Trinidad to host Caribbean debt burden meeting
From Caribbean360 Representatives from across the region will attend the meeting organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) with the General Secretariat of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday February…
Barbados rugby team qualifies for Commonwealth Games
From Caribbean360 The Barbados team has been hard at work for the past three months, training for major tournaments in Tobago, Las Vegas and Hong Kong. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 13, 2014, CMC – The Barbados Men’s Rugby Sevens team…
Barbados to host the inaugural Caribbean Economic Forum
From Caribbean360 The interactive event is the first of its kind in the region and will examine topics ranging from the economic prowess of emerging markets to reform of the IMF. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Distinguished visiting economist Dr C….
Barbados to benefit from additional British Airways flights
From Caribbean360 British Airways said it would increase from 10 to 12 the number of weekly flights to Barbados as of November 30 this year to February 29, 2015. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 2014, CMC – Barbados, which last year registered a…
Economic crisis and the Caribbean: The challenges facing Barbados
By Hilbourne Watson From Stabroek News Hilbourne A. Watson is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Barbados is yet another casualty of the economic crisis facing the Caribbean, with the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government euphemistically…
Burdensome debt and elusive solutions
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 Average public debt levels for Caribbean small states now amount to about 84% of GDP with five countries experiencing debt-to-GDP ratios of close to 100% and higher. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 6, 2014 –…
Barbados expects to earn millions in foreign exchange from animation industry
Industry Minister Donville Inniss said that the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation was aggressively pursuing business in the animation industry and the Freundel Stuart government was committed to a rapid expansion of ICT based companies her BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –…
Caribbean walks the talk on clean energy policy
From Caribbean360 Barbados, for instance, which spends an estimated 400 million dollars annually on fossil fuel imports, has announced plans for a wind, gas and solar energy programme that requires almost one billion dollars in investments. Desmond Brown BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,…
Welsh couple fulfil their Caribbean holiday dream by building their own boat
From Wales Online Mark and Suze Hicks from Tenby spent five years building the twin-hulled catamaran before braving the Atlantic Tenby couple Mark and Suz Hicks, who are sailing around the world on their home-made catamaran Tenby couple Mark and…
Across the Caribbean, calls for divine intervention ring out
By Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News As Caribbean countries battle some of their worst economic and social challenges in years, there are increasing calls for divine intervention. From Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago…
