address the factors that have consistently led to the economic decline of the island states. This paper examines the recent experience of the Commonwealth Caribbean in dealing with the current Global economic crisis with a particular focus on Jamaica‚ Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. It begins by examining the signs and the effect on each island. The paper then identifies five key issues that have emerged as factors contributing to and needing the attention of the heads in order to ameliorate against
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Benefits of Jamaica having its own final court of Appeal (For & Against) The Privy Council based in Britain and serves as the final Court of Appeal for all of the countries of the region except Guyana and Barbados. Barbados and Guyana both accepted the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established in 2005‚ as their final Court of Appeal. Caricom governments established the Caribbean Court of Justice to replace the London based Privy Council as the regions final court and concerns such as the
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THE PRIVY COUNCIL (JCPC)? The JCPC is the final Court of Appeal or Court of Last Resort for the Commonwealth Caribbean States‚ in both the original and appellate jurisdictions of a court system with the exception of the Republic of Guyana and Barbados. It is “the apex of the court system in most of the jurisdictions in the Commonwealth Caribbean.”1 The Privy
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involvement in sport‚ casually or in an organized way‚ for non-commercial or business/commercial reasons‚ that imply travelling away from home and work locally (Standeven and De Knopf‚ 1999). Examples of sports tourism in Caribbean countries‚ specifically Barbados include: Cricket; Athletics; Sailing; Cycling; Diving; Field Hockey; Fishing; Hiking; Horse Racing; Equestrian Horse Riding; Motor Sport; Netball; Polo; Running; Squash; Surfing; Tennis (Lawn); Volleyball; and Water Sports (Callaghan‚ 2009). This
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TOURISM IN BARBADOS Tourism is the marketing of the enjoyable and other features of a travel destination and the provision of facilities and services to pleasure travellers. In addition‚ it is the social‚ cultural and economic phenomenon where people move to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal and business purposes. Nowadays‚ more people travel so therefore tourism is more lucrative/important than ever to countries. While it is undoubtly true that tourism is beneficial
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states had different views on what the federation should entail. Eric Williams of Trinidad wanted a strong federation with the power to levy taxes‚ control economic development and set up custom union. The federal Prime Minister‚ Grantley Adams of Barbados was in support of this. Jamaica on the other hand‚ opposed all of this and wanted a weak federation that did not have the power of taxation. (Greenwood 1991) Jamaica and Trinidad’s disagreement on this point was not good for the federation. Eventually
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and Barbuda‚ Dominica‚ Barbados‚ Montserrat‚ Jamaica‚ Grenada‚ Saint Lucia‚ Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla‚ Saint Vincent and lastly Trinidad and Tobago. The total population of the West Indies Federation was between three (3) and four (4) million people‚ and contained around twenty-four (24) inhabited islands with the largest being Jamaica. The Federal Parliament was bi-cameral consisting of an elected House of Representatives and a nominated Senate. Sir Grantley Adams‚ of Barbados was the one and only
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Culture Defined Culture is a complex term that consists of so many things. At the base of culture one would find people who live in social groups and share a way of living which separates them from other human groups. A culture may include rituals‚ religion‚ economic systems‚ language‚ a style of dress‚ a way of cooking‚ and a political system. People who share a culture typically follow the same rules and form a social society. Culture is not inherited‚ but must be learned and shared. A culture
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interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology” and elaborates that “the process has effects on the environment‚ on culture‚ on political systems‚ on economic development and prosperity‚ and on human physical well-being in societies around the world.” With the latter elaboration in mind‚ we can further go on to define commercialization as offering a product in the
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Cultures and Co-Cultures By: Anna Skidmore Delta College A Culture is the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and customs people share and learn according to Larry Samovar and his colleagues (2007). Culture includes two different groups called in-groups which are groups that you identify yourself with and out-groups which is a group of people we view as different (Frings & Abram‚ 2010; Quist & Jorgensen‚ 2010). Examples of culture is the foods we eat‚ holidays we celebrate‚ the
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