Barbados News Archives

By Sharon Austin BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Minister of Sports, Dr Esther Byer Suckoo, has again called on corporate Barbados to render more assistance to local athletes.

Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has cautioned Caribbean Comm-unity governments that any trade and economic agreement reached with Canada must be "better than what we got from Europe". The European Union and CARIFORUM, the 15-member Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic, signed an Economic Partnership Agreement in October last ...

By Andre Skeete BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados Minister of State with responsibility for Labour, Senator Arni Walters, has warned employees that the days of having a secure job until retirement is "a thing of the past". Senator Arni Walters peruses some of the literature on display at the TVET Council's National Skills Day Showcase.

St. Kitts & Nevis - " September 24, 2009 : The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal is asking parties involved in Contempt of Court Case against the St.

AS the political temperature rises in Jamaica and Barbados over initiatives to secure assistance from the International Monetary Fund in the face of spreading social and economic problems, here in Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning is striving hard to appear "cool'' in the face of worrying economic downturn.

By Eyvette McClean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Government geriatric hospitals in Barbados are unable to fulfill the demand for residential care of the elderly population, and as a result, have been relying on the Alternative Care of the Elderly programme to do so.

A Guy's View : Celebrations good for national psyche 9/20/2009 By R.E. Guyson Mayers On Thursday 17 September, 2009, Barbados welcomed home its world 110 metre hurdles champion, Ryan Brathwaite, in grand style.

By Gillian Applewhaite BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Oversight Committee appointed by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, David Thompson earlier this year to oversee the sale and functioning of CLICO's entities, has received offers for two of those regulated assets.

By Cathy Lashley BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbadians have been urged to have zero tolerance against violence.

Under the Microscope : No place for Millipede at Fowl Cock fight 9/17/2009 By Hartley Henry When fowl cocks are fighting, millipedes should get out of their way.

BLP Column :Bring back Barbados 9/14/2009 'Betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope' - Steven Deitz, American Playwright A series of acts and statements by the David Thompson Administration have led Barbadians to the alarming conclusion that this 20-month-old government has betrayed them.

Musings : The Front Page 9/13/2009 By Jeff Cumberbatch First, a disclaimer is necessary.

Under the Microscope : Owen and Mia - Six and half a dozen 9/10/2009 By Hartley Henry I hold no particular brief for Mia Mottley, but what Owen Arthur is doing to her is not right and definitely not fair.

MUSINGS : Words that define us 9/6/2009 I was much intrigued by a recent article written by Tony Thorne and published in The Times of London.

Context is everything.A In social relations, a statement uttered in times of calm and good relations among groups of people may be taken as harmless and allowed to pass.