PM:Barbados holding its own

Barbados is holding its own, and it intends to successfully weather the lingering global economic downturn.
That is the message Prime Minister Freundel Stuart left with scores of Barbadians living and working in and around Washington DC during a town hall meeting yesterday evening.
The event was held at the Bishop John T. Walker National Learning Centre of the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, which is pastored by West Indian priest, the Rev. Dr. Kortright Davis.
Noting that the country was still experiencing the throes of the worse economic recession the world had seen in nearly 100 years, he said Barbados was facing similar difficulties and challenges like the US and many developed and developing countries.
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