BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When disaster hits in the Caribbean, Barbadians take pride in reaching out to help. Still, we do not seem to understand that the disasters which have left a path of destruction across the Caribbean can also happen here. Just reflect on David in Dominica in 1979, Gilbert in Jam...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME of the comments made following the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal were disturbing, to say the least. That system, which passed about 45 miles north of Barbados last Tuesday, did not do any damage to the island and most Barbadians were relieved that we were spared once ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE VALUE OF BARBADOS’ currency could be taking a plunge soon unless Government moves speedily to slash the deficit between its revenue and expenditure. Charlie Skeete, a retired senior economist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, has issued this warni...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Christopher Sinckler has likened the Caribbean’s vulnerability to climate changes as a “sword of Damocles hanging over our development” and wants donor countries and financial institutions to adopt a more human...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados’ energy policy is currently being “finalized” and will soon be submitted to Cabinet. The above was disclosed recently by Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Darcy Boyce, who noted that a central feature of this policy will be the gr...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The conundrum brought on by the overthrow of the Muhammed Morsi government in Egypt represents the greatest test for democracy as we know it. It represents the limited power of the ballot as we know it and breeds perpetual disorder. There seems a growing trend of taking to th...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - INTERPOL and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will be hosting a two-day workshop to help the region develop capabilities to respond to a emergencies related to the accidental or deliberate use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or expl...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados economy contracted during the first six months of the year with the main foreign exchange sectors also suffering a decline, according to figures released by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) on Tuesday. The CBB said that the local economy grew by just...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) will soon sign a US$7.1 million agreement with Dominica. CDF executive officer Ambassador Lorne McDonnough said that the organisation will continue to assist disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors within the C...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A report coming out of the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad & Tobago has indicated that regional leaders will be looking to expand the bloc to embrace more territories in the area. The impetus behind this suggestion is to seek ways to stre...