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BARBADOS | B'dos vendors protest attempts to develop 'private' beaches

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 30, 2018 - “There are no private beaches in Barbados.” This is the word from General Manager of the National Conservation Commission (NCC), Keith Neblett which has responsibility for public areas in Barbados.

March 30, 2018
Published in Caribbean

L-R: Dennis Pyka, Managing Director of dp2research; Alvin Jemmott, Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.; Donna Cadogan, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport; William ‘Billy’ Griffith, CEO of the BTMI; and Marc Leimann, Managing Director of Norstat Germany

Barbados number one in the world for visitor satisfaction

BERLIN, Germany — Barbados tourism is once again in winner’s row, this time beating out destinations such as second-place Seychelles and third-place Bermuda, to land the number one spot on the 2017 Destination Satisfaction Index (DSI).

March 13, 2018
Published in Tourism

CARICOM Heads pose for their Official Photo at the conclusion of the Twenty-Ninth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,

CARICOM States sign agreements deepening regional integration movement

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministers wrapped up their Twenty-Ninth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, today, leaders took the opportunity to sign some five agreements aimed at deepening the CARICOM integration process.

February 27, 2018
Published in Caribbean

CARIBBEAN | GraceKennedy divests stake in Barbados insurance company

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 9, CMC. – GraceKennedy Limited – one of the region’s largest conglomerates, has announced that it has now divested its 30 per cent stake in the Trident Insurance Company Limited of Barbados.

May 10, 2017
Published in Regional Economy

BARBADOS | Health Ministry re-assures that vaccines are safe

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 25, CMC – The Barbados government Tuesday said that it fully supports vaccines being administered by private doctors, as well as through the island’s polyclinics.

April 26, 2017
Published in Health

Opposition Leader Mia Mottley leads the “March of Disgust.” The message to the Government is “enough is enough”.

BARBADOS | Opposition “March in Disgust” – pressure mounts for early election

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar. 12, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) on Saturday increased calls for Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart to call an early election as an estimated 10,000 persons participated in what was dubbed the “March of Disgust”.

March 12, 2017
Published in Politics

BARBADOS | Int'l lending agency Moody's downgrades B'dos

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar. 9, CMC – International credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the bond and issuer ratings of the Government of Barbados to Caa3.

March 9, 2017
Published in Regional Economy

Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr. Delisle Worrel

BARBADOS | Court grants further extension to Central Bank Governor

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 17, CMC – A High Court judge had granted the embattled Central bank Governor of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell six more days in office as he granted him a new stay preventing Finance Minister Chris Sinckler from removing him from office.

February 17, 2017
Published in Justice

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