(Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN – Barbados is so concerned about the future viability of regional carrier LIAT that it sought legal advice on whether its heavily subsidized competitor Caribbean Airlines (CAL) was following CARICOM rules.
(Barbados Nation) A weather advisory has been issued for Barbados. A strong tropical wave located about 1050 miles east-southeast of the windward islands is moving west-northwestward at around 25mph.
Satellite imagery indicates that shower and thunderstorm activity has increased in organization since this afternoon. It seems this disturbance could become a tropical depression or tropical storm later tonight or on Monday.
This system has a 70 per cent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Recognising the need to raise the level of public awareness as it relates to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology, the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) will be launching a special Roadshow today.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - GOVERNMENT MAY eventually have to cough up $64 million dollars for the clean-up of the former Mobil Oil Refinery site at Needham’s Point.
But the legal team representing the Canadian company originally hired to clean up the site believe Government’s continued delay in signing a contract to have the work done may have made the area even more environmentally unstable.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - HAD Government’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) not been implemented, the fiscal adjustment which now has to be made of four per cent or close to $400 million, would be times higher.
This assertion from Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Chris Sinckler, who believes the shift being seen right now was reflective of what was happening in the global economy.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - History will be created in Barbados when the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) grants institutional accreditation status to one of the island’s tertiary educational providers – the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC).
The Open Campus will receive this award, the first of its kind on the island, next Monday, July 8 at 10 a.m. at the Council’s Headquarters at NO 123 A, “Plaza Centrale”, Roebuck Street, St. Michael.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In an effort to curb the growing level of obesity in this island, the Ministry of Health has started talks with several fast food restaurants with the intent of having healthier foods placed on their menus.
Senior Medical Health Officer (CNCDs), Dr. Kenneth George, made this revelation yesterday during Esso’s Help Us Help programme at the Hilton Barbados.
He said that the department was in the process of engaging the restaurants in creating healthier alternatives for its client base.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Barbados Advocate -
It is only in the context of a properly functioning integration movement that the Caribbean region, now more closely knit than ever, can rise about the daunting challenges it now faces.
This was the message sent by Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Freundel Stuart, on the occasion of the 34th Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last night in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados authorities warned Wednesday that dealers engaged in the precious and second hand metal should obtain a licence and register with the police before attempting to export those commodities. According to an official statement issues here, the dealers must also ensure that the metals are “specifically declared” to the Comptroller of Customs, and that the Precious Metals and Second Hand Metal Act 2013-3 mandates Customs to approve and inspect all exports in these commodities.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Regional insurance company, Sagicor Life Inc, has made a donation to the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) to assist with the co-ordination of their 40th Anniversary events. In keeping with the anniversary theme, “Celebrating our accomplishments, Continuing the journey”, the company’s donation will be steered towards celebrating and rewarding members of the 2 800 strong group of examiners in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. “Sagicor and the CXC both have strong roots in the Caribbean.