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Rivals tipped for volleyball honours
Volleyball rivals Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago will play the opening match in the NORCECA second-round Group I four-team qualifiers of the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship. Barbados and Trinidad are favourites to advance to the third round as they resume their quest at the University of the West Indies Sports and Physical Educational Centre this coming Saturday and Sunday. ...
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IMF head facing probe
Christine Lagarde. PARIS — IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate tomorrow over her role in a ,285 million arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde risks being placed under formal investigation at the hearing for her 2007 decision as Sarkozy’s finance minister to use arbitration to settle a long-running court ...
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Journalists banned from attending gov’t meetings
Journalists protest silently. KIEV — Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a silent protest today over physical attacks on journalists at a rally. ';What kind of show is this?'; Azarov said when reporters who were attending a cabinet meeting stepped in front of television cameras, ...
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Incident rates drop at PHD
Incident rates drop at PHD 5/23/2013 By Nadia Brancker The coveted BHL Group of Companies ...
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More land for food needed
More land for food needed 5/23/2013 Making sure that just under a third of ...
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Ministry committed to community-based projects
Ministry committed to community-based projects 5/23/2013 Minister of International Business, Commerce, Industry and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, says that this ministry will give full support to community-based projects that are aimed at developing a stronger level of entrepreneurship in this country. Moreover, Minister Inniss said that there is an abundance of talent ...
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PCW to receive first Straughan Scholarship
PCW to receive first Straughan Scholarship 5/23/2013 A scholarship has been established in the name of Pan-Africanist, Glenroy Straughan. This is according to David Comissiong, President of the Clement Payne Movement, who spoke with the Barbados Advocate yesterday at Bajan Art Forms in Pelican Craft Centre. Aptly titled the Glenroy Straughan Community Development Award, it would be ...
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Hindsbury Alpha Club giving back
(L-R) As Optimist Representatives Margaret Chapman-Farley and Launagene Bascombe along with Alpha Advisor Rosamond Payne-Harewood and students of the Alpha Club observed, Alpha Club Representative Iyanla Jordan and Principal Nola Cummings-Lewis cut the ribbon to officially declare the library ...
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Library a tool to enhance learning of students
Library a tool to enhance learning of students 5/23/2013 Teachers and parents are encouraging and lauding the newly presented library to the students of Hindsbury by the ...
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New mascot for coastal hazards education push
New mascot for coastal hazards education push 5/23/2013 The look of the new mascot that will be the main resource in educating Barbadians about the potential dangers arising from our waters, was chosen yesterday from several creative designs put forward by young talented children. The confident Tabian Marshall was named winner of the Coastal Hazards Mascot Primary School Competition ...
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NISE survey highlights contractor issues
NISE survey highlights contractor issues 5/23/2013 Dishonesty, unprofessionalism, and poor workmanship are among the reasons listed as to why clients felt that they had to change contractors. This is according to the National Initiative of Service Excellence (NISE) Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) QI, 2013 Professional and General Services which was released recently. Speaking with ...
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Harmonise labour laws in the Caribbean
Harmonise labour laws in the Caribbean 5/23/2013 By Patricia Thangaraj There needs to be a harmonisation of labour laws within the region. This call was made recently by Cedric Murrell, President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) ...
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Barbados employment slips
Barbados has seen a dramatic increase in unemployment benefits and requests for help from the government following the recession, a country that emerged rather well from colonialism is now struggling, but a new census is in the works.
Barbados is country with much to be proud of, this little island nation in the Caribbean was a possession of various colonial powers from the Spanish in the 15th century to the British until 1966. Read more
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