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Regional bankers urged to use technology to improve services to clients

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, Monday urged regional bankers to use the opportunities which new technologies offer in delivering central bank services as efficiently as possible. Addressing the 23rd Regional Central Banks Information Systems Specialists (RCBISS) annual conference, Worrell said providing the services should be done without exposing the banking system to unacceptable levels of risk.

Obstacles to development

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - On June 4, 1940, Winston Churchill stood in the House of Commons and painted the picture of a country that would refuse to bow to the pressures of a German annihilator. In one of his three most celebrated speeches, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”, the victories which he depicted were not from a standpoint of having the physical and numerical upper hand, but victories won on a sheer mental decision to reject defeat. Of young soldiers he said, “There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth.

Barbados to host first ever water resources management workshop

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – More than 20 lecturers and researchers from universities across the Caribbean will meet in Barbados on Wednesday for the first-ever Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Knowledge Management workshop to be held in the region. The two-day regional workshop is being organised by the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in collaboration with the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) of the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

ACP’s sugar plea for EU to avoid a crisis

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A MONTH from this week, Heads of Government of CARICOM will be meeting in Port of Spain for their regular annual summit. They will have much to reflect on – the just concluded rounds of informal meetings in Trinidad and Tobago with United States’ Vice-President Joseph Biden and China’s President Xi Jingping. The final agenda for the summit is yet to be settled, but immediate pressing issues requiring serious decisions for action would include regional air transportation and the future of the region’s sugar trade with the European Union (EU).

Still a priority

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women Multi-Country Office of the Caribbean, made the comments during a wide-ranging exclusive interview with The Barbados Advocate recently. She noted that across the Caribbean, efforts have to be made to expedite these cases in order to bring about a measure of closure for the victims.

Navigating the new dynamic

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LAST week was a significant development in the relations between the United States and the small island nations of the Caribbean Community. Trinidad and Tobago hosted an official visit to the region by United States Vice President Joe Biden. Caribbean leaders, including our own Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, held meetings with Mr. Biden and his delegation.

The good news about Barbados’ Owen Arthur

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SCHOLARSHIP on the contemporary political history of the Caribbean can benefit from the autobiographies, memoirs, papers and correspondence of political leaders, especially prime ministers. This is a well-developed and invaluable tradition in England and the United States, motivated in the former by an overweening sense of the importance of their history and the latter by the possibility of lucrative gains. Every former president has at least one book giving his version of history. Mr.

Barbados to establish Revenue Authority

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados will establish a revenue authority this year because of a number of issues including inconsistencies in revenue collection, particularly at the Customs. Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Chris Sinckler recalled an instance last year, when Barbados was asked to explain to the World Customs Organisations, the discrepancies in revenue collected for goods imported from Japan. “… last year 2012, Japan reported exporting in value US$68 million in reconditioned or used vehicles to Barbados.

Region against guns: Caribbean committed to fight against weapons and crime

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THIS island’s top cop has revealed steps are being taken – not only on the local front, but regionally – to arrest the problem of gun crimes. Speaking during the hand-over of a hydraulic shears at the Central Police Station from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Commissioner Darwin Dottin noted that there were countries in this region where more than 80 per cent of all homicides were committed with the aid of a firearm. “There are several reports from International agencies that have

Regional fisheries ministers meeting in Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean fisheries ministers are meeting in Barbados on Friday to discuss the work of the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). “This is a very important meeting in terms of forging a new strategic direction for the fisheries sector,” said CRFM Executive Director, Milton Haughton. He said the seventh meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council will consider a number of coordinated initiatives aimed at progressively improving “the standard of living of our fisherfolk, particularly those in the small-scale fisheries sector (as well as) the region’s
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