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Caribbean countries that live in fear of being blacklisted by the European Union should band together and take legal action, according to Barbados-based economist and Caribbean policy expert Marla Dukharan.

“I felt like there should be some legal recourse that should be pursued collectively,” Ms. Dukharan said on Feb. 23 on the regional livestreamed show “Territories Talk,” hosted by Shaina Smith-Archer, chairwoman of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association.

The Virgin Islands has been added to the European Union’s “grey list” along with nine other jurisdictions in the Caribbean and elsewhere, the EU Council announced after its meeting on Feb. 24.

Besides the VI, the EU added the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Israel, Montserrat, Russia, Tunisia, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam, bringing the total list up to 25 jurisdictions.

JAMPRO, the Jamaican Government's investment agency, is seeking international collaborations in order to improve medical infrastructure and services in the island with the aim of climbing in the rankings for medical tourism.

Medical tourism is the industry which seeks to encourage people who reside in other countries to come to the island both for excellent medical care in a range of specialties, as well as sun, sea, sand and the warmth of the people of the island.

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by Hyacinth Greenidge

I have always been a fan of Barbados TODAY and the thought-provoking articles this paper produces. This has been the case whether I agree with the topic or not.

I find the contributions carried in your paper to be fair and firm. Some editorials have been biting but one you published earlier this week was disappointing to say the least.

Groundbreaking culinary legacy and passion for food flavors, and fun with a menu that features locally and sustainably caught seafood, fresh produce and premium dry-aged cuts and innovative craft cocktails – served in a vibrant setting inspired by Bahamian culture – is Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House.

Set against the backdrop of spectacular Bahamian sunsets, Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House features an innovative menu, including signature dishes exploding with flavor from six-time James Beard Award-winning Chef Marcus Samuelsson at the helm.

A regime designed to protect bank customers’ deposits has a new target date of 2022, as a consultant hired last year continues her work on subsidiary legislation to the Virgin Islands Deposit Insurance Act 2016 amid the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, Premier Andrew Fahie said last Thursday in the House of Assembly in response to a question from opposition member Mitch Turnbull (R-D2).

Global food prices continued rising for the eighth conservative month in January, led by cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said.

This is according to the Food Price Index report released on Thursday. The index tracks international prices of most commonly traded food commodities.

…Covid-19 pandemic is an external factor

By Ndey Sowe

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) has issued a statement explaining the causes for the recent increment of prices of some essential food commodities, which are both external and local factors.

Exogenous/External Factors:

The ministry said the external cause for the increase in prices particularly for rice and edible oil is a global phenomenon as result of the COVID 19 Pandemic.

Femi Falana wants Nigerian drug offenders convicted but later pardoned in Thailand, but still languishing in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, released.
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PRACHIN BURI, Thailand – Giggling bread and joyfully dancing salad aren’t the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalised leaf.

The restaurant at the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri started serving its own happy meals this month, after Thailand de-listed cannabis as a narcotic, allowing state-authorised firms to cultivate the plant.