SPECIFICS PLEASE! Emmanuel Joseph20/04/20230270 views ATTORNEYS WANT MORE DETAIL ON HOW MOTTLEY’S SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDRESSING REGIONAL CRIME WILL WORK By Emmanuel Joseph A prominent local defense attorney has labelled as myopic and lacking in specifics,… Read more
UNDER PROBE Barbados Today20/04/20230141 views FISHERIES OFFICIALS TO DETERMINE WHETHER BAJANS OVERFISHING IN TOBAGO WATERS By Jenique Belgrave Officials from the Barbados and Tobago fisheries divisions are expected to meet to look into whether… Read more
Region’s education system needs to focus on more than academics – Skerrit Barbados Today19/04/2023087 views Recruitment grounds for gangs will dry up with the reform of the region’s educational system, says Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit. Speaking at the Regional Symposium on ‘Violence as… Read more
Take back courts from lawyers, PM Gonsalves tells judges, magistrates Barbados Today19/04/20230117 views A regional leader has accused criminal defence lawyers in the Caribbean of deliberately delaying cases and chastised the judiciary for allowing it to happen. St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime… Read more
‘Return the favour’ Barbados Today18/04/20230235 views CARICOM countries want US to help in gun fight as region helps in war on drugs By Jenique Belgrave Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states must lobby the United States to assist… Read more
Guyana leads Caricom countries in economic growth for 2023 Barbados Today11/04/20230112 views WASHINGTON, (CMC) – Guyana is expected to record the highest growth among Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries this year, while Haiti will record under one per cent growth in 2023, according… Read more
Jamaica to begin issuing e-passports Barbados Today27/03/20230129 views SOURCE: Jamaica Observer – The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says it will begin issuing e-passports on Monday, April 3. The high-security electronic document, PICA said in a news… Read more
Experts say countries must improve resilience to stop cycle of rebuilding Marlon Madden24/03/20230119 views By Marlon Madden There are concerns that Barbados and other Caribbean countries are stuck in a cycle of rebuilding because of a lack of resilience against crises, even though authorities… Read more
Include crime leaders in regional discussions to broker end to violence – Lashley Anesta Henry14/03/20230125 views By Anesta Henry Former parliamentarian Hamilton Lashley is calling on CARICOM leaders to engage in dialogue with alleged gang leaders to negotiate measures to end the spate of crime and… Read more
CARICOM denounces unrest in Suriname Barbados Today18/02/2023080 views Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have condemned the action of protestors in Suriname who stormed the Parliament in the Dutch-speaking CARICOM country on Friday in a bid to force the government… Read more