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Multimillion-dollar regional climate change initiative to be launched in Barbados
2016-01-23 03:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: A new partnership to help disaster-prone Caribbean countries mitigate the effects and adapt to climate change will be launched here on January 28. The Caribbean Community (Caricom), Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will launch the US$15-million Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) that will bring together policymakers, experts and representatives of affected communities to encourage policy innovation for climate technology incubation and diffusion. A...
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CARIBBEAT: Barbados' 49th anniversary of independence
2015-11-29 11:37:07| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The people of Barbados will be celebrating the nation's 49th anniversary of independence and the climax of the event starts the 50th anniversary festivities. From Lucy south down to Christ Church and throughout all the parishes, the people of Barbados will be celebrating the nation's 49th anniversary of independence, which marks the start of celebrations for the island nation's 50th birthday! Under the theme, "Our Pride, the Broken Trident," a commemorative broken trident will tour the island's 11 parishes in a yearlong journey that begins Tuesday and ends on Nov. 29, 2016.
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Corporate Barbados Joins Cancer Society & Cibc Firstcaribbean in 'Walk for Cure'
2015-10-04 23:28:33| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A number of local and regional corporate entities and their staff will be joining employees of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank and the Barbados Cancer Society Breast Screening Programme in the annual Walk for Cure due to take place on Sunday 4th October. Many of these companies are business partners of the Bank and have pledged sums of money which will eventually be handed over to the Breast Screening unit of the BCS as Barbados joins hundreds of other CIBC FirstCaribbean employees from around the region this weekend as they walk and run to create awareness of this disease.
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Cable & Wireless Communications Selects Coriant For Optical Backbone Projects In Jamaica And Barbados
2015-06-18 08:07:37| fiberopticsonline Home Page
Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end transport networking solutions, recently announced that it has been selected by Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), a full-service quad play telecoms provider operating in 42 countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, to enhance the flexibility
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SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend Sugar cane industry still important to Barbados
2015-06-09 06:48:44| Sugar Industry News
Barbados needs to revitalise its sugar industry. This is coming from Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, who delivered the feature address at the St. George Farmers\' Marketing Co-operative Society Limited\'s 30th Anniversary Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Saturday night at the Accra Beach Hotel and Spa.
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