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Guyana president slams 'rhetoric' of Barbados PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, responding to questions pertaining to the controversy surrounding the deportation of Guyanese from Barbados, and the conflict of numbers...

Regional integration is the last best hope for the Caribbean, says Barbados PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados, said this week that the Caribbean was faced with global economic convulsions of unprecedented proportions, which had reinforced convic...

Caribbean states fight to ride out economic storm

By Pascal FletcherBASSETERRE, St Kitts (Reuters) -- The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is bat...

US sends H1N1 flu meds to Caribbean

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- The United States will provide 420,000 courses of antiviral medication Tamiflu to fight swine flu in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Department of Health and Human Servic...

Barbados PM says his country is not in breach of treaty obligations

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson has made it clear his country is not in breach of the Revised Treaty of Chagauramas with its new immigration policy.

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Bajan men sweet on Guyanese women

by SANKA PRICE IT'S TRUE: Bajan men love Guyanese women. And Bajan women tend to be somewhat suspicious of Guyanese women. Just ask Nalini Sukhram, the voice behind GT Advice. Wherever sh...

LIAT: Safety a priority

LIAT (1974) Limited says it is not pushing its pilots to breach safety regulations and called on the pilots' association to "cease actions that seek to undermine public confidence" in the company. The...

Mum urged to change, for children's sake

THE MOTHER who had her two children with her as she shoplifted from Blessings Boutique has been urged to turn her life around for the children's sake.Complainant Deidre Thorne appealed to Keisha Miche...

Lashley a true Jackson fan

THOUGH seemingly all of Barbados mourned the passing of Michael Jackson, one woman has added reason to be sad. Deborah Lashley's dream of seeing Jackson perform live was dashed Thursday night with the...

Bajan basketballers off the mark in Antigua

by JUSTIN MARVILLEin TortolaBARBADOS are finally off the mark at the 20th Caribbean Basketball Championships.Led by a tournament-high 29 points from prolific shooting guard Jeremy Gill, the previously...

About Barbados

Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. At roughly 13° North of the equator and 59° West of the prime meridian, the country lies in the southern Caribbean region, where it is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles. Its closest island neighbours are Saint Vincent & the Grenadines and Saint Lucia to the west. To the south lies Trinidad and Tobago—with which Barbados now shares a fixed official maritime boundary—and also the South American mainland. Barbados's total land area is about 430 square kilometres (166 square miles), and is primarily low-lying, with some higher regions in the country's interior. The highest point in Barbados is Mount Hillaby in the parish of Saint Andrew. The geological composition of Barbados is thought to be of non-volcanic origin and is predominantly composed of limestone-coral formed by subduction of the South American plate colliding with the Caribbean plate. The island's climate is tropical, with constant trade winds off the Atlantic Ocean serving to keep temperatures mild. Some less developed areas of the country contain tropical woodland and mangroves. Other parts of the interior which contribute to the agriculture industry are dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide, gently sloping pastures, with panoramic views down to the coast.