Farming Still a Viable Career Choice
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Established October 1895 Country’s financial system ‘generally stable’ Page 10 Thursday October 24, 2013 $1 VAT Inclusive STAY POSITIVE Central Bank Governor: Barbadians have every reason to be confident By Nadia Brancker yesterday to discuss the latest ence, determination and use of beaten the odds before and we review of the economy, Dr. our resources. know that it is not as difficult as “FAILURE is not an option,” Worrell called on Barbadians to Despite the fact that the it seems once we buckle down says Dr. Delisle Worrell, change the conversation and Barbados economy has shown to the task – it is patience, Governor of the Central consider how far we have come no growth once again, he main- persistence, determination and Bank of Barbados (CBB). and the fact that we have done tained: “Barbadians have every excellence that wins the day. Sinckler: Lay In the press conference held so on the basis of our persist- reason to be confident. We have UPBEAT on Page 5 down arms and get to work Page 3 Region criticised for not supporting project Page 12 Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave (seated) watches on as Sir Clifford Husbands holds up the challenge shield for his recently launched Agricultural Challenge for Secondary Schools. Flanking the former Governor General is Chairperson of the RCS Barbados Branch Maizie Barker-Welch and Assistant Secretary of the RCS, Dr. Claire Durant (right). Farming still a viable career choice THE youth must be encour- the behalf of Minister David that he said the initiative “This is evidenced by our over aged to accept and appreciate Estwick, who was unable to at- by Sir Clifford, which targets 50 years of support for the farming and food production as tend the launch of the Sir students at the level of Barbados 4-H movement, a viable career choices. Clifford Husbands Agricultural the Caribbean Secondary movement which was estab- FIFA World Cup This is the view of Challenge. Education Certificate, is indeed lished as a collaborative effort Permanent Secretary in the Dr. Chandler gave a compre- a step in the right direction. between the Ministries of fever comes to Ministry of Agriculture, Food, hensive look at some of the He told the guests at Petrea Agriculture and Education Fisheries and Water Resource challenges facing the sector, Gardens that the Ministry has sometime in 1962. Barbados Management, Dr. Lennox including an ageing farmer always paid keen interest in “The Ministry of Agriculture, Chandler, who was delivering population. the engagement of the youth in Food, Fisheries and Water Page 23 feature remarks yesterday on It is against this backdrop agriculture. FARMING on Page 4 2 • Thursday October 24, 2013 The Barbados Advocate From left: Combermere Students – Phillip King, Krystal Hoyte and Ade O’Neal. From left: Combermere Old Scholars – Sonia St. Hill, David Williams and Dawn-Marie Layne. Combermere past and present students debate “University education has many bene- ful for the many years that the govern- noting the savings will be crucial. – on UWI tuition fees fits to a society as a whole; chief of which ment of Barbados has paid tuition. “If students can afford to attend the lat- COMBERMERE Week of Activities is a skilled workforce and a reduction in She said that, however, the time has est shows,they can afford to pay for all the 2013 saw Old Scholars and Present welfare handouts,” he pointed out. come where the public must recognise brand-name gear,the technology,why not Students debate on the topic, O’Neal’s partner, Krystal Hoyte, went that Government can longer do this. redirect some of those resources to tuition “University students should not pay on to express that if students are forced to “Tuition has now been raised to over fees?” tuition fees”. pay for University education, it makes it $33 000 per student, and the University Williams also made the point that all The debate, which was held at the an aspiration rather than an expectation. has an enrolment of near 8 000; that bill over the world students contribute to- school’s hall on Monday night, got under “If the government of Barbados wants is enormous. The Minister of Finance wards the cost of their education. way with present student, Ade O’Neal, to save money,they can’t save it there be- stated in the Budget that the total contri- “It is a fact that when you pay for some- sharing his view that “education isn’t cause the loss for our generation is too bution required from the government of thing, it becomes more available because expensive, it’s priceless”. much to bear. We are talking about our Barbados to the Cave Hill Campus is over you tend not to take it for granted and you “How dare the Government put a price future lawyers, politicians, doctors and $543 million. work harder at your studies. on education? How dare they cut off engineers. “The Government already has Barrack “Surely, the government of Barbados Barbadians from accessing this hope? “I ask the government of Barbados to to pay, and now Shanique Myrie to pay; has to cut cost all around.The money that How dare they destroy the fabric of the invest in our children today, to earn how much more can we ask of them? We the Government can save from not having Barbadian society,that my parents, your tomorrow,” Hoyte pleaded. are in a very tight position,” she stated. to pay tuition fees can surely be used to parents, our parents spoke so fond of?” Old Scholar, Sonia St. Hill, presented David Williams,an Old Scholar,insisted improve social services, and other aspects he posed. that her side is both grateful and thank- that Government has no choice, also of our society,” he pointed out. (TL) The Barbados Advocate Thursday October 24, 2013 • 3 ‘Lay down arms and get to work’ Investors not By RuthMoisa Alleyne MINISTER of Finance, only guided by Christopher Sinckler, called on all spheres of society to lay down rating agencies their tools of war and instead busy them- By Nadia Brancker egy going forward and the selves with doing what reason why we spend was necessary to get INVESTORS are not only time visiting investors the economy on a directed by rating agen- and explaining our strat- growth path once cies was the implication egy is that our strategy more. made by Dr. Delisle resonates with them.” Speaking passionately Worrell, Governor of The International during a National the Central Bank of Monetary Fund (IMF) Dialogue on Productivity Barbados (CBB). made the projections re- and Competitiveness His comments came cently that Barbados will at the Lloyd Erskine against the backdrop of a be the only country not to Sandiford Centre yester- media report that sug- record growth this year day morning, less than 24 gested that insurers were and next year. Many be- hours after defeating a being advised not to take lieve that this will have no-confidence motion up Barbados bonds on the an impact on investors. filed against him by the premise that the country Dr. Worrell explained, leader of the Opposition, could be downgraded “The IMF just gives a pro- Sinckler asserted that again by Standard & jection for 2014, but based now was not the time to Poor’s (S&P). on the appropriateness pronounce demise or de- Speaking to the media of our strategy,we have a struction. yesterday at a press sustainable growth strat- “Rather,now is the time conference to discuss egy for the medium term. for unifying around a the latest review of the Our concern is not only shared goal which is re- economy, even though he what the growth will be in energising the ... economy Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler (centre), listens to Minister of Labour, would not comment on if 2014, our concern is what and our society as a Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo (left). Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency he thought S&P would a sustainable growth whole... Now is the time Robert Morris, also pays attention. further downgrade strategy for Barbados is. to lay down arms and to Barbados, he maintained, If we focus on investment pick up ploughs and to till The Minister warned, foreign exchange sectors able to do so now or in the “We have to focus on the to enrich our products in the soils of this economy however, that the key to perform at their peak,” future.” fact that our strategy is the area in which we are ... to achieve those things ensuring that we have he said. He maintained that our the appropriate strategy already internationally which we know we have reserves was found in our Zeroing in on our product needed to be at for our country at this competitive, have a to achieve to sustain the foreign exchange earning “bread and butter” indus- the very highest levels, point in time. Investors strong presence and di- quality of life and the capacity.He called on sec- try, Sinckler noted that adding that the fact that always have to make versify our markets, then standard of living that all tors such as International the problems which the we are not price-competi- their decisions and what we can have confidence of us have and want our Business, Tourism tourism industry faced tive in the market would is true to say is that in that we will achieve children to have...” Services and the export were not created over- work against us if our our conversation with in- growth rates that are The Minister suggested of manufactured goods night, neither would it be product offering was not vestors, when we explain sustainable.