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Barbados and Guyana have to work on immigration issues -Bajan Foreign Minister

(Barbados Nation) BARBADOS AND GUYANA need to solve the immigration issues that have soured their relations from time to time, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Maxine McClean. She made her comment while addressing a reception marking Guyana’s 47th anniversary of independence on Friday night. Noting that the two countries had been able to generally solve a range of issue as they arose, McClean however said a special area of work needed to be undertaken by the Barbados-Guyana Joint Commission.

CARICOM/US to sign trade accord

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will sign a trade investment framework agreement with the United States during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden to Trinidad and Tobago next week. Biden is due in Port of Spain on Monday for a two-day visit and will also meet with regional leaders to discuss security and other issues.

Caribbean countries extend sympathy to United States on tornado disaster

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments have sent messages of empathy to the United States after a tornado killed more 24 people including nine children in Oklahoma on Monday. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, who is in Doha, attending the 13th Session of the Doha Forum, sent a message to President Barrack Obama expressing condolences and indicating that “our prayers are with your government and the people of Oklahoma through this difficult period”. Insurance companies estimate that the damage caused by the tornado could run into billions of dol

Barbados must sharpen focus as a financial centre

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE OFFSHORE SECTOR has always been major part of the financial employment generating and foreign exchange earning aspects of our economy, and along with tourism, it has helped to fill the breach created by the decline of sugar. But the potential for that sector to do even more for the Barbadian economy can be gauged from the major input that it makes to the economies of The Bahamas, Singapore, The Channel Islands, Bermuda, The Virgin Islands and Britain itself which provides significant benefits to some persons who may live in Britain but are not domiciled there. In a s

Harmonise labour laws in the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There needs to be a harmonisation of labour laws within the region.

This call was made recently by Cedric Murrell, President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) at “The Role of Labour Standards in Accessing International Markets and Supporting the Caribbean Single Market Workshop” held at Island Inn.

More land for food needed

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Making sure that just under a third of Barbados’ limited land space is kept for substantial agriculture would be to the betterment of the country.

And one such area would be in making inroads in the fight against the chronic non-communicable diseases that are affecting our development.

This is the view of agriculture specialist, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite.

EDITORIAL: Response to terrorism not consistent

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - As the many hotspots around the world are examined, it is not difficult to reach the conclusion that governing is becoming increasingly challenging for many governments facing the spectre of terrorism. Nigeria, for example, is in a state of war with its local militants Boko Haram, who are wreaking havoc in the north-eastern region.

Owen out!

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - FORMER PRIME MINISTER Owen Seymour Arthur is bowing out of elective politics. The most senior member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) told the monthly meeting of the party’s Christ Church West branch Sunday evening that, having given 40 years of his life to the 75-year-old party, he would not be contesting another general election.

Dealing with some ‘realities’ facing CARICOM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CITIZENS OF our Caribbean Community who keep hope alive, against the odds, for this region’s economic progress and social stability would undoubtedly find encouragement in a just-released World Bank Global Development Report. According to this report, the World Bank projects the quite optimistic forecast of the Caribbean being among developing nations having “the largest bloc of savings and investment by 2030”.
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