Barbados Daily Nation

Policy Initiatives. The GCOB organized inter-departmental task forces to work on developing the various sections of its national counternarcotics plan; in December, GCOB officials participated in an OAS/CICAD workshop for the design and preparation of a national counternarcotics plan. (The GCOB expects to complete the plan in early 2002.) In December, the GCOB also announced that it is drafting, with the assistance of the UNDCP, precursor chemical control legislation as required by the 1988 UN Drug Convention. That legislation is now under review before it is presented to Parliament. The GCOB named senior Ministry of National Security official Phillip Turner as National Coordinator for Drug Matters and as advisor on CICAD’s Mutual Evaluation Mechanism (MEM). The GCOB also named Commander Godfrey Rolle of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as its new representative to CICAD, and Acting Police Commissioner Paul Farquharson as permanent Police Commissioner, the top position in the Royal ... [Read More]

IEW Events > The Americas

The Fulbright Commission will sponsor a number of events, including a conference on the impact of international education in a globalized world featuring a panel of Argentine and U.S. Fulbrighters sharing their thoughts on the benefits of international education and exchanges. This event is co-sponsored with La Nacion newspaper. The Fulbright Commission will take part in a students' fair of International Organizations at the University of Belgrano. This fair will provide interested students with information on grants and graduate studies in the U.S.; other events will be held simultaneously in Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, La Pampa and Córdoba — the host cities to the U.S. of the Department of State's Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program (while this is taking place, 22 Argentine elementary and high school principals are traveling through the U.S. on a reciprocal exch ... [Read More]

The Caribbean

The BahamasI. Summary Because of its geographic location, The Bahamas continues to be utilized as a major transit country for cocaine and marijuana bound for the U.S. from South America and the Caribbean. The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (GCOB) cooperates closely with the United States Government (USG) to stop the flow of illegal drugs through its territory, to target Bahamian drug trafficking organizations, and to reduce the domestic demand for drugs within the Bahamian population. An important bilateral milestone was achieved in June 2004 with the signing of a Comprehensive Maritime Agreement to provide law enforcement officers a ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Trained ophthalmologists from the International Eye Foundation have a clinic at the General Hospital. The clinic is open daily, with surgery scheduled twice weekly. St George’s has an efficient and modern firm of opticians who perform eye examinations. Glaucoma and ether diagnostic tests can be performed at the International Eye Foundation Clinic. Bring sufficient supplies of contact lens solutions and cleaners, as these are not available on the island. St. George’s University School of Medicine has a small, well-equipped dispensary, called the Simon Bolivar Clinic, on its Grand Anse Campus. Appointments can be made at this clinic, open Monday through Friday, at 144–4671. Community HealthLast Updated:  5/13/2004 12:47 AM  ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Television service in Guyana is in NTSC format. Georgetown has 20 TV stations, one of which is government owned. Many re-broadcast U.S. programs, including CBS and CNN newscasts. Television sets, DVD players and VCRs are highly recommended. VCRs should be VHS format, and 50/60 cycles if you want the timer to work. There are several video clubs in Georgetown offering both videocassettes (in NTSC format) and DVDs. Direct satellite TV is also available, although many of the stations are Spanish.  There is a one-time fee of US$600.00 to rent the equipment, and the monthly subscription is US$50.00 payable in quarterly installments. There also is a de-activation fee of US$15.00 per month (payable between occupants).  For more information, contact the GSO section.   Newspapers, Magazines, and Technical JournalsLast Updated:  3/31/2004 9:20 AM [Read More]

Unfettered Press: The Center for ForeignJournalists

Winship is one of the trio of founders of the center and nowserves as chairman of its board. The other two are James D.Ewing, a former publisher of small-town daily and weeklynewspapers and vice-chairman of the group, and George A. Krimsky,a former foreign correspondent and editor for the AssociatedPress worldwide news service, currently president of CFJ. To helpthem carry out the mission of the center, they have tapped anadvisory board of top-notch journalists from around the world,including George Mbugguss, former group managing editor of theNation Newspapers in Kenya; Cheong Yip Seng, editor-in-chief ofSingapore's Straits Times; Harold Hoyte, editor-in-chiefof The Nation in Barbados; and Katharine Graham, chairmanof the Washington Post Company in the United States. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: International Scientists Study Traveling Cloud of Saharan Dust

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An international science team is investigating how Saharan dust carried by winds across the Atlantic Ocean affects climate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced March 15. ... [Read More]

Saint Lucia (10/04)

Historically, the major thrust of foreign affairs for St. Lucia has been economic development. The government is seeking balanced international relations with emphasis on mutual economic cooperation and trade and investment. It seeks to conduct its foreign policy chiefly through its membership in the OECS. St. Lucia participated in the 1983 Grenada mission, sending members of its Special Services Unit into active duty. St. Lucia is a member of the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations. It seeks pragmatic solutions to major international issues and maintains friendly relations with the major powers active in the Caribbean, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France. St. Lucia has been active in eastern Caribbean regional affairs through the OECS and CARICOM. As a member of CARICOM, St. Lucia strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement UN Security Council Resolution 940, designed to restore democ ... [Read More]

Barbados (08/04)

STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides authoritative economic, business, and international trade information from the Federal government. The site includes current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, and country analysis and provides access to the National Trade Data Bank.   ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Barbados has two local daily newspapers, The Nation and The Advocate. They concentrate on local and regional news. Their coverage of international news outside the Caribbean is very limited. Home delivery is available. A local distributor offers same day or 1‑day-later provision of The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Herald Tribune, and The New York Times, but at fairly high subscription costs. Most employees read U.S. and international papers through the Internet. ... [Read More]