BREAKING NEWS
Today Monday, March 27th, 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise (MAFSE) in Belize and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will provide digital vouchers to more than 700 registered smallholder farm…
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March 5th, 2023 •
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The Belize Poultry Health Regulations, Statutory Instrument No. 121 of 2022, published in the Gazette on 25th August 2022, came into effect on 30th November 2022. These regulations will enable the Bel…
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February 10th, 2023 •
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As the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) continues its thrust to advance agriculture and greater food security, a containerized poultry production plant has been acquired for the purpose of establishi…
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January 28th, 2023 •
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A multimillion-dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean Development Ban…
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January 5th, 2023 •
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CARICOM rum producers are about to face a battle against orchestrated initiatives to increase taxes on imported glass bottles. They maintain that these changes could make importing glass bottles mor…
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December 15th, 2022 •
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A call is being issued for discoveries of compounds and innovations from Barbados’ plants. Export Barbados (BIDC)’s newest challenge in the “From Discovery to Global Sales” series, is encourag…
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December 12th, 2022 •
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The West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) Stade’s Rum Beach Vat n1 is their first product to bear the Bonsucro stamp of approval. WIRD was first organisation in Barbados and the first distillery in …
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November 7th, 2022 •
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Guyana has recently become a major oil and gas country. The estimated recovery resource base is 9 to 15 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Consequently, GDP is projected to grow by 49.7% in 2022…
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September 22nd, 2022 •
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The number of people estimated to be facing moderate to severe levels of food insecurity in the English-speaking Caribbean has risen by an alarming 46 percent over the last six months. Nearly 4.1 mill…
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September 19th, 2022 •
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The Biocultural Education and Research Programme is a grantee of the Global Environment Facility, Small Grants Programme implemented by the UNDP. Our non-profit has the mandate of promoting the conser…
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August 12th, 2022 •
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An estimated 2.8 million people or nearly 40 percent of the population in the English-speaking Caribbean is food insecure, 1 million more than in April 2020, according to the results of a recent surve…
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May 4th, 2022 •
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It is obvious that times are becoming ‘harder‘ as some struggle to make ends meet by looking for ways to supplement their earning, but larceny of crops created by a person’s sweat an…
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April 14th, 2022 •
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The week preceding Easter Sunday, better known as Holy Week is traditionally a very busy period for fish sales across Barbados. Therefore, the Blue Economy division of the Ministry of the Environment …
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April 8th, 2022 •
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The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) notes with interest the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case taken by Belize against Trinidad and Tobago for alleged non-application …
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February 9th, 2022 •
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Dr. Yesu Persaud, one of the most influential people in the Caribbean rum industry over the past 60 years, has died at the age of 93. As the Chairman of Demerara Distillers, Dr. Persaud oversaw its ex…
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January 27th, 2022 •
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Export Barbados (BIDC) has come to the assistance of breadfruit exporters Shawn Holder of Holder’s Food & Exports and Erasmus Alfred of E&C Marketing. The two men recently revealed in th…
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January 16th, 2022 •
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Appleton Estate, a global leader in premium aged rums, is proud to announce the launch of Ruby AnniversaryEdition, a limited-edition release celebrating Master Blender Joy Spence’s 40 years of c…
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January 14th, 2022 •
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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs & The Blue Economy is alerting all Barbadian to please note how fish markets across the island will be closed on Christmas Day – Saturday 25th December 2021…
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December 20th, 2021 •
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Representatives for Belize, Grenada and Haiti respectively were officially welcomed recently to the board of West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association (WIRSPA). Amanda Perdomo of Travellers…
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December 16th, 2021 •
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3rd December, 2021 Harrison’s Point, St. Lucy – The Optimist Clubs of Zone 10, Optimist International Caribbean District visited Harrison’s Point Isolation Centre, Barbados’ Ma…
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December 8th, 2021 •
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Two regional organisations have joined forces to promote the distinct qualities of two Caribbean iconic products – rum and tourism. The West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association I…
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November 17th, 2021 •
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Trade Ministers, at the 97th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), via videoconference, finalized the terms of reference for the monitoring mechanism for sugar (MM…
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October 21st, 2021 •
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In celebration of World Food Day 2021, Upfield and Violife® have identified and recognized five top creative Chefs in the UAE who have opted to play a significant role as frontliners of the food indu…
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October 18th, 2021 •
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Grenada’s farmers can look forward to increasing their exports of fresh produce following the implementation of the Agri-Food Sector Development and Strengthening of the National Food Safety System…
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October 6th, 2021 •
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Fish markets across Barbados will have changes to their operating hours, now operating from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with immediate effect. Sundays will be 7:00 am until 1:00…
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September 11th, 2021 •
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