Continued EU support for region

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Some Bds$100 million will soon be made available to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean through an investment project funded by the European Union, in co-operation with a number of development banks. The Caribbean Investment Facility (CIF), which is due to be launched next week, will provide seed money to the Caribbean region of the ACP (Africa-Caribbean-Pacific) countries. This was revealed yesterday by Head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ambassador Mikael Barfod, during a courtesy call on Publisher and Managing Director of Advocate Publishers (2000) Inc., Anthony T. Bryan. He was accompanied by the Head of the Political, Trade, Press and Information Section, Claude Bochu, as well as Press and Information Officer, Wayne Lewis.