BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAR 4, 2024 Barbados previously hosted Exercise Tradewinds in 1992, 2003, and 2017.(FP) The Final Planning Conference (FPC) for Exercise Tradewinds (EXTW24) will be held in Barbados from Monday, March 11, to Thursday, March 14. It represents the final stage in a year-long planning process for EXTW24. Commander Mark Peterson […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | FEB 2, 2024 Former Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant the Most Honourable, Jeffrey Bostic. (FP) TheNational Library Service (NLS) will host a launch of the book of former Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, on Saturday, February 10, starting at 6:00 p.m. Lieutenant Colonel […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 12, 2023 PriceSmart’s new Optical Centre has been lauded by Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, has commended PriceSmart for opening a “state-of-the-art” Optical Centre. Last Tuesday, Minister Abrahams congratulated the warehouse-style shopping entity for launching its new […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | SEP 1, 2023 L-R: Permanent Secretary of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Jehu Wiltshire and Acting Director of Child Care Board, Colin St. Hill, speaking at a Press conference to discuss a recent child removal order. (F.Belgrave/BGIS) The intervention by the Child Care Board (CCB) was necessary to ensure the safety of two young […]
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BY BGIS | JUN 15, 2023 Delegates at the Ministerial Conference on Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Click here to download the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration on NCDs & Mental Health. VIDEO Highlights of Day 1 of the SIDS Ministerial Conference on Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health. (BGIS) Minister […]
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PM Mia Amor Mottley addresses the SIDS Ministerial Conference opening ceremony. (PICTURED ABOVE) PHOTO CREDIT Barbados Government Information Service Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, has called the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions in small island developing states (SIDS) a “crisis” that requires immediate attention. Dr. […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUN 13, 2023 From left to right– Ambassador Luke Daunivalu of Fiji; WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; and Ambassador Matthew Wilson of Barbados, during the official presentation of the draft declaration on SIDS, NCDs and Mental Health. (GP) The draft text of the small island developing states (SIDS) Non-communicable […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | JUN 13, 2023 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports, Charlie Browne (right), presenting Chairman of the COP 8 Bureau, Macos Diaz, with a token of appreciation at the Sixth Formal Meeting of the Bureau of the 8th Conference of Parties (COP 8) to the International Convention Against Doping in Sport. […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUN 13, 2023 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, receives a gift from the new Director of PAHO, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr., during their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, yesterday. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAR 21, 2023 | The Department of Emergency Management. (FP) The public is reminded that a national communications test will be conducted in Barbados on Thursday, March 23, as the Department of Emergency Management seeks to conduct a full assessment of the National Communications Systems, including radio station interrupts. This will […]
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