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THE GROUNDS at Kensington Oval are taking on a new green and white look.That is because the much talked about covers for the pitch and the outfield are not only here, but are being laid out.Workmen we... |
DESPITE the firing of contractor 3S Solutions by Government earlier this month, roadworks are still proceeding at full speed on the ABC Highway. |
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The Organization of American States (OAS) is teaming up with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to organize a Caribbean Re... |
editor@caribbeannetnews.com WASHINGTON, USA: Caribbean tax havens came under attack in the US Senate on Thursday during a hearing by the Finance Committee on the Cayman Islands and offshore tax issues... |
of Maynards, St Peter, are accusing the police of interviewing a five-year-old member of their family without her parents' knowledge and consent. Jason Patel wants to know who gave two police offi... |
his water-borne toilet.This is several months since the Urban Development Commission (UDC) built a one-bedroom house for the elderly man in Watkins Alley, Reed Street, The City, but the reason for giv... |
BARBADOS has never had an outbreak of food-borne diseases after a major festival, and health officials are aiming to keep it that way.In keeping with what has obtained for the past 23 years, environme... |
Minister of Agriculture Senator Haynesley Benn sang that tune yesterday when his ministry toured the compounds occupied by the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC).The B... |
Acting corporate communications specialist Wayne Simmons said yesterday it was the NCF's policy to release the results of the preliminaries after Friday night's Cable & Wireless/FirstCaribbean Pic-O-D... |
Q: I have seen several tropical-looking shrubs in some area of the county that have been putting on an eye-catching flower display. The flowers appear in clusters, range in color from yellow to red an... |
Web Posted - Thu Jul 24 2008 By Janelle Riley THE Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados is quite pleased with the move by Prime Minister David Thompson during the delivery of the Budget recently, ... |
Web Posted - Thu Jul 24 2008 THE STAFF of the Barbados Youth Business Trust said farewell to Dr. Rosina Wiltshire who recently announced her retirement as Resident Representative of the UNDP. Accord... |
Web Posted - Thu Jul 24 2008 By Regina Selman A number of social problems are standing in the way of continued progress for the National Initiative for Service Excellence (NISE), and those at the he... |
As if nitrates, acids, coral bleaching and increasing amounts of sediments were not enough, young resident Caribbean fish have to contend with ravenous, non-native lionfish. A new Oregon State Univers... |
Updated Research From Zagada Institute Reveals Caribbean Fast Become a Dominant Nearshore Niche Player To American Firms Miami and Coral Gables, Fla. ( |
While Barbados is a popular diving destination, there are enough untouched parts to make your dives feel special. You may see turtles, sea horses, stingrays, schooling fish, and a popular shipwreck si... |
0 posts Human land use can fragment landscapes, creating new habitat edges. These edges affect how animals use the landscape and how predators interact with their prey. Edges of beach vegetation in Ba... |
DUBLIN, Ireland - A trio of English cocaine smugglers who were caught after putting the wrong fuel into their boat received the longest drug-related prison sentences in Irish history Wednesday. |
Super 14 Friday, March 30 H'landers v Ch'tahs (09.35) Force v Sharks (13.05) Saturday, March 31 'Canes v Bulls (07.30) Chiefs v Blues (09.35) NSW v C'saders (11.40) Lions v ACT (17.00) ... |
he City on August 2. The non-stop partying takes place from 10 p.m. until 10 a.m. the next day to one of the largest line-ups of local and regional performers, bands and DJs to be found on one sta... |
SUMMER the film Hit for Six! has been gaining momentum with an impressive run at various film festivals around the world. The film, which was produced in Barbados, has been nominated for Best Feat... |
CHURCH AND STATE met yesterday at what Minister of Health, Dr David Estwick called "a ground-breaking event" to reduce the incidencs of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs).Speaking yesterday at ... |
That's because a How To workshop is being offered by the Office of the Advisor on Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and The Loving Arms Organisation. It is targeting indi... |
And over the next three years, the event is slated for a complete metamorphosis.Slated for August 3 at Kensington Oval, the event which promises to showcase some of the top local and regional entertai... |
Monitor staff photographer Alfredo Sosa and staff writer Matthew Clark show how Cubans try to make ends meet. John Parke Wright wants to provide Florida's best restaurants with the finest steaks aroun... |
Event coordinator of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Aja said a DJ showdown will be one of the innovations of the show, which gets under way at 11 a.m. "We're going to start the programme on Su... |
Acting corporate communications specialist with the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Wayne Simmons, told the MIDWEEK NATION that the unions, the Barbados Association of Tent Managers (BATMAN), The ... |
got a chance to Break Away on Saturday when Pyramid Entertainment staged a fun day for children at the Plantation Garden Theatre.Rock climbing, jumping tents, train rides, face painting and lucky dips... |
nd Early Detection programmes. For 15 straight days, the four members undertook three gruelling races in the L'Etape du Tour which allows amateur riders from around the world to ride the same mountain... |
This is the challenge Roman Catholic priest Father Clement Paul is throwing out to designers and band leaders who are preparing revellers for Grand Kadooment Day on August 4."As I look around I get th... |
nion, Steve Bell, providing a back-to-school loan for parents is a way of helping to meet their children's needs, despite the high costs they have to endure. "We [COB] are about providing services to ... |
Royal Caribbean Cruises' shares surged Tuesday after the cruise operator appeased investors with its announcement that it is slashing jobs and taking other steps to reduce annual expenses by $125 mill... |
NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to popular demand, the Fall Best of Barbados package's booking deadline has been extended until August 15, allowing travelers even more time to secure incredibl... |
may remember too well the sore forearms from 'ringing cassava'.Back then, our foreparents had unlimited respect for the many uses of the carbohydrate from 'spray starch' to cassava pone.Now that the p... |
400 people responsible for the marking of the Caribbean Examination Council's (CXC) examinations came in for high praise recently when Acting Minister of Education and Human Resource Development Patri... |
and her brother, attorney Richard Best, children of Barbadian journalist Tony Best and Barbara Best, are creating their own professional legacy in the United States. Born in New York, Robyn first came... |
CHANCELLOR of the University of the West Indies, Professor Sir George Alleyne, has published a book entitled Health And Development In Our Time, a collection of his selected speeches. |
DOES FLOGGING WORK for every child? That's the question Chief Education Officer Wendy Griffith-Watson believes teachers should ask themselves before doing it.She queried if it would work on those with... |
or the Norfolk Broads. I say stuff Skegness. I say bugger Bognor," he wrote in a column in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I am going to take a holiday abroad, and in my view it would be ... |
by the emphasis placed on agriculture in the 2008 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, and take this opportunity to comment on some of the proposals. It is important to note that one canno... |
Just before moving off from Spring Garden on their annual Seven Seas Tour, chairman of the BARP consumer protection committee, Jai Jebodhsingh, said he was happy with the growth of the association, bu... |
"Whatever you do, do it with gusto . . . but never ever forget . . . success is our destination. We have only just begun . . . ," said lawyer Margot Greene while addressing the graduation ceremony at ... |
Web Posted - Tue Jul 22 2008 By Katrinah Best THE days of a virtual acceptance of poor driving on Barbados' roads look to be numbered with Safe Roads Barbados set to implement a new campaign aimed at... |
adobe.com . On May 28, a tiny St. Vincent Amazon parrot pushed its way out of an egg at the Houston Zoo. The egg was the size of a large chestnut. The bird was 3 inches tall, with bulging ... |
ZDNet News : Jul 22, 2008 6:38:48 AM Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company t... |
HALIFAX — Allan Robertson lived for three years in Barbados, where hurricanes wreak havoc regularly. But it was the 2003 pummelling of Halifax's Point Pleasant Park that brought home the punch th... |
Senior West Indies stars Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo have been named in the 32-man Stanford Superstars training squad ahead of November's US dollars 20millio... |
fire officers took a five-hour trip into Harrison's Cave yesterday.It was not as pleasant as it sounds, though, as it was part of a simulation exercise organised by the Barbados Fire Service (BFS).The... |
So in response, the Productivity Council launched the youth arm of their National Productivity Awareness campaign Impact yesterday at the PomMarine Institute, Hastings, Christ Church."We thought somet... |
of soca fans trekked to Farley Hill National Park yesterday for the third annual Soca On De Hill.Dressed in their nippy shorts in hot summer colours, some women almost bared it all.With just two weeks... |
) late Monday reported its second-quarter net income fell to $84.7 million, or 40 cents a share, from $128.7 million, or 60 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue increased to $1.58 billion from $1.... |
By Jose Cortazar CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters): Tropical Storm Dolly headed for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday bearing heavy rains and winds, but it posed no immediate threat to Gulf oil installation... |
A BIG PARTY broke out at Sherbourne Conference Centre early yesterday morning when Sir Ruel and Myles Z took the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch titles in the 13 to 18 and 8 to 12 categories respect... |
anniversary of the Arch Cot tragedy approaches, some residents who had been relocated got some much-needed assistance yesterday. Sean Brathwaite, Mark Matthias and Winston Pollard received cheques... |
RIHANNA credits her success as a singer to childhood bullying, insisting her prejudiced peers prepared her for the entertainment industry by forcing her to develop a thick skin. The Barbados-born be... |
Sailing home from Fastnet with a sharp north-wester, we raised Land's End in silence. Instead of the routine traffic calls and four-hourly weather forecasts on VHF Channel 67, there was a glum voice e... |
Even if my mother and father forsake me, God will take care of me. – Psalm 27:10.IMAGINE HAVING IT ALL – family, friends, good health, a nice house – and then losing everything in the b... |
"We did not get the nod [in the Budget] but all hope is not lost and I want you to know the ministry is working on your behalf and we will address your issues," he said.His comments followed a meeting... |
an official migrant roll for Guyanese seeking employment in Barbados.Guyana's Honorary Consul in Barbados Norman Faria revealed to the SUNDAY SUN yesterday that the consulate has forwarded a proposal ... |
e-Crop semi-finals at the gymnasium of the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex.Each tent has four places, with Gabby, John King, Sheldon Hope and Pompey carrying the banner for the Ocean Park-based Big Sho... |
Web Posted - Sat Jul 19 2008 WITHOUT a doubt, there is a need for a broader health care delivery system in Barbados. This, says Minister of Health, Dr. David Estwick, is required to respond to the n... |
It is amazing there are not more off-field confrontations similar to that between the England captain, Michael Vaughan, and South Africa's AB de Villiers on the opening day of the Second Test. No game... |
By Sir Ronald Sanders It seems that Caribbean countries can now forget any idea of Britain being helpful to them in any attempt to review or re-negotiate aspects of the Economic Partnership Agreement ... |
NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): The low-pressure system in the eastern Caribbean Sea north of Curacao and Aruba could become a tropical depression during the next day or two as it moves toward the oil produc... |
By Clarence E Pilgrim Part One In countless ways the twenty-ninth meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government, which was held in Antigua and Barbuda from 1-4 July 20... |
THE ABC Highway expansion project should be "essentially" finished by the beginning of the next school term.Minister of Transport, Works and International Transport John Boyce made this projection yes... |
THE JANUARY 15 General Election has come and gone and a new Government has been in place for six months. However, the Government guards who worked during the election have not been paid. |
Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs Freundel Stuart confirmed this during a Starcom Network interview aired recently, adding he was in the process of reviewing both documents.Commenting on t... |
GEORGE PILGRIM has resigned as personal aide to Prime Minister David Thompson to accept the appointment as consultant to the Rural Development Commission. |
25-16, 25-18, 25-20 win over a stubborn Netherlands Antilles side, Barbados became the first team to advance to the men's semi-finals of the 12th Caribbean Volleyball Championships.The ten-time champi... |
Harper Valley, Rockhampton Road, Jackson, St Michael, are angry and frustrated at the time it is taking for construction of the road to be completed.So too is parliamentary representative for the area... |
WHAT I LIKED I loved the yellow buses that went quite fast and played loud reggae music. The beaches were brilliant and the sea was warm. Me, my dad and my brother James went on a banana boat... |
UNICEF Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Tom Olsen (left) listens as Je-Meila Maloney, a 17-year-old Combermere student, speaks about her experiences. More in News |
and Yeovil midfield player is one of only two of the trialists from Tuesday to be included in the squad for the annual pre-season friendly against the Gunners. Cochrane is a |
Web Posted - Thu Jul 17 2008 By Randy Howard SMALL hotels in Barbados are likely to benefit from the refinancing of a fund set up by the previous Government, to the tune of more than $20 million. Th... |
Santo Domingo.- The Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association (CHTA) appointed the Dominican hotelier Reyson Pimentel as its regional vice president, who said he'll work to attract new markets and reac... |
to be paid, auxiliary staff at the National Sports Council were made to wait a little longer for their wages yesterday. Some of the employees, who usually look after pavilions across the island, c... |
Pilgrim, currently employed as personal aide to Prime Minister David Thompson, began the consultancy this week.The former Democratic Labour Party general secretary unsuccessfully contested three elect... |
The auctioneer's hammer brought a close to another chapter in the history of one of Barbados' most famous East Coast landmarks yesterday.Proprietor of Atlantis Hotel, Theo Williams, stood by as auctio... |
will no longer use the Christ Church Welfare Office building in Oistins to house staff or cater to the needs of members of the public. This was decided yesterday by the Minister of Social Care, Co... |
"This is the hurricane season and I'm therefore going to be telling the Rural Development Commission (RDC) between now and before September, they must seek to identify every house in rural Barbados wh... |
Although it is not officially open, the temporary bridge has been torn down so the new structure is now the only way across the Constitution River.During a recent tour of the project, acting chief exe... |
is seeking more help with its Feeding Centre in Reed Street, The City, that caters to about 125 people daily. With the high cost of living and a budget of $251 000 a year, Divisional Commander Maj... |
by the determined Jamaican women, Barbados ran away with the last set, winning 25-17, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 15-6 to remain unbeaten when the 12th Caribbean Volleyball Championships continued at the Wil... |
WHERE is the respect?International soca star Alison Hinds is asking why local musical artistes are not treated in the same manner as international performers. She was a guest yesterday on the Caribbea... |
A Bloc Québécois MP is pressuring the Tory government to provide more information about Canadian involvement in a growing global Liechtenstein tax evasion scandal, CBC's |
By DAHALIA SMITH, NG Sports Reporter, dahalia@nasguard.comThe Bahamas Amateur Golf Federation's (BAGF) Junior National team, after three rounds of play, ended up fifth out of seven countries with 87 p... |
Star & Enterprise Staff Reports Published: July 17, 2008 The South Carolina National Heritage Corridor (SCNHC) is inviting the public on a trip of exploration of the “Connections” betw... |
. To trim lodging costs, stay in self-catering cottages rather than hotels, advises Jeremy Viray of VisitBritain, the United Kingdom's tourism office. These short-term rentals can be found in almost... |
President Walter Maloney said one of the biggest problems facing public workers was access to decent housing.In an interview with the DAILY NATION on Monday he said the union had to find a solution to... |
THERE IS HOPE for Barbados' football even though the country has not been chosen to host any group matches in the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships.Speaking at the launch of the championships at th... |
Wilton Brathwaite, a 59-year-old fisherman, of St Philip, and 24-year-old Gopaul Sanasie, a Guyanese who resides in St Lucy, Barbados, were arrested in the raid. On Monday about 4:24 p.m., 21 packages... |
SECURITY GUARDS are everywhere: in your supermarket, favourite eating places, even at your office. But do they really keep you safe?The DAILY NATION went around to check some establishments and made s... |
One of the goals of Camp Entrepreneur is to develop young business owners.The two-year-old camp located at The Clock Tower, Garrison, St Michael, is educating campers about the basic knowledge and ski... |