constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire. This volume examines only the islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ which are Jamaica‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ the Windward Islands (Dominica‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent and the Grenadines‚ and Grenada)‚ Barbados‚ the Leeward Islands (Antigua and Barbuda‚ St. Christopher [hereafter‚ St. Kitts] and Nevis‚ the British Virgin Islands‚ Anguilla‚ and Montserrat)‚ and the so-called Northern Islands (the Bahamas‚ the Cayman Islands‚ and the Turks and Caicos Islands)
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Development to the Year 2000‚ London: Commonwealth Secretariat/CARICOM‚ 1988. Boxill‚ I.‚ Ideology and Caribbean Integration‚ Kingston‚ Jamaica: Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences‚ 1993. Caribbean Development Bank‚ The First Twenty Years‚ Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank‚ 1990. CARICOM‚ Ten Years of CARICOM‚ Washington: Inter-American Development Bank‚ 1984. Caribbean Economy in the Twenty-First Century‚ Port of Spain: Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies‚ 1997. Colonial Office‚ The Plan
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Conditions Leading up to the 1937 Riots There were many different factors which influenced the conditions in not only Barbados but across the British Caribbean which eventually led to uprisings in the various territories but namely Barbados. These factors can be broken down into 3 categories of Economic‚ Social and Political. Economic Factors Leading up to the riots Barbados’ economy was in a dreadful state due to many different factors‚ both internal and external. One of the more substantial external
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discourage acts of insubordination‚ and to intimidate those who might have been inspired by the actions of the rebel slaves in Haiti 4) News of the abolition movement in Britain contributed to slave uprisings in some territories‚ for example‚ in Barbados in 1816. Slaves misunderstood what was happening; they believed that their freedom had been granted by the British parliament but was being withheld by the planters‚ and so they revolted to force the planters to give them their freedom. 5) The
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Then Accra Beach Hotel: Block Booking Of Capacity During a Peak Period Cherita Howard‚ Sales Manager for the Accra Beach Hotel‚ a 141-room hotel on the Carbbean island of Barbados‚was debating about what to do about a request from the West indies Cricket Board. The Board wanted to book a large block of rooms more than six months ahead‚during several of the hotel’s busiest times‚and was asking for discount. In return‚it promised to promote the Accra Beach in all advertising materials and television
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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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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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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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competitive production leading to greater variety; quality and quantity of goods and services‚ thereby providing greater capacity to trade with other countries. On 1 January 2006‚ the Single Market component of the CSME came into being‚ involving Barbados‚ Belize‚ Guyana‚ Jamaica‚ Suriname‚ and Trinidad and Tobago. The other Member States except The Bahamas and Haiti‚ which had not signified their intention to participate in the CSME‚ and Montserrat – a British Dependency‚ which must await the necessary
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