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Barbados tourism boost

Stewart welcomes PM Mottley's decision to level concessions playing field

Barbados tourism boost

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (right) and her Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds (centre) listen as Sandals Resorts International Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart (left) gives an update on the Beaches Resort to be built on the old Almond Bay property at Heywoods, St Peter, Barbados. (jamaicaobserver.com) Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s […]

Caribbean progress under threat from anti-migration policies, says Phillips

Caribbean progress under threat from anti-migration policies, says Phillips

 Dr Peter Phillips BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Opposition Leader and People’s National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday told the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) 80th annual conference that the vision and reality of Caribbean progress are under threat from anti-migration policies in the global economic centres. The Opposition Leader said the region must take serious […]

Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year — WHO

Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year — WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organisation warned Monday. Data from the UN health body shows that every day, 93 per cent of children under the age of 15 — a full 1.8 billion youngsters, […]