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Barbados to reduce impact of cars on environment (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:38:15 GMT

Barbados is now officially a part of an internationally recognised environmental campaign aimed at reducing the impact of cars on the environment.

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Barbados seeks taxation agreement with Japan (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:07:42 GMT

Barbados is seeking a double taxation agreement with Japan in an effort to boost investment opportunities between the two countries.

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Barbados: Lonely Death (Global Voices Online)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:45:55 GMT

Barbados Underground draws attention to the plight of a woman who died at a US hospital this week. 49 year-old Esmin Green collapsed and died on the floor of a New York City hospital after waiting over an hour without receiving any help. BU asks whether this could happen in Barbados?

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Automotive Art partners with Puerto Rican distributor - Barbados Advocate (Driive)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:14:44 GMT

Automotive Art partners with Puerto Rican distributor Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 35 minutes ago LOCAL company Automotive Art recently launched its state of the art Automotive Paint line in Puerto Rico & St. Thomas, with the appointment of Juar-Gon ...

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Prince William's Training Ship Seizes Nearly A Ton Of Cocaine Near Barbados (WayOdd)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:07:02 GMT

The crew of the HMS Iron Duke, the ship Prince William is training on, seized nearly a ton of cocaine Saturday. The HMS Iron Duke stopped a 50-foot speedboat which the Iron Duke's crew spotted hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados. The sighting raised suspicions because it is unusual to see such a small vessel so far out at sea.

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Gordon Brown won't holiday in Cliff Richard's Barbados villa (The Telegraph)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:54:24 GMT

Sir Cliff told me in 2006 that, in a gesture of Christian kindness, he had put in a call to Tony and Cherie Blair in the aftermath of the Iraq war to offer them the run of his holiday villa. “I had watched Tony wither when that war got started. I just felt sorry for him and so I said to Cherie, 'Look, I don’t do this sort of thing normally, but I just know my place on Barbados isn’t going to...

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Barbados: CARICOM at the Crossroads (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:34:13 GMT

As the CARICOM summit takes place, Barbados Underground discusses whether the region's leaders are up to the task of taking the Caribbean forward so that it could be competitive in the new world economy.

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Rihanna’s Chemistry with Adam (StyleCritics)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:59:47 GMT

Rihanna is a Maroon 5 fan. So when the band called her up to do a collaboration, the sexy Barbados-born just couldn’t resist. 'Any song – I don't care if it's a song that I don't like – I want to do it because Maroon 5 is dope,' " The result: a catchy song and a [...]

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CTO leadership changing (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:09:30 GMT

A change in the leadership of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) is on the cards, as that body's head steps down to take up the position of Tourism and Aviation Minister in the Bahamas.

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Rihanna Bio (Dirt Digger Squad)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:27:38 GMT

Biography: Rihanna, birth name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty, height: 5 ft 8 (173 cm), Zodiac Sign: Aquarius, born on February 20, 1988 is a Barbadian singer and model. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados. She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad. In 2004, Rihanna won a beauty pageant and performed Mariah Carey’s “Hero” [...]

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Prince William Assists in £40M Drug Bust (The Merry Royals)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:20:38 GMT

Barely a week after he joined the HMS Iron Duke, Prince William was able to assist in a high-stakes drug bust on the high seas. Sub-Lieutenant Wales, as Prince William is known in the Royal Navy, was aboard a Lynx helicopter when a 50ft speedboat near Barbados raised suspicions on Saturday. The small boat was [...]

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Under-19 cricketers leave for TCL tournament (Sports Jamaica)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:16:30 GMT

DEFENDING REGIONAL TCL Group limited overs champions Jamaica left the island yesterday for Barbados

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Jamaica: Biblical concerns (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:47:34 GMT

A project of the Bible Society of the West Indies to translate The Bible into “Patois” and have it published, is getting much attention in Jamaica. Living in Barbados joins the debate.

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Prince William's ship makes major cocaine bust (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:17:22 GMT

The British Royal Navy ship on which Prince William is serving made a major cocaine bust in the north Atlantic, Britain's defense ministry said Wednesday. The prince helped his crew mates on HMS Iron Duke intercept a speedboat northeast of Barbados on...

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Barbados - A New Approach to Excellence (PR News Wire )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:38:00 GMT

WASHINGTON DC, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- SML Strategic Media (SML) announces the publication of a sponsored country report on Barbados featured in the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs journal. To view the country report please visit the link: 8 Sweeping into victory in last January's elections, David Thompson's Democratic Labor Party (DLP) won a clear vote for change by the Barbados people....

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Prince William’s Navy ship pulls off PS40m cocaine bust (Thaindian News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:35:32 GMT

London, July 2 (ANI): Prince William has been involved in a 40 million pounds cocaine bust during his first week of operations with the Royal Navy, reports the Ministry of Defence. HMS Iron Duke intercepted a speedboat in the north Atlantic, hundreds of miles northeast of Barbados, on June 28. US Coast Guard officials on the [...]

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Beneath Independence Mall, story of early free black America (BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:03:54 GMT

Stephan Salisbury, Philadelphia Inquirer - Robert Venable most likely came to Philadelphia a slave, shipped from Barbados as a little boy and ultimately bought and used by merchant Hugh Donaldson in the late 1740s. But by the time of the Revolutionary War, when Venable moved into a small house at 79 N. Sixth St., he was a [...]

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Weather around the world (Boston Globe)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:57:10 GMT

Temperatures and weather conditions during the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. EDT today. Hi Lo Wthr Amsterdam 80 53 clr Athens 91 77 pc Auckland 57 46 rn Baghdad 104 87 pc Bahrain 102 89 clr Bangkok 90 78 rn Barbados 86 78 rn Barcelona 83 72 clr Beijing 73 69 rn Beirut 88 75 clr Belgrade 84 68 ...

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Barbados: Tourism Woes (Global Voices Online)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:10:16 GMT

Barbados Underground comments on the first ever Caribbean Tourism Summit, which comes at a time of great challenges in the regional tourism market.

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Forget the beach, there's more to Barbados than sea and sand (Belfast Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:13:57 GMT

How can you keep the kids entertained in Barbados? Surely that's a no-brainer. At our hotel, Crystal Cove, on the island's "platinum" west coast, you could probably keep them happily occupied for a whole week without even leaving the premises.

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