Barbados to hold CSME consultation (Barbados Advocate)
Barbados has agreed to host a consultation later this year that will bring together stakeholders from across the region to build consensus on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and inform the integration process as it moves forward.

Barbados - A New Approach to Excellence (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SML Strategic Media announces the publication of a sponsored country report on Barbados featured in the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs journal.

SCARBOROUGH: Man seriously injured in head-on collision (East York Mirror)
An elderly man was seriously injured Friday, July 4, when the car he was driving hit another car head-on in Scarborough. The collision happened at 1:47 p.m. on Eglinton Avenue at Barbados Boulevard,...

Anglican Church soon to start construction of houses (Barbados Advocate)
THE Anglican Church is doing its part to improve the housing stock in Barbados. After successfully selling 50 lots in St. Philip, phase two of this project will include the construction of approximately 45 houses, with a similar project in St. Thomas starting in the very near future.

Commitment named as the main ingredient for a better living (Barbados Advocate)
A high level of commitment in whatever you do has been listed as the key to a better life during a lecture given by Reverend Errington Massiah as part of the Barbados Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (BARAIFA) 35th Anniversary celebrations.

Navy snipers seize £40m of cocaine off Barbados (Belfast Telegraph)
The Navy is using Special Boat Service snipers to intercept cocaine shipments heading to Europe from producers in Colombia and Bolivia, it emerged last night.

In Depth (OneWorld)
OneWorld has not yet published a guide for this place. If you'd like to help create one, contact the OneWorld guides editor at A policymaker who advocates population and gender issues, Dame Billie Antoinette Miller of Barbados, and a New York-based NGO that helps save women’s lives in developing countries have won this year’s United Nations Population Award.

Departing CEO Isdell Awarded High Marks (Beverage World)
Neville Isdell left retirement in Barbados four years ago to return to a Coca-Cola Co. searching for leadership and trying to recover from two waves of job cuts. He heads back to semiretirement this week after improving employee morale and returning Coke to strong growth.

Prince William helps naval shipmates carry out major drugs raid (hellomagazine.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Second-in-line to the throne Prince William has been praised for his part in a major drugs bust carried out by the navy vessel on which he is currently serving in the North Atlantic. The 26-year-old royal, who's on a five week attachment with the British Royal Navy, helped HMS Iron Duke crew mates to intercept a speedboat northeast of Barbados on Saturday.

HCM City to install environmentally friendly toilets (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – The Petech Science and Technology Corporation (Petech) is planning to build 100 automatic public toilets (APTs) throughout Ho Chi Minh City in a bid to protect the city’s environment and outlook.