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Caribbean Politics Grapples With Dual Citizenship

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:46:37 GMT

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec 3 (IPS) - When Jamaica's chief justice disqualified Daryl Vaz from sitting in Parliament last April, it brought into focus the complications surrounding dual citizenship, not on...

Tourism slide hits Dominican Republic, most popular Caribbean destination

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:30:00 GMT

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Fewer tourists are flocking to the beaches of the Dominican Republic. New statistics from the Central Bank show the number of visitors began declining in the sec...

Cuba-CARICOM Summit Important to Barbados

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:45:43 GMT

Bridgetown, Barbados, Dec 3 The Third CARICOM-Cuba summit, to open next Monday in Santiago de Cuba, will have great interest for thousands of Barbadians, said The Nation newspaper, as one of the topics in the ...

Rahaxi, Inc. Signs a Lucrative Service Agreement With Pure Commerce for Expansion of Business Within the Caribbean and Latin America

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:04:22 GMT

Major Multi-Currency Solutions Provider to Strengthen Rahaxi, Inc. Offering of Dynamic Currency Conversion Solutions in the Caribbean and Latin America

Crisis having an affect in the Caribbean

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:03:33 GMT

Caribbean nations are feeling the sting of the U.S. recession but so far are weathering the storm, according to officials gathered in Miami for a regional conference.

Program to analyze smaller Caribbean businesses

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:26:15 GMT

Small and medium-sized businesses in the Caribbean looking for help on how to better manage their enterprises can now get some free advice courtesy of Scotiabank and the Inter-American Investment Corp...

Deshong $500 nearer to surgery

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:53 GMT

is another step closer to securing surgery that will see the removal of a facial tumour, thanks to the gospel singing group Golden Travellers.

Faria says research method

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:50 GMT

regarding a recent release of figures on sex workers in Barbados. Referring specifically to the mention of Guyanese nationals, Guyana's Honorary Consul Norman Faria said he had written the consult...

No vegetable shortage says Paul

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:49 GMT

assured that there will be vegetables available for the Christmas season. Despite reports last month that vegetables could be in short supply this yuletide, chief executive officer of the Barbados...

Wilkie students settle in

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:45 GMT

Principal Margaret St Hill-Pinder told the DAILY NATION everything went "beautifully" yesterday morning with the Transport Board buses arriving and leaving on time.The Class One and Two students remai...

Hundreds flock to nature sancutary again

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:41:43 GMT

Thousands of Barbadians again flocked to the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary yesterday for a second day of free admission.The question remained, however, were the numbers high because of the "freeness" o...

Regional Cooperation Needed on Caribbean Natural Disasters

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:26:22 GMT

Miami — Caribbean countries especially hard-hit in recent years by hurricanes, tropical storms and severe flooding emphasize the need for a unified regional approach to deal with natural disasters a...

More coming forward for help

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:52:49 GMT

And that ministry is reaching out to help them, said Permanent Secretary Sonja Welch on Monday at a World AIDS Day rally in Independence Square, the City.She told the audience, the majority of whom wo...

Royal Caribbean announce new Director and office in Sydney

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:57:38 GMT

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) announced yesterday at a media briefing that it would open its first Australian-based office in Sydney with the purchase of Discover the World Marketing. Discove...

Fight against witness intimidation

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:17:53 GMT

While saying the problem was more pronounced in other Caribbean countries, Attorney-General and deputy Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, said he also suspected it may become an issue in Barbados."The t...

Temporary traffic arrangements

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:11:29 GMT

THIS YEAR'S Independence Day Parade takes place at the historic Garrison Savannah tonight, beginning at 8 p.m. To facilitate this event, the following temporary traffic arrangements will be in effect from 6 ...

A New Cold War in the Caribbean

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:10:06 GMT

Ever since the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. has seen the Caribbean in the way that the Romans viewed the Mediterranean: Mare Nostrum, Our Sea. From the Spanish-American War through the Cuban missile cris...

Grenada, Barbados aiming for Jamaica in Digicel caribbean championships

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:15:57 GMT

Robert Bailey, Gleaner WriterTrinidad and Tobago (T&T), Barbados and Grenada all arrived in the island yesterday for tomorrow's start of the Digicel Caribbean Championships.The Trindadians and Grenadi...

Russia, Venezuela conduct joint naval drills in Caribbean

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:39:46 GMT

(Poll - Why has Russia sent warships to Venezuela?) MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet and the Venezuelan navy have successfully conducted the V...

West Coast eyesore for Sir Lloyd

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:07:35 GMT

While indicating he was not commenting on the state of the country's tourism sector, Sir Lloyd said his heart hurtalmost daily when he passed the West Coast. "My heart aches whenever I pass, and that ...

Sinckler eager to get on with job

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:07:33 GMT

of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment, Rural and Urban Development, Christopher Sinckler, is ready to tackle his biggest problem, housing Barbadians. He told reporters last Friday, after attend...

Dame Olga recovering from knee surgery

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:07:32 GMT

from knee surgery in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.Dame Olga told the DAILY NATION yesterday she was resting comfortably after the surgery last week, and wanted to thank all those who had sent flowers ...

Russian navy begins Caribbean exercises

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:12:05 GMT

Russian warships have begun naval exercises in the Caribbean for the first time since the end of the Cold War. Four Russian ships and a dozen Venezuelan vessels are involved in the exercises, the lat...

Russian naval task force starts deployment in Caribbean

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:08:14 GMT

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's naval task force from the Northern Fleet has started deployment in the southern Caribbean in preparation for joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy, a...

1 free piece of luggage, says LIAT

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:54:14 GMT

PASSENGERS travelling on LIAT will only be allowed one free piece of luggage from tomorrow. The bag must not weigh more than 50 pounds and be no bigger than 62 inches.

Bonds on sale from December 8

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:54:13 GMT

in Barbados Government Savings Bonds over five years will be launched on December 8. The issue will be for a nominal sum of $10 000 000 and will be available in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $...

30 not out for Caribbean all-rounder Digicel

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:48:17 GMT

Pan-Caribbean mobile operator Digicel has launched commercial GSM-based services in the British Virgin Islands, its 25th market in the Caribbean and Central American regions, and its 30th market world...

Russia, Venezuela to start naval drills in Caribbean

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:01:06 GMT

Caracas/Moscow, Dec 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia and Venezuela are set to begin two-day joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.

Barbados looking to topple Jamaica, T&T

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:56:38 GMT

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):The Barbados captain, Norman Forde, is anxious to shock more fancied teams at the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championship finals as he and his teammates take aim at their first-...

See crisis as chance for change

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:27 GMT

emergency measures, the Caribbean should see the current global economic crisis as an opportunity to make sustainable systemic changes, says former Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

Good time was had by all

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:25 GMT

It all depended on who you talked to as the DAILY NATION interviewed vendors at the 42nd Independence Celebrations at the Garrison Savannah on Saturday night.It also depended on what you sold and wher...

Pastor tells nation to put God first

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:24 GMT

This was the advice of Pastor Vincent Wood yesterday as he delivered an Independence Day service at the Emmanuel Baptist Church."We are not upholding those things [in the National Anthem]; therefore, ...

Service to start Tourism Week

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:23 GMT

will be celebrated from December 7 to 13, under the theme Achieving Success Through Service Excellence. It start with a church service at St Mary's Anglican Church at 8:45 a.m. (BGIS)

Public Library reopening tomorrow

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:21 GMT

The main branch of the National Public Library is set to reopen tomorrow in a new location. Minister of Community Development and Culture Steve Blackett said yesterday that tomorrow's opening was stil...

Women should all be made safe

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:20 GMT

of trying to dominate. This is how Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Patrick Todd, explained the motivation behind violence against women.He called it ...

Bajans told they must care for each other

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:19 GMT

Speaking at a seminar to empower members of the disabled community last Wednesday, director of the Bureau of Social Policy, Kirk Humphrey, said there was a need to revisit how the planning was done at...

Gays giving out condoms in AIDS Week

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:18 GMT

MEMBERS of the United Gays and Lesbians Association of Barbados (UGLAAB) will be distributing condoms and information at various locations around the island as part of the commemoration of AIDS Awaren...

Looking to South America

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:07:17 GMT

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Business and International Transport Gabrielle Springer Taylor, said Government was pursuing bilateral air transport agreements with Argentina, Col...

Barbados Independence Day

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:58:49 GMT

Barbados Independence Day >> 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 1 Propped: 1 Prop it This Sunday the 30th of November is a special day here in Barbados, it is was on this day in 1966 when the Island was granted it' s ...

EU aid not enough for pact

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:46:15 GMT

Caribbean nations are grumbling that an aid package of euro165 million is not enough to help implement a free-trade agreement with the European Union.Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington says na...

Now Is The Time

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:20 GMT

Fellow Barbadians, I consider it a distinct honour, privilege and pleasure to address you as Prime Minister of Barbados on this our 42nd anniversary of Independence. Barbadians everywhere should be pr...

Much To Be Proud Of

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:18 GMT

Fellow Barbadians, as we celebrate our country's Independence, we have many achievements of which we can be proud. We have witnessed tremendous growth and development as a nation that far exceeds our ...

Lewis looks back at first flag-raising

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:16 GMT

That first Independence Day was significant not only because it meant independence from Britain, but for a team of public officers drawn from various departments, it was the culmination of months of p...

Rastas here for summit

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:15 GMT

RASTAFARI from the region and beyond are gathering here for the 12th Summit, Cultural & Trade Expo of the Caribbean Rastafari Organisation (CRO).

Stink Suttle Street a bother

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:13 GMT

operating from Suttle Street, The City, are begging the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) for more skips in their area and more frequent refuse collection.And there is a stench.Some of the business o...

Time to turn republic

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:29:12 GMT

He said unless Barbados decided on whom it wanted to be head of state, the country's Independence would be incomplete.Blackett made this pronouncement during his Independence message to the nation."Th...