Ukraine mobilises after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’

KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilised for war yesterday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour in Moscow’s biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War. “Th...
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EDITORIAL: UN fails to help cholera victims

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - HOW MUCH longer will it take for the United Nations to come to grips with its moral, if not legal responsibility as well, to compensate the thousands of Haitian victims of a cholera epidemic in 2010 that has been traced to negligence by a detachment of United Nations...
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Fish divide

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - AN official of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Government may have to consider limiting the number of new fishermen to protect stocks of migratory fish, but a Government minister has dismissed the idea. Minister of Housing, L...
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Transport lay-offs

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - The state-owned Transport Board has started laying off workers – and the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) was last night readying itself to respond. It also appeared last night that the matter was headed for the office of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. W...
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Serious Business: Caribbean Commitment in China

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:29-30 THIS week, here is an amalgam of web feeds which may inspire hope...
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Recession impacted promises’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - THE recession has not caused the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) to renege on their election promises, but it has impacted upon them. This is according to Finance Minister, Christopher Sinckler, who was speaking at a joint branch meeting between his constituency of St....
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Small farmers important too

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Small farmers also have a vital role to play in the growth of the agricultural sector and the overall contribution that this industry can make to the development of the Barbadian economy. This is the belief of Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development, Denis K...
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