It begins with the journey. Saint Vincent is not one of the big-name Caribbean islands, not the one with endless direct flights and resorts lined up shoulder to shoulder. It’s different, quieter, more remote. When you arrive, the mountains rise up sharply from the coast, the rainforest dripping into the sea. The roads wind slowly […]
Above: the US Embassy in Bridgetown Barbadian Foreign Minister Sen. Maxine McClean met yesterday with the United States’ new Charge d’Affaires, Christopher Sandrolini. The two officials expressed concerns over the narcotics trade in the region and discussed ways both countries could work together to reduce the drug problem and encourage Caribbean youth to look to […]
Barbados’ Tourism Ministry is looking to a number of new markets, particularly with the expansion of airlift into countries not previously explored. Minister of tourism Andrew Cox said he had undertaken a number of new initiatives looking to expand the country’s tourism markets, and cited the introduction of low-cost carrier REDjet as a potential driver […]
Above: Minister Dr Esther Byer Suckoo (BGIS Photo) Occupational safety and health and the environment are inextricably linked, according to Barbados Minister of Labour and Social Security Dr Esther Byer Suckoo. Good and bad practices in either area will have a corresponding negative or positive impact on the other, she said. “This link can sometimes […]
