is it i mean barbados has a very strong tourism product you know barbados and its beaches are known worldwide from north america to the e.u. so i don't necessarily think that it's fighting tourism you know i think that tours zone is definitely of an avenue that the country can explore to help its economy but they also have to look at alternative measures to turn things around thank you very much they're all very much as. the czech republic might finally have a government coalition eight months off the bobbies centrist party came first in inconclusive elections but the billionaire have been having trouble finding anyone to work with these face of fraud investigation in connection with the abuse of e.u. subsidies a decade ago now the country social democrats said to agree to a deal but they'll still have to rely on the communist party for support critics say what lies ahead is a hof by coalition. bread for prague straight out of the factory belonging to the country's prime minister and. the bread factory with its two hundred seventy employees belongs to agro fat a business success sto

stepping in to get barbados back on track the new prime minister be a monthly recently announced the country had undisclosed liabilities raising its overall debt from one hundred thirty seven percent of g.d.p. to over one hundred seventy five mostly have no choice but to contact the i m f well the fund is acknowledged would assist the ailing economy with an emergency debt restructuring plan abate us then suspended payments to external creditors to regroup the island owes two thirds of its debt to local investors a bank some tough debt restructuring measures is required without endangering its domestic financial system motley says her government wants to protect its most vulnerable citizens as well as business sector is crucial to growth officials used to consider barbados one of the better fiscally run countries of the caribbean a mine is a journalist from the region i asked him how did it got so high to be fair you know prime minister mali was voted in just last month and i think that the issues that we're seeing in barbados now point to gross inadequacy from the previous government

ok we don't get to go to the caribbean that often but it's time to go to barbados a place drowning in debt right now the world's fourth highest debt to g.d.p. ratio behind japan greece and sudan now the i.m.f. is stepping in to get back in the black and you prime minister mia mostly recently announcing the country had undisclosed liabilities raising its overall debt from one hundred thirty seven percent of gross domestic product to one hundred seventy five they had no choice but to contact the financial life gods at the international monetary fund the i.m.f. signaling it would assist the ailing economy with an emergency debt restructuring plan abate us then suspended payments to external creditors to regroup the island owes two thirds of its day to local investors and banks some tough debt restructuring measures are required without endangering its domestic financial system now molly says her government wants to protect his most vulnerable citizens as well as business sector is critical to the nation's growth let's get some analysis on this from great miners he's a journalist from the

is stepping in to get barbados back in the black the new prime minister mia motley recently announced undisclosed liabilities raising state debt from one hundred thirty seven percent to one hundred and seventy five well they had no choice but to contact the financial life gods of the international monetary fund the i.m.f. signaling it would assist the ailing economy with an emergency debt restructuring plan but bales then suspended payments to external creditors to regroup the island owes two thirds of its state to local investors and banks some tough debt restructuring measures are required without endangering its domestic financial system although he says the government wants to protect bombadil says most vulnerable citizens as well as business sectors critical to the nation's growth officials used to consider barbados one of the better fiscally run countries of the caribbean grey mine is a journalist from the region i asked him how did it got so high well to be fair you know prime minister motley was voted in just last month and i think that the issues that we're seeing in barbadoe

and sri lanka beat west indies by four wickets to win the third and final test in barbados and level the series at 1—1. hello there and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through. we start with news from the fifa world cup in russia, and there were plenty of twists and turns on tuesday. argentina scored late to salvage their campaign and progress to the last 16, meaning heartache for nigeria. while elsewhere, denmarkjoined france in the knockout stages after playing out a goalless draw — the first of the tournament, and olly foster has been watching. we're had another one of those walcott knights here in russia. argentina had just minutes left before they would be packing their bags to home, before a winner extended their stand not doubt nigeria. —— stay and knocked out nigeria. —— stay and knocked out nigeria. it was almost unthinkable. argentina lose and they were out of the world cup. in lionel messi's pursuit of greatness, now was the time and he did not disappoint. after too much weight, the magician announced himself in russia. belief, but just as argentina announced himse

secretary general's climate support team and is ambassador of barbados to the united states. next to ambassador hart we have al smith who is managing director and global head of corporate sustainability and oversees the global sustainability initiatives including the 100 billion environmental finance goal instituting their commitment last fall to source 100% of the city's energy needs from renewable resources by 2020. next to val we have second ben grumbles who is secretary of the environment for the state of maryland. he leads the state's work on environmental protection change with governor hogan. he's currently also chair of the regional greenhouse gas initiative which we hear a lot about rggi, i like the acronym, remember rggi, the first mandatory market-based u.s. program to reduce emissions in northeast and mid atlantic united states and next to ben is angela navarro, deputy commerce secretary for the state of virginia, previously with natural oil resources and has worked with the governor next anding the state's renewable sector through major financial investments and

special envoy for climate change under president obama and the barbados ambassador to the u.s.nd officials from maryland and virginia. they talked about the impact of climate change policy at the state and local level says. this is 90 minutes. >> good afternoon and thank you all for joining us this afternoon. i am paola caballero, and i'm the director for the climate program at wri, and it is my honor to welcome you to the wri event one year later. has the world moved on since president trump's announcement on the paris agreement? i would like to start off, though, that my own personal reflection actually kicks off on the 9th of november of 2016. i was in marrakesh at the climate conference and what i witnessed was a renewed commitment to delivering on paris. i've been cop one if that tells you something and marrakesh stood out with purpose and commitment and what was memorable, what i remember was the steady uptick of countries that continue to ratify the agreement that day and the following weeks with signaling a very steely determination to carry on, and that's what i rememb

secretary-general's climate support team and is now ambassador of barbados to the united states. next to ambassador hart, we have val smith who is the managing director who is the managing director at citi. she sustains the $100 billion finance goal instituting their commitment last fall to source 100% of city's energy needs from renewable resources by 2020. next to val we have secretary ben grumbles who is secretary of the environment for the state of maryland. he leads the protection in climate change there with governor hogan. he is currently also chair of the regional greenhouse gas initiative which we hear a lot about rge as it's called. remember reggie. the first program to produce emissions among northeastern and mid atlantic states and we hope soon to be expanded to the south. so next to ben, we've got angela navarro who is deputy secretary of commerce and trade for the state of virginia. she was previously deputy of natural resources and she works through expanding the energy sector through clean energy technologies and utility scale solar power and then at the end of th

never said he wants merely white immigrants from iceland or new zealand and fewer immigrants from barbados or bombay. he just does not want illegal immigrants to break the law and come here in the wrong way. joe, goodington, d.c. morning. caller: good morning. , hented to ask mr. desousa is a film writer and all. supporting your base, that is ok. you are equipped to attack obama. now you are being supporteby president and administration. it wor like that. night when you sit down to you look at yourself and think you are not so secure after all. none of us are. i think that sometimes we get so partial that we can do more damage than good. you may do some things that tablesxpose and turn the . at the end of the day, see who you are. youare still mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. guest: i would like to try to say were my politics comes from.

and sri lanka beat west indies by four wickets to win the third and final test in barbados and level the programme. plenty to get through. we start with news from the fifa world cup in russia, and there were plenty of twists and turns on tuesday. argentina scored late to salvage their campaign and progress to the last 16, meaning heartache for nigeria. while elsewhere, denmarkjoined france in the knockout stages after playing out a goalless draw — the first of the tournament, and 0lly foster has been watching. we're had another one of those walcott knights here in russia. argentina had just minutes left before they would be packing their bags to home, before a winner extended their stand not doubt nigeria.

know, years past we may have one, two, three, maybe four artists from around the world, jamaica, barbadosbut this year, we're just only going to have one from jamaica, and everybody else is from a south pacific island somewhere. robert: little bit just to remind people of it. now, i remember when you made the move to the santa clara county fairgrounds. and that's working out pretty well, isn't it? danny: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. robert: for space and for everybody to have a good time. danny: exactly, exactly. robert: all right. how about for you? is this festival kind of a unique thing, or are there a lot of places for reggae artists and pacific islander reggae artists to perform and to showcase themselves? sammielz: yeah. i mean, out in new zealand, they hold one of the biggest i guess reggae festivals, pacific--polynesian reggae but every year, i believe there's quite a few festivals that happen throughout the year. not only that, i mean, there's a lot of shows happening as well and stuff. so yeah. robert: is the bay area a pretty big scene for this, or still growing? or where is it at r

and remind you inside of what you would see in bermuda or barbados. i urge you to see it if possible. wrong,ne something there, we are all right. there we go. they have split between two .ocks, to stones this is stafford county. it is a highly desirable residential area. it, theseas they left were rejected stones all over the place. evidence of their work, and now they did it. here are some of the sketches the association had done. six, probably six, but they ordered iron spikes. he drives these in and naturally splits the rock. as the rockets reduced to the , big papers that never survive. both here and at a quiet park, you can see it on the government island. see where the spikes went down. they drove it down and poured water on it. usually the split was pretty good, pretty smooth. carrie are on some drawings. he said there would have been .ix oxen i don't know. this was his stone and a very simple cream. it slants down to the creek and they were loading onto the stone boats. polled along. the current potomac is very strong. so they got as much out

ofide, it would remind you barbados, wherever the british were, this kind of church. wait a minute -- i have done something wrong. we are all right. there we go. here, you can barely see it. they have split between two rocks. in the process. stafford county and jane o'connor have created a wonderful little park there, it is a highly desirable residential area. but is just as they left it when the buildings were built here. these are rejected stones, all over the place, evidence of their work and how they did it. here we go. here are some of the workmen in sketches the association had done. these of driving sticks, maybe sticks, some of them might be iron. he drives these and and it naturally splits the rock. as the rock gets reduced to the sizes they want, which the stonecutters have told them, going on the plan, big papers that never survived from building. we need this and we need this. park, it is a quiet called government island, we have owned it since 1791, our government. see where the spikes went down? sometimes it was a stick, and they drove it down and poured

that he wants merely white immigrants from itsland or new zealand and fewer immigrants from say barbados or bombay. he doesn't want illegal immigrants to bre the law and coming here in the wrong way. >> our independent line, washington, d.c. joe, good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? i want to mr. die so'souza, he's a film writer. the only thing that i see you support your base and that's okay. you know, you are designed and equipped to attack obama the way you did. you did it. now you're being supported by the present administration. it works like that. but what i want to ask you at night when you go home, do you look at yourself and you think afr all?ou're not so none o us are. we are americans and i think that sometimes when we get so partial that we can do more damage than good. yeah, you may do some things that might expose and turn the tables, but understand this. that at the end of the day look at who you are. you are still mr. dinesh. you may be in that culture, that environment that supports you and make you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. >> okay

nola ishmael came to britain from barbados in 1963 as a young nhs trainee nurse. a big job as a purpose, nursing requires confidence. confidence to say what is right, to do what is right and not to be afraid to be your patience advocate. in the early days we never called prejudice. i don't think we knew the word. wejust prejudice. i don't think we knew the word. we just knew that some people got promoted and you didn't get promoted. the level of knowledge that you gained, this was the account. and when i was appointed director of nursing in greenwich it was a breakthrough moment for black messes. i got telephone calls far and wide offering congratulations to me. one question i got asked, wasn't a fluke? me. one question i got asked, wasn't afluke? i me. one question i got asked, wasn't a fluke? i said, no it wasn't. it was midnight oil. early—morning toil. and reading and learning as i got on with the job. the nhs is one of the best institutions in this country. it is there for the people, by the people. the people trust it. good afternoon. this hot spell of weath

officials from virginia and maryland were there to provide the state and local perspective, and the barbados ambassador to the united states talked about global policy. the world resources institute hosted this event. it's about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon and thank you all for joining us this afternoon. i am paola caballero, and i'm the director for the climate program at wri, and it is my honor to welcome you to the wri event one year later. has the world moved on since president trump's announcement on the paris agreement? i would like to start off, though, that my own personal reflection actually kicks off on the 9th of november of 2016. i was in marrakesh at the climate conference and what i witnessed was a renewed commitment to delivering on paris. i've been cop one if that tells you something and marrakesh stood out with purpose and commitment and what was memorable, what i remember was the steady uptick of countries that continue to ratify the agreement that day and the following weeks with signa

and the head of the barbados team now is a russian who is accused of having been arrested a few months ago of money-laundering . and they found also inroads into politics in the police. there are some cases where corrupt spanish police officers are targets of the special prosecutor's office of an investigation. there was a moment when the meadow and politician who was convicted a couple years ago, his appointment to the chief of police came with 2000 officers and one of the proudest regions of the country. he was convicted of being an accomplice of the russian mafia and the russian mafia would have had an accomplice in the regional police so it shows you the things they were coming up against but i think spain crackdown is interesting because it's been one of the most sustained and systematic and they've arrested some of the most important bosses, russian or eurasian mafia bosses, they've arrested outside of russia including the georgian kingpin. they've led europe wide investigations of a particularly murderous georgian mafia which to show you the kind of obstacles they were up agains

nola ishmael came to britain from barbados in 1963 as a young nhs trainee nurse.is is her story. my name is nola ishmael, obe. i was born and educated and brought up in barbados. i came to this country at the age of 19. i came to be a nurse. this was a big job with a purpose. nursing requires confidence. confidence to say what is right, to do what is right, and not to be afraid to be your patient‘s advocate. in the early days, we never called it prejudice. idon't think we knew the word. we just knew that some people got promoted and you didn't get promoted. the level of knowledge that you gained. this was the account. and when i was appointed director of nursing in greenwich, it was a breakthrough moment for black nurses. i got telephone calls far and wide offering congratulations to me. and one particular question i got asked — was it a fluke? i said, no, it wasn't. it was midnight oil, early morning toil, and reading and learning as i got on with thejob. the nhs is one of the best institutions in this country. it is there for the people, by the people. the peopl

those countries are orgeneral ina, barbados, brazil, dominican republic, egypt, japan, kuwait, malta, mexico, netherlands, panama, pakistan, south korea, spain, taiwan, urkey, u.a.e. and the u.k. american energy has touched the ntire world. we are giving them their freedom. liquid american free tom son the market right now. thank you have a great night, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker -- speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 30 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm grateful to my republican friends for pointing out the advantages of natural gas and i might add we had in the last congress a hearing about what was the world's largest solar plant. but this wasn't a plant that had thousands , it had of mirrors pointing to three different towers that would super heat the water in terms of steam to turn turbines to produce electricity. i had one article here, this from february, 2014. but it talked tissue talked about the solar electric generating system.

never said he wants merely white immigrants from iceland or new zealand and fewer immigrants from barbadosr bombay. he just does not want illegal immigrants to break the law and come here in the wrong way. joe, goodington, d.c. morning. caller: good morning. , hented to ask mr. desousa is a film writer and all. supporting your base, that is ok. you are equipped to attack obama. now you are being supported by the president and administration. it works like that. at night when you sit down to you look at yourself and think you are not so secure after all. none of us are. i think that sometimes we get so partial that we can do more damage than good. you may do some things that tablesxpose and turn the . at the end of the day, see who you are. youare still mr. dinesh and may be in that culture and that environment that supports you and makes you feel good and successful. that's all well and good. host: thank you, joe. guest: i would like to try to say were my politics comes from. when you talk about things like my base, i don't n for office. i don't have a base. i'm a nonwhite immigrant who ca

special envoy for climate change under president obama and the barbados ambassador to the u.s.nd officials from maryland and virginia. they talked about the impact of climate change policy at the state and local level says. this is 90 minutes. >> good afternoon and thank you all for joining us this afternoon. i am paola caballero, and i'm