Barbados Government Minister Gives His Own Administration A Failing Grade

February 24, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_16786" align="alignright" width="300"] Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management Dr David Estwick[/caption] A senior Government minister has admitted his party’s economic policies are all wrong for the ailing Barbados economy. Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management Dr David Estwick lamented...

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Opposition leader charges no access to state media

February 23, 2017 in Regional

The Leader of the Opposition Baldwin Spencer has charged that political biases are playing a role in deciding which individuals and which groups are allowed airtime on the state owned Antigua Broadcasting Service (ABS) television (TV) and radio. Spencer declared that ABS has “an unwritten policy” of...

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Deportees coming

February 23, 2017 in Regional

Antigua & Barbuda is being warned to prepare to accept an influx of deportees as the Donald Trump administration in the United States widens the net for immigration deportation. The country’s Ambassador to the United States Sir Ronald Sanders and US-based Antiguan Immigration Attorney, Ralph Bowen...

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President Trump Invites Trinidad PM to Washington

February 22, 2017 in Regional

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley got a surprise calls from American President Donald Trump during which the leader of the twin-island republic was invited to Washington. Although not much was disclosed about the conversation, the US Embassy in Trinidad said that in the...

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Concern Raised About Schoolchildren in Trinidad Contracting STDs

February 22, 2017 in Regional

Trinidad authorities are grappling with an alarming level of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among schoolchildren. Last year alone, five primary school students tested positive for the HIV virus and scores more have tested positive for other STDs, officials from the Ministry of Education and Health reported...

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