BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim has won a monumental victory over the Barbados Court of Appeal that gives him the green light to take an outstanding matter directly to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for resolution. In a landmark ruling, the CCJ gave Pilgrim the authority to “leapfrog” the local Court of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It will be full steam ahead for implementing policies related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), but with some revised timelines. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, made this clear last, as he spoke with members of the media during a press conference to outline key points coming out of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As this year’s hurricane season gets underway, psychosocial support will be utilized to help Caribbean people when disaster hits. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have launched the “Stronger Together” campaign that draws attention to the information and tools available to assist communities in better coping with […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A year after scrapping visa requirements for Haitians, the Barbados government has reversed its decision. Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), David Comissiong last Friday that the government was forced to do so because of the “large influx” of people of Haitian nationality coming from Panama and Chile who were not […]
Over 3,500 visitors are expected to converge on Barbados in October next year for the 15th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) quadrennial meeting. UNCTAD is an intergovernmental body, dealing with global trade, investment, and development issues and falls under the umbrella body of the United Nation Secretariat. The announcement was made by Prime Minister, […]
By Lincoln DePradine When Jan Simpson was brought to Canada as a three-year-old from Barbados, she hardly could have imagined that one day she’ll create history in this country and become one of Canada’s most prominent trade union leaders. Simpson, a postal worker from Scarborough, is the newly elected National President of the Canadian Union […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados —Veteran Barbadian journalist Harold Hoyte, one of the founders of the Nation Publishing company, died on Sunday following a long illness. He was 78. Hoyt who was Editor Emeritus of the Nation newspaper, had a long and distinguished career in journalism. which started at the Barbados Advocate in 1959. He later moved to Canada […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – One university of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer is calling on Caribbean governments to take a different approach to the issue of human trafficking. Senior lecturer in Sociology at the Cave Hill Campus, Dr Joan Phillips said while there was a lot of anecdotal information in the Caribbean when it comes this […]
The Caribbean has lost one of its foremost academics and statesmen. Vice chancellor emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Alister McIntyre, died on Saturday in Jamaica. He was 87. Sir Alister who was born in Grenada, graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with first class honours. He […]
By Lincoln DePradine Barbadians living in Canada and other parts of the diaspora have been urged to became “active citizens’’ of the “Caribbean nation.” Mia Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, describes it as a “simple request’’, which involves further developing the country through “seeking active engagement of citizenship across the global community’’. “I need […]
