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RIGHT OF CENTRE: Use social media to push tourism
THERE ARE so many more things we could be doing that I doubt this publication has sufficient room to articulate, so I will try to focus on one...

LEFT OF CENTRE:Need for enabling environment
Whilst we acknowledge and laud Government’s backing for the sector through increased financial support to the Barbados Tourism Authority and price support for the industry that has been...

THE ISSUE: Efforts to keep tourism afloat
Tourism is this island’s highest performing sector but it is also one of the most vulnerable sectors in the Barbados economy. Dr Delisle Worrell, Governor of the Central...

Monsanto gives Haiti $4 million in hybrid seeds
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. agriculture giant Monsanto Co. is donating $4 million worth of seeds to Haiti, the biotechnology manufacturer’s first major foray into the chronically hungry...

Venezuelan gas rig sinks
CARACAS – An offshore natural-gas platform sank off Venezuela yesterday, and 95 workers were rescued safely, the government said.All of the workers on the Aban Pearl platform off...

Chappell- Pakistan lucky to be in semis
by EZRA STUARTin St LuciaFORMER AUSTRALIA captain Ian Chappell believes Pakistan are “fortunate” to reach the semi-final stage of the World Twenty20 Championships after a patchy performance in...

Guilty of loving and trusting women
MONICA WALCOTT says her son Mark is no child molester.“The only thing my son is guilty of is loving women and trusting them. He is a decent, respectful...

Collingwood gives bowlers credit
ENGLAND captain Paul Collingwood may be out of form with the bat but he lauded his team’s bowlers after their World Twenty20 semi-final victory over Sri Lanka at...

Lee: Push up bus fares
Increase public bus fares to $2! The Association of Public Transport Operators (APTO) made this call to Government yesterday.APTO president Morris Lee told a Press conference in the...

McGowan traces Rodney’s roots
Walter Rodney, killed in an explosion in June 1981 in his homeland, Guyana, has been described as a great revolutionary Caribbean intellectual.Professor Emeritus at the University of Guyana,...

Skipper leads Aussies home
CAPTAINS LEAD from the front, and Alex Blackwell did just that last night to propel Australia into the final of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championship.Playing the first...

15 injured in Charles Rowe bridge smash-up
Fifteen people were injured when a Transport Board bus collided with a car at the intersection of Charles Rowe Bridge and Salters Link Road, St George this morning.It...