FRONTING THE PARLIAMENT Buildings, a BDF Guard of Honour on display before new Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave. (Nigel Browne) Sat, June 02, 2012 - 12:10 AM A HUMBLE MAN from deep in the north of rural Barbados shed a tear yesterday as he was installed in the highest office in the land. Sir Elliott Fitzroy Belgrave, Barbados’ seventh Governor General, told ...

    GIAB president Michael Holder speaking yesterday, as GIAB’s vice president Anton Lovell looks on. (Sharon Harding) Sat, June 02, 2012 - 12:09 AM INSURANCE COMPANIES in Barbados disbursed just about $25 million in claims as a result of 1 700 claims reported due to Tropical Storm Tomas, which hit the island on October 30, 2010. And the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) ...

Already the region’s biggest insurance provider, Sagicor Financial Corporation now has its sights set on taking over the portfolios of not only British American Insurance Company (BAICO) but the controversial CLICO International Life as well. With total assets of $11 billion spread across the Caribbean, Central American, United States and Britain, the Barbados-headquartered financial giant said it still had room to ...

LEROY Brumell and Seelall Persaud are expected to receive their letters from the Office of the President confirming them as Deputy Police Commissioners filling the more than two-year gap that the Guyana Police Force has been operating. Leroy Brumell Both Brumell and Persaud have for years served as assistant police commissioners. Over the past months, Brumell has been serving as the country’s Acting ...

PRESIDENT and Chief Executive Officer of CGX Energy Inc., Kerry Sully, yesterday expressed optimism about the prospects for the discovery of oil and gas in the Guyana /Suriname basin, stating that the company was firmly focused on continued drilling through joint venture partnerships. The gathering at the CGX /Private Sector/Media Interaction yesterday. CGX is projecting drilling of three to five wells in ...

Though it was an improved showing over the performance in Kingston on Sunday, Jamaicas Reggae Boyz still came up short in some critical areas of their return-leg practice tie with Panama when they went down 1-2 at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium last night. Panama, following-up on their 1-0 win five days ago, went ahead in the 33rd minute through Blas Perez, ...

THE Government has threatened to tie incentives given to the hotel sector to the willingness of those players to contract local farmers as suppliers. Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, making his contribution to the 2012/13 Budget Debate at Gordon House in Kingston on Wednesday, said efforts to structure farming groups to supply hotels have been frustrated by the hotels themselves over the ...

GOVERNMENT yesterday postponed the implementation of the General Consumption tax (GCT) on books in order to continue discussions with stakeholders in the industry. The decision was taken at a meeting with representatives of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), the minister of finance, officials of the Ministry of Education and tax officials.   Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips   Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips ...

Prime MInister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday announced, that consideration is being given to transform Tobago into a duty-free zone. The Prime Minister added, that discussions are also being held with respect to constructing first-class marinas on the sister isle, in an effort to attract tourists and build capacity. These possible initiatives were added to the basket of goodies in the form of projects ...

A SANGRE Grande roti-vending couple were found killed at Coalmine yesterday. The bodies of Gerald Jones, 47, and wife Ann Joseph, 44, both of Barker Trace, Coalmine, were discovered at Second Caijual Road. Jones was found with a chop wound on his head, and Joseph with her throat slashed. Police have information that a relative of the couple is a witness in a ...