effective January 11, 2007. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Bequia, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Martin, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago are all represented at the fourth annual re-DISCOVER the Caribbean Show in Barbados. read more.. |
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LONDON, England (AFP):  Euan Blair, eldest son of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has been discharged from a hospital in Barbados, the prime minister's office said Friday. Sky News television reported earlier that the 22-year-old university student had suffered "abdominal pains". read more.. |
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