Monday, 06 September 2010

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CLICO made to pay

One of the companies owned by the financially-challenged CLICO group has been ordered to repay more than four year’s worth of premiums to a former client even after escaping a larger payout in a civil suit.

CLICO International General Insurance Limited, which Barbados TODAY reported this week was in negotiations to be bought by Barbadian interests, was sued by Grenada client Gita Kishore Kumar Pasupuleti back in 2006 in a matter that has reached resolution in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in 2010 with the insurance having to reimburse its customer turned adversary.

According to court documents accessed by Barbados TODAY, the court denied Pasupuleti’s claim against CLICO for damages for an alleged breach of the terms of insurance policies or alternatively indemnity or compensation... Read more...

Shops cornered
By Melissa RollockSupermarket franchises and membership stores like PriceMart and Shop Smart have been slowly but surely squeezing the life out of... Read more...
Limegrove update
As work continues on the Limegrove Lifestyle Centre, senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism and the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA)... Read more...
UK BOUND
Barbados’ top tourism official is not giving up hope of getting an ease from the British Air Passenger Departure tax. Minister of Tourism... Read more...

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    News Today
    Sir Roy: B’dos must help CCL
    Plagued by low financial support and a small staff, regional labour body the Caribbean Congress of Labour is in trouble – and Barbados must come to its aid. This was the sentiment of the members of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) at their conference held last Saturday at its Solidarity House headquarters. Relaying the resolutions of the body to the media yesterday, General Secretary Sir Roy Trotman stated: “We are very conscious that if the regional labour movement is experiencing... Read more...
    Fun day at Sandy Crest
    It was all about fun and community fellowship at the Sandy Crest Medical Centre Health and Wellness Day today. The event which commenced at 11 a.m. was held on the grounds of the Sunset Crest, St. James medical center, and was all about giving back to the community said organiser, Dionne Licorish. She told Barbados TODAY that hosting the event was about giving back to the community that embraced Sandy Crest Medical Centre for four years. In addition to the health information booths, there was... Read more...
    TODAY’S ROADS
    The Ministry of Transport and Works advises the public that the bridge at Joe’s River in St. Joseph has been reopened from August 5, to all traffic. The Transport Board has also resumed its normal bus service on that route. Motorists are asked to proceed with extreme caution as road works are still ongoing. The road is to be widened and further improvements to the bridge are expected to be completed by March next year. Ministry Depots South Point Depot, Christ Church – A crew is... Read more...
    More than economy sealed resort’s fate
    Sandy Bay Beach Resort did not close simply because of the current economic crisis. Former employees as well as head of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Colin Jordan, have indicated that the economic situation was only one factor, contrary to other media reports. Employees of the ocean-front property received letters back in 2008 indicating that the resort, which was part of the Palm Beach Hotel Group, would be closing and cited financial difficulties as the reason at the time. One... Read more...

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    Caribbean Today
    Earl weakens
    OUTER BANKS – Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves on Friday and swirled up the US eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the Category 2 storm appeared to be less than originally expected as Earl churned north parallel to the US Atlantic coast hours after it was downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane. Surging waves pounded North Carolina’s Outer Banks low-lying barrier islands,... Read more...
    Kamla: We will hang them all
    PORT OF SPAIN — The death penalty by hanging is the law of the land and the People’s Partnership Government will abide by that law, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. She added that at present, government is looking at the categorisation of murders and the degree of murders, as well as the number of people on Death Row who are scheduled to be hanged and those who have been there for over five years. She was speaking at the post-Cabinet press conference in Tobago,... Read more...
    Fugitive gives up; denies crimes
    GEORGETOWN — Fugitive Tyrone Kacey Rowe, called ‘Cobra,’ surrendered to police amidst tears yesterday, while proclaiming his innocence in a range of crimes, including murder and armed robbery. Rowe, 17, who was still being questioned by police up to press time last evening, said he believed the police force’s aim was to shoot him at the slightest opportunity. “Me ain’t do nothing! Me innocent! Me ain’t really do nothing fuh deh in trouble. These people... Read more...
    Cop drowns in shoot-out
    KINGSTON — The body of Corporal Vincent Bent was yesterday pulled from the Rio Cobre in the vicinity of the Gordon Pen community in St Catherine, hours after the policeman fell into the water while chasing a group of gunmen along the slippery bank. Bent and another policeman, who along with several others had engaged the group of men in a gunfight, fell into the muddy Rio Cobre water as they attempted to apprehend the hoodlums. The incident happened at about 6:30 am. Bent’s... Read more...

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    World Today
    Direct talks planned
    WASHINGTON – Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks yesterday, seeking to forge the framework for a US-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who hosted the first session of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expressed confidence that this effort could succeed where so many others have failed. President Barack Obama,... Read more...
    No oil spilled in rig fire
    FLORIDA – An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said. The accident brought unwelcome attention to the offshore drilling industry as it is trying to roll back a six-month deepwater drilling moratorium imposed in the wake of the BP Plc Macondo well disaster, which killed 11 workers and poured 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. As of late... Read more...

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    Business Today
    Pushing healthy lifestyles
    Edwin Yearwood, lead singer of the band krosfyah, is making strides in his role as the public face of Kellogg’s in Barbados. The musician was recently named the official spokesperson of the brand by local distributors, Hanschell Inniss Limited (HIL) and has been engaging consumers to choose healthy alternatives for breakfast as well as between-meals snacks. Nigel Blackett, brand manager at Hanschell Inniss, said their choice of the singer as spokesman went much further... Read more...
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