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SIDS to reduce fossil fuel use

BRIDGETOWN, May 10, CMC – The world’s smallest island nations – many of which are in the Caribbean – at the frontline of global climate change, have announced new actions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty, as they wrapped up a sustainable energy conference in Barbados, organized by the UN and the Government of Barbados.

$20m plug

Just when Trinidadian company Neal & Massy is taking heat for its decision to close Almond Beach Village, another Trinidadian investor is about to pump $20 million into the Barbados economy.

Sir Roy Flogged

TWO GOVERNMENT MINISTERS soundly criticized Barbados Workers’ Union general secretary Sir Roy Trotman on the floor of Parliament yesterday for calling an

Solid support

HUNDREDS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL children across Barbados breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday.

A great escape

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN passengers on a Barbados Transport Board bus escaped serious injury yesterday when it became involved in an accident with a truck and a car.

Central Bank’s Role Praised

Barbados’ Central Bank has been hailed as an institution of integrity and as a beacon of this county’s economic stability.

What’s Trending: Truck makes house call

Today’s story that a truck crashed into a house in St. George brings to the fore the rising number of vehicular accidents in Barbados recently.

Phase two

If the world’s developing countries get their way, the United Nations will convene a second global conference in Barbados in 2014 to address the key environmental, social and economic issues facing small island states.

Hilaire: We need a star team, not team of stars

West Indies Cricket Board CEO Ernest Hilaire says selectors should focus on selecting the 'best XI' for the West Indies team, one that was a strong collective unit rather than just comprising 11 star players. “For a decade or so the selectors were guided by a process which had them arriving at the eleven best players to take the field,” Hilaire said, during the Barbados Cricket Association Awards ceremony. “With the eleven best players on the park our results …

2-wheel threat

A brace of two-wheel drive competitors and a new co-driver for top seed Paul “The Surfer” Bourne are but a small taste of the ingredients in today’s Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Valvoline Shakedown Stages Rally scheduled to start in Pool Plantation yard, St John at 9 a.m.

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