Provides the latest RSS feeds for Barbados News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Caribbean Herald.com http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/cat/c4b8d580569c8adf/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 00:56:19 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:56:19 -0400 30 Hally Haynes Misleading and does not reflect recent developments – that’s how the local credit union movement has responded to a recent news story claiming they had been ordered to pull investments from certain financial institutions. In a statement issued this evening by President of the Barbados Co-operative & Credit Union League Limited, Hally Haynes, the movement said it had ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705346/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:05 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705346/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Damien Catlyn (left) receives award from BHL CEO Richard Cozier. A young man who has been with Pine Hill Dairy for just over two years, has won the prestigious CEO Award of Excellence as the most outstanding employee across the entire Banks Holdings Group of Companies. Thirty two year old Damien Catlyn, who is the grouping’s Health, Safety, Environmental and Energy Officer, not only ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705347/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705347/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Christopher Myles While Pan-Africanists in Barbados prepare to celebrate African Liberation Day 2013, small businessmen located in Pelican Village, the City, say they are yet to experience economic enfranchisement in their country of birth. And several of them told a team from Barbados TODAY that they did not anticipate any improvement in business during the upcoming Crop-Over activities. ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705348/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:03 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705348/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Barnaby Kelham (left) and Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. More than a week after Barbados TODAY broke the story, the Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed that the multi-million dollar Beachlands tourism project on the West Coast is going ahead. In a statement issued through the Government Information Service, it reported that Prime Minister Freundel Stuart received this assurance from ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705349/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:02 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705349/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, heard first-hand an account of the Panamanian migration experience when she met with a group of Panama visitors, some of whom have traced their ancestry to Barbados. During the meeting that took place at the Dover Beach Hotel, Christ Church, the minister reiterated Panama’s importance as a strategic partner for ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705350/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:01 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214705350/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Destiny Glasgow was a perfect six goals from six attempts as Grantley Prescod defeated St. Gabriel’s 6-1 when action continued in the Pine Hill Dairy-sponsored National Sports Council’s Primary Schools Netball Competition at the Police Boys & Girls Sports Club on Bay Street, St. Michael today. Jaden-Tai Hinkson scored the solitary goal for St. Gabriel’s. Glasgow was again ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704416/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:36 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704416/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Prize-winner Cathy Hughes, holding the lucky number programme, flanked by partner Steve Castle (left) and event director Rick Smith. (Picture by Anthony Concannon) Motor sport volunteers on both sides of the Irish sea are set to enjoy dream holidays in the Caribbean as prize-winners in the third 'Rally to Barbados' promotion for the region's biggest annual motor sport ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704417/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:35 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704417/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Graydon Sealy’s dynamic trio of Andrew Ifill, Shaquan Newton and Amal Smith combined to dump 85 points on Ellerslie in a 101-27 victory as action in the Co-operators General Insurance Company Limited-sponsored Secondary Schools Basketball Tournament continued yesterday. Playing at Ellerslie, Graydon Sealy led 34-11 at half-time but then returned on resumption to totally dominate the Black ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704418/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:34 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704418/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Daniel Gordon The Jamaican Football Federation has succeeded in attracting Germany-born Daniel Gordon into the ranks of the Reggae Boyz. The towering 6 foot 4 inch midfielder/defender, currently in the island training with the national squad, has ancestral ties to Jamaica through his grandparents. "I am very proud to be here and I just need to get to know the team and I look forward to the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704419/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:33 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704419/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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. ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704420/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:32 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704420/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704421/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:31 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704421/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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, ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704422/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:30 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214704422/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Incident rates drop at PHD 5/23/2013 By Nadia Brancker The coveted BHL Group of Companies ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703269/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:42 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703269/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf More land for food needed 5/23/2013 Making sure that just under a third of ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703268/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:42 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703268/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703267/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703267/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703271/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703271/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf (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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703275/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703275/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703274/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703274/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703270/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703270/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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 ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703273/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:40 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703273/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf 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) ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703272/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:40 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214703272/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour said this morning that Barbados has for too long been training and educating people in areas not specifically required by industry. Addressing the presentation of survey results on the state of the human resources profession in the Caribbean at the Cave Hill School of Business, at the University of the West Indies, Andrew Cox suggested that ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679952/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:36 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679952/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf A Haynesville man has been remanded to Dodds Prison in relation to last Friday’s stabbing incident in Black Rock, St. Michael, while another is jailed for robbing a German visitor. Twenty-six-year-old Corey Jamar Coppin of Lead Vale, Christ Church, who appeared in court today, jointly charged with 17-year-old Jaleel Antoine Kellman of Hinks Road, Carrington Village, pleaded guilty to the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679953/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:34 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679953/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Vegetables grown with Urban Barns equipment. An American food crop company known for producing vegetables using special technology, wants to go green in Barbados, but local investors are not biting. Urban Barns Foods Inc. has hired "an agent" here and wants to establish growing facilities to produce items including lettuce, basil, watercress, mint, Swiss chard, cilantro and spinach, ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679954/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:33 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679954/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Jennifer Baker might be on to a good thing. She and a group of other like minded people are starting a fund aimed at helping people in need. Barker is the chairperson of the Let’s Help Each Other, or De LHEO LIME and Fund, and she told Barbados TODAY in a telephone interview that shop limes should be more than just about fun and entertainment and making money. ';We have a lot of ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679955/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 23:57:32 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214679955/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Foundation School student Allon Richards, the reigning Pan American Scholastics under-15 champion, is the new Karl Sealy Memorial Chess Champion. He scored 6.5 points out of a possible 7 in an outstanding performance in which he won 6 games and drew one in 7 games. The Karl Sealy Memorial Chess tournament is held annually during the Whitsuntide weekend to honour Karl Sealy who passed away in ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214678909/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:55 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214678909/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Squash champ back for more Rudy Goodridge, eight-time Barbados national champion and twice southern caribbean squash champion and ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214678910/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:53 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214678910/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf UWI Social Sciences has a research role to play 5/22/2013 By Kerri Gooding The University of the West Indies (UWI) Social Sciences faculty is rising to meet the challenge and demand of the country and region, as it relates to offshore financing centres through in-depth research. Yesterday when the faculty and university hosted the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676904/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676904/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Harry Husbands, looking over work from Infants B student, Renitta Toney, during his tour of Windsor High School located in Bank Hall, St. Michael, ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676902/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676902/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf From left to right: Carl Lewis, Corporate Director, Credit Products; Radcliffe Nurse, Head of Corporate; and Mark St. Hill, Managing Director and Country Head serve breakfast to their staff at Rendezvous recently in celebration of Employee Appreciation ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676900/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676900/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Bishop Holder concerned about treatment of elderly 5/22/2013 The Anglican Church is frowning on the lack of respect being shown to the elderly in this island. Bishop of Barbados, the Right Reverend Dr. John Holder expressed his concerns about the treatment being meted out to this ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676901/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676901/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Budget constraints still affecting training 5/22/2013 By Nadia Brancker THE change in business due to the recession is a great opportunity to retool and develop persons in terms of training. However, research coming out of the Cave Hill School of ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676903/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:03 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/214676903/scat/c4b8d580569c8adf