Barbados is seeking to change and upgrade a 1964 water policy decision as it relates to water, ground water resources and zoning. Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Wilfred Abrahams, disclosed this on Thursday during the first post-cabinet press conference, at Government Headquarters, Bay Street, St Michael. Minister Abrahams said that based on the information received in 2011 from a commissioned green paper, Cabinet will introduce into Parliament in the coming weeks a new water zoning and land use policy. He added that studies have shown that the information which previously informed the 1964 policy is now “obsolete, archaic, out of date and no longer relevant”. Abrahams also said that the 1964 zoning policy was guided primarily on bacterial contamination from faeces, so Zones One to Five and the delineation of zones was based on the amount of time a molecule of water took to reach the outer limit of the zone to the water catchment area. He noted that currently, the … [Read more...] about New water zoning and land use policy coming
The Old Train, Havana, Cuba – Photo of the Day
May 19, 2019 Submit your pictures to our Photo of the Day section HAVANA TIMES – You don’t have to be a professional photographer, just send an image (in black and white or color), with a photo caption indicating where it was taken (city and country), type of camera or cell you used, and a small description about it. Note: it is better for our format if you send horizontal orientation pictures. Even square will work but vertical is a problem. Send your picture with your name and birth country, or where you reside, to this email address: [email protected] Also send a copy to [email protected] … [Read more...] about The Old Train, Havana, Cuba – Photo of the Day
Hundreds Line up to Buy Chicken at Havana’s Carlos III Mall
May 18, 2019 Vicente Morin Aguado HAVANA TIMES – Saturday awakened with hundreds of people forming a long line on both sides of Calle Seco, leading up to the Carlos III Shopping Plaza. With police surveillance, they were waiting their turn to buy frozen food, mainly chicken pieces at the official price of 1.70 CUC, (=USD). “Many of us were here to wait for the opening since dawn; there are a lot of people, we do not know if we all will be able to buy,” said Julian Lasalle, who added that “although they have limited the sale to 5 kilograms per person in the queue, the demand is a lot. ” From the balcony of his apartment on the second floor of a building adjacent to the establishment, among the largest in the city, an unidentified lady said: “In the 22 years of existence of this plaza, I never saw so many people waiting for it to open to buy a product.” Besides the chicken pieces, the chilled food sales area also offered imported … [Read more...] about Hundreds Line up to Buy Chicken at Havana’s Carlos III Mall
Sports Programme and Wales to square off in Game 2 today
Two-time defending champions, Weymouth Wales and the many-time winners, Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme will be letting it all hang out today as they will be both looking to draw first blood in the Barbados Premier League Championship playoff. After breaking even in Game 1 of a two best of three series, all will be on the line in Game 2. Playing on Thursday night at the Wildey Turf, the teams parted ways as equals with a 2-2 result not too long after splitting points in a goalless draw in the soldiers’ last game of the regular season. In Thursday’s night-cap game, the soldiers were first off the mark after Rashad Smith got a good cross inside the box, which he made no mistakes putting away with a powerful right-foot shot in the 8th minute of the game. However, Wales were not too far behind and bounced back in the 15th. With Romario Harewood taking a corner kick from the right side, the ball got over five defenders in the box before reaching the head of Arantees … [Read more...] about Sports Programme and Wales to square off in Game 2 today
An unlikely champion
Gary Younge is affable and unassuming. In fact, to quote his own portrait of himself, “I cut an unlikely figure in most professional circumstances. Small (five feet six), tubby, black, dishevelled…” What’s more, he offers this self-deprecating description in one of his own books, explaining why an American woman he was asking for information replied that she didn’t understand a word he’d said. But don’t let this apparent confession of bumbling ineptitude fool you. Younge was an unobtrusive, thoughtful presence in Port of Spain for this year’s Bocas LitFest: he chaired the non-fiction prize judges, spoke about his own most recent book and was part of a tribute to the Jamaican-British novelist Andrea Levy, who died in February. The two had been friends for 20 years, and Younge spoke of her with eloquence, admiration and candour, summing up Levy’s relationship to him as that of a “slightly mean big sister.”Younge, 50, is an … [Read more...] about An unlikely champion