GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Inaugural Symposium on Current Developments in Caribbean Law in Trinidad and Tobago last week saw Leaders of Government and Opposition echoing calls for renewed commitment to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Speakers featured at the opening... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados Reference Laboratory, which provides a diverse range of medical laboratory services, have been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the prestigeous College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent onsite inspection. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Corporate Barbados is being encouraged to "become a part of youth development". This appeal came on Friday from Minister of Youth, Esther Byer Suckoo, as she was presented with 15 prizes from corporate Barbados, which  were due to be given to some outstanding young people. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government is moving to have the much-touted Financial Services Commission, in place by next year. This assurance came from Minister of International Business, George Hutson, who said government had already approved its establishment. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson will launch a new Barbados Entrepreneurs' Venture Capital Fund on the island this Friday. Intended to add new flavour to the investment market in Barbados, the fund is an essential component of the CBET Shepherding Model. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados will have a new embassy in Brazil by January 2010. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, made the official announcement Wednesday as she disclosed an agrément has been granted by the Brazilian government for the accreditation. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Over 50 delegates from across the region are expected to converge in Barbados for the Caribbean Sub-regional Meeting on Tobacco Surveillance and Policy Development, slated for November 16 to 20. Health Minister, Donville Inniss, will deliver the feature address. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government cannot afford to spend 20 percent of its gross domestic product on education, "just to help young people get better qualifications only to find a job", said Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner. read more...

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BRIDIGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- China and Brazil are likely to be major economic and political powers in the future, and the Barbados government has been "tardy" in establishing the kind of diplomatic relations that it should have with them. Prime Minister David Thompson made this observation earlier this week. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government has agreed to hire a consultant to seek new areas of employment for Barbadians overseas. This disclosure was made by Prime Minister David Thompson earlier this week, as he spoke with the media, after the Second Meeting between the Council... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Caribbean nations want Barbados to explain to them how "this small country, with limited resources, facing a crisis of the magnitude that it has, was able to achieve [sustainability] without having major social unrest, or political upheaval", according to Prime Minister David Thompson. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados has the potential to produce more world-class athletes and the government is committed to investing as much as it can in the area of sports, despite its limited resources. That is the word from Minister of Youth, Family and Sports, Esther Byer Suckoo. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbadian officials are ‘pulling out all the stops' to ensure the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Twenty20 tournament, to be staged in the region next year will be successful. This was asserted recently by President of the Barbados Cricket Association, Joel Garner. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- A single, multi-purpose, high security card containing a micro-chip, has been proposed as an alternative to having a Barbados driver's licence and identification and national insurance cards. This was disclosed Friday by Prime Minister David Thompson. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- In order to fully exploit the region's ocean resources, regional governments must seize every opportunity to acquire more knowledge about the sea and the sea bed. This assertion has come from the Barbados Minister of International Transport, George Hutson. read more...

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has lowered its ratings on the notional debt issue of US$300 million of the government of Barbados to CariAA (Foreign Currency Rating) and CariAA+ (Local Currency Rating) on its regional scale. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Caribbean electoral officers will spend two days in Barbados discussing electoral matters affecting the region, at the fourth General Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Electoral Organisations (ACEO). Prime Minister David Thompson was due to deliver the feature address. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Too many young people are escaping "religious-based, moral education and society is paying the penalty in the form of widespread anti-social behaviour among our young people". This view was expressed by Prime Minister David Thompson last Sunday. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados stands to reap not only economic benefits from the staging of the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 tournament next year, but to gain significant exposure on the international arena. This was underscored recently by the Minister of Youth, Family and Sports. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Efforts continue in St Kitts and Nevis next week to grapple with the problem of trafficking in arms and drugs in the Caribbean. Participants are expected from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados’ airlift out of Canada is in for a boost with the reintroduction of the service by low cost carrier, WestJet. Aviation Consultant with the Barbados Tourism Authority, Neville Boxhill, confirms that WestJet will recommence its service to Barbados in November as scheduled. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbadao (BGIS) -- The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) has surged on with positioning Barbados as a visible player within the South American tourism landscape as it sent forward a delegation to the recently concluded Fair of the Americas or ABAV Trade Show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Director General of the Office of Trade Negotiations of the CARICOM Secretariat (formerly the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery), Ambassador Gail Mathurin, paid a courtesy call on Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson on Thursday. Negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government is determined that the ability of European and other overseas insurance companies to do business with their local counterparts, would not be compromised because of inadequate regulations. This promise was given by Senator Darcy Boyce. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The government of Barbados recognises the inescapable link between education and poverty reduction and has realised that education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised youth and adults can break the bonds of poverty. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The signing of an Air Services Agreement between Barbados and Switzerland should serve "to expand international air services opportunities and facilitate increased opportunities for tourism, trade and commercial activity" between the two countries. That is the view of Minister of Foreign Affairs... read more...

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OTTAWA, Canada -- A complaint filed by the Canadian owner of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, an eco-tourist facility in Barbados, alleges that the dovernment of Barbados has violated its international obligations by refusing to enforce its environmental laws, thereby allowing increased pollution. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- New flights by British Airways to St Kitts and other Caribbean destinations will mean an additional 2,000 seats to the region. BA will operate a total 55 flights a week from London to the Caribbean, with 11 destinations served from Gatwick and three from Heathrow. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The input of the religious community is "missing from the strategy for using this economic crisis as the occasion for a restructuring of society". This view was expressed by Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson on Sunday as he addressed the 14th anniversary... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Oceans governance has been linked to the very survival of individuals in developing countries, as well as to small vulnerable economies such as ours. Environment Minister, Denis Lowe, told a recent Ministerial Roundtable for Ministers of Science in Paris, France that it was... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados Cabinet recently agreed that the Ministry of Health should enter into negotiations with potential consultants on the issue of a new hospital for this country. This was revealed recently by Minister of Health Donville Inniss, as he addressed a press conference. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados is the first country in the region to have a dedicated HIV/AIDS Food Bank and Personal Development Centre (The Vashti Inniss Empowerment Centre). It was officially opened on Wednesday in St Michael by Health Minister, Donville Inniss. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- At the end of the current recession, a large number of super-powers would have emerged and would be able to mass produce and deliver consumer goods and services that are highly competitive. This is the view of Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The need for an immigration policy that meets Barbados' national goals was stressed by Prime Minister David Thompson last Tuesday, as he delivered a Ministerial Statement in the House of Assembly. He was at the time laying the Green Paper entitled "A Comprehensive Review... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government is moving assiduously to tackle the economic problems with which this country is faced. This assertion was made Friday, by Prime Minister David Thompson at the opening of a two-day conference on "Policies and Strategies to face... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados is set to up the airlift ante as the island is about to boast 10 flights a week with British Airways from London Gatwick, scheduled to start this month on October 28, 2009. Petra Roach, BTA Vice-President Marketing & Sales UK, said, “We have a strong relationship with British Airways... read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Representatives of the government of Barbados and the government of France on Friday signed an agreement on the delimitation of the maritime space between Barbados and France. Signature of the accord was effected on behalf of the government of Barbados by Senator Maxine McClean. read more...

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PHILADELPHIA, USA -- Vacationers vying for access to beautiful Caribbean beaches this fall now have great choices at a discounted rate thanks to a new partnership with the Barbados Tourism Authority and US Airways Vacations. From October 12 - November 22, Barbados vacation packages are $150 off. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is not working perfectly and is also not above suspicion, but it is working. This view was expressed by Barbados' Prime Minister, David Thompson, as he delivered the feature address at the opening ceremony of the Convocation. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados --  US Airways’ customers have benefited from more non-stop flights to Barbados from its Philadelphia hub since October 1, when the airline began its four days a week flights to Barbados and beginning December 19 there will be a daily service, assisting Barbados in penetrating the US market. read more...

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