BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 14, 2024 Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organisations, Matthew Wilson presents the instrument of ratification for the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, to WTO Director General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, today. (World Trade Organization) Barbados has formally submitted its instrument of ratification accepting […]
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Pictured above after being sworn in by the President Dame Sandra Mason ( third from left , is Ms. Tricia Watson ( second from left ) and Mr Ryan Walters ( extreme right ) and at extreme left is Mr Ralph Thorne the new Opposition Leader who was sworn in a day earlier. Business executive […]
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Member of Parliament for Christ Church South and former government backbencher Ralph Thorne, who crossed the floor to become Leader of the Opposition. The Member of Parliament for Christ Church South, Ralph Thorne has officially been sworn in as Opposition Leader. The ceremony occurred at State House before President the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason […]
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Government backbencher Ralph Thorne has crossed the floor to become Leader of the Opposition in a stunning move. The Christ Church South Member of Parliament visited the President of Barbados yesterday and declared his intention in a development that comes two years after the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) was returned to office in another clean […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | FEB 2, 2024 Senior UNESCO Facilitator for the 2003 Convention, Nigel Encalada, addressing participants at the two-day workshop at the Courtyard by Marriott, yesterday. (J. Bishop/BGIS) The Division of Culture in the Prime Minister’s Office hosted a two-day workshop to fine-tune the nomination document to ensure that Barbados’ prospects for inscription […]
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Over 180 Cotton Tree residents receive land titles after waiting for decades February 5, 2024 Over 180 residents of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice (Region Five) received Certificates of Title, solidifying their legal ownership of lands they have occupied for decades, passed down through generations. The land title documents were handed over by President Dr […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 1, 2024 | Thirteen-year-old Christina Sargeant receives $1,000.00 from owner of Shehaul Construction Inc., Jada Chase while Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney General with responsibility for Crime Prevention, Corey Lane, and Christina’s mother, Sagirah Craigg, look on. (J. Bishop/BGIS) Thirteen-year-old Christina Sargeant has a heart of […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | JAN 31, 2024 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, planting a tree at the National Botanical Gardens, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Two new trees have been planted in the National Botanical Gardens to symbolise Barbados’ friendship with the Republic of Senegal, and further cement […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | JAN 30, 2024 PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney General with responsibility for Crime Prevention, Corey Lane, speaking during a press conference to discuss upcoming initiatives and programmes under the National Peace Program, today. (J. Bishop/BGIS) The National Peace Program (NPP) will continue to roll […]
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PICTURED ABOVE: Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, (right) admires the unveiled plaque at the newly renovated Vauxhall Senior Citizens’ Village, along with President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons, Marilyn Rice-Bowen (far left); Acting Director of the National Assistance Board (NAB), Colleen Walcott; and NAB Chairman, Reverend Wayne Kirton. Also pictured are: (in […]
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