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Up to 1,000 young people are to gain opportunities to enter the job market in the latest partnership between Government and the business community, Minister of Youth and Community Empowerment Adrian Forde has announced. The Minister’s revelation came as he addressed scores of young people during a celebration event of the Prince’s Trust International’s ‘Get Into’ […]
West Indies book spot in next year’s Cricket World Cup
Source: AFP: The West Indies snatched a spot at next year’s World Cup by edging to a five-run victory over Scotland on the DLS (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern) method in Harare, Zimbabwe today. The two-time World Cup winners were bowled out for just 198 batting first, but rain forced an early finish with the game in the balance […]
The way to get our young people to vote
I usually pay attention to comments made in reference to my columns. My last column on disinterest by young persons in voting at the upcoming elections evoked several comments. One of keen interest was the critique that I didn’t present much by way of solutions to the challenge of getting young persons to vote. I […]
Straight fight
The people of Antigua and Barbuda will tomorrow elect a new government after an intense election campaign. While there are seven political parties and five independents vying for control of the 17-seat parliament, political observers say the contest is a straight fight between the incumbent Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) and the main opposition […]
Barbados’ UK ambassador ‘incensed’ by Telegraph report
Barbados’ point man in Britain has reacted in anger to a recent report in the British newspaper, The Telegraph, about the south coast sewage crisis, describing the article as “sensational and inaccurate”. In a brief comment to Barbados TODAY High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Guy Hewitt also said discussions were ongoing at the highest […]
$10,000 fix
After eight years of pleading with the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) to fix the only access road to their community, residents of Castle Rock, Cane Vale, St Thomas have decided to take matters into their own hands and fix the road themselves. Those living in the area pooled their resources to raise over […]
Organizers want Oistins fish festival declared a national event
Organizers of the Oistins Fish Festival say the event has been in limbo for much too long, not having been designated as a national festival. And after 40 years as a cultural and entertainment showcase for tens of thousands of locals and visitors, the organizers today revealed plans to approach Government to change the designation. […]
DLP hopeful wants to turn St Peter into food basket
One of the men seeking to step into former Prime Minister Owen Arthur’s shoes as Member of Parliament for St Peter believes he can turn the constituency into a shining example of self-sufficiency. The declared candidate for the incumbent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dave Chief Cumberbatch said he intended to focus on developing agriculture in […]
Well done
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has used the opening of a campaign office for his party’s candidate in St Peter to heap praise on former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Stuart, who had thanked Arthur for his three decades of public service after the former Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader had made his final contribution in Parliament […]
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