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Jobs, ferry envoys' mission
Published on: 11/4/2009.
by TREVOR YEARWOOD
MORE SEASONAL JOBS for Barbadians and a proposed ferry service to link the island to Latin America are among subjects being considered by Barbados' diplomatic network.
The two issues were raised on Monday during a videoconference connecting Barbadian diplomats in several countries with members of the sub-committee of the Council for Investment, Exports, Foreign Exchange and the Diaspora (CIEX) gathered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Barbados.
Caracas-based ambassador Major Charles Brathwaite said Venezuelan investors had expressed an interest in building a marina here as well as in having a ferry service linking Barbados and Latin American countries.
A portfolio on the proposals is being put together and Government is to check out the bona fides of the potential investors, he reported.
Consul General in Miami, Colin Mayers, said his office was trying to get more seasonal work in the United States for Barbadians.
Prime Minister David Thompson, in a Press briefing afterwards, noted that the United States and Canadian farm labour programmes had for years been a source of employment for Barbadians.
However, he pointed out: "Barbadians are not as enamoured of the farm labour scheme as they used to be . . . .
"If people are not pursuing agriculture here, they are not going to want to go and pursue it elsewhere, certainly not unless you have modern greenhouses and other agricultural practices that would be consistent with that [development]."
Thompson said Government had hired a consultant to tackle a wide area of employment possibilities, including cruise ships and hospitals, which would be "consistent with what young people would like to do".
During the videoconference, the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Maxine McClean, and several other Cabinet ministers heard a list of projects or ideas getting the attention of the diplomatic houses.
These included closer cultural, tourism and investment ties with Caribbean people living abroad, improving airlift to Barbados and the global effort to reduce carbon emissions.
Barbados' missions in Miami, New York, Toronto, London, Venezuela, Brussels, Geneva and Ottawa were involved in the morning link-up.
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DUCK INT GOT WATER TA BATH HESKIN AND GONE IN BRING GREESE : 11/4/2009
BARBADOS WAS PROVIDING JOBS FA DE CHINESES AND DE AFRICANS AND NOW WE OWN DONT HAVE JOB "GIVE ME A COTTON PICKING BREAK." HOME DRUM BEAT FRIST. "LOOK WANNA BETTA GET WANNA ACT TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING RIGHT FA DE PEOPLE OF BARBADOS CAUSE NOW EVERYBODY CUTTING FA THE OWN AND FORGET DE OTHERS .PLEASE DONT LET THIS ISLAND HIT GROUND ZERO AND TO DE BAJANS A JOB IS A JOB STOP PICKING AND CHOOSING, WHA HAPPEN WITH FARM WORK I COME TO AMERICA AND MY FRIST JOB WAS CLEANING HOUSE AND NOW I UPGRADE MYSELF TO NURSING "YA CREEP BEFORE YA WALK "AND FORGET DE MOTTO FOR A MINUTE "PRIDE" WE GOT TO MUCH OF IT NOW IT IS SHAME AND TO DE MINISTERS ACTION SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS "HURRY UP WITH WHA WANNA GIN DO ,DE PEOPLE CANT WAIT".
chavez? : 11/4/2009
Deport all guyanese now so there would be jobs for our people.THey bring drugs and crime to our beautiful country.
: 11/4/2009
LONG OVER DUE--!
Ferry service : 11/4/2009
We're waiting and waiting for the ferry service to start, the dates keep moving up,what's the keep back this time? Don't you think before starting the S.A one ,we should get the Grenada/Trinidad/St.Lucia/St.Vincent one up and working. Chee!!! Why do we take so long to be 'innovative'?
Valiant Effort : 11/4/2009
Barbadians are expecting a valiant effort on the part of Gov't to follow through. Ferry service that connect Barbadians to the wider Caribbean and Latin America is long overdue. We hope that Gov't delivers.
Become an affiliate nation of USAN! : 11/4/2009
Barbados should hedge its bet and become an affiliate nation of the Union of South American Nations. There are a whole slue of benefits that Barbados could accrue by becoming an affiliate nation. Including: a more regularised relationship with South America, and a natural geographic focal point to bridge between South America and Europe. Imagine if many of South Americas airlines seeking to serve Europe used Barbados as a hub prior to their long haul journey. Or even in reverse, you could de-plane in Barbados and catch flights to many of the different locations in South America. Barbados' far north and eastern location lends well to it being an air focal point between South America and Europe. Guyana and Suriname are already affiliate nations of USAN, Barbados needs to consider doing the same. Even then Barbados could tap more South American--CARICOM trade. Such a tie up could drum up more support from South America for the Caribbean Development Bank and other fora based in Barbados. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAN
: 11/4/2009
Open the door for cheap labour, good idea !
Ferry Connection : 11/4/2009
...is long time overdue! Would be a great alternative to connect with South America. Please hurry....
Jobs, ferry envoys' mission : 11/4/2009
we shall see if it is just all talk , but i get scared when i hear the name Maxine Mc Clean , every time she open her mouth to talk some thing is this country goes up !
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