BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS (Stock Photo) The manufacturing community has lost one of its greatest pioneers and Barbados has lost one of its most industrious sons. Mr. McDonald Nicholls was one of the leading pioneers in the area of bread and pastry manufacturing having taken over the reins of his family business in 1995 at […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JAN 20, 2023 | Acting Director of the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), Haydn Rhynd, speaking at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) symposium Accelerate to Export Symposium 2022. (NCF) How would a consumer respond if a packaged product claims to contain a particular ingredient but does not, or it is labelled as […]
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“MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE PUBLIC SERVICE”Book Launch The Consular Corps of Barbados held its Annual Christmas Get-together atthe Southern Palms Hotel last Tuesday 13 December 2022.The Dean pointed out that it was an opportunity for Members of the Corps to pay tribute to the outstanding work which is done by members of the Consular Corps […]
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A proud winner Michael Blackman ( extreme left ) poses with his Friend Lisanne Elcock and Daughters Shalia and Shania Blackman as Frances Parravicino, Head of Asset Finance & Business Banking at ANSA Merchant Bank look on. Michael Blackman, a self-employed Electrician walked away with the keys to a brand- new KIA Sonet valued at […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 6, 2023 (Stock Photo) Persons engaged in any profession, trade, business or calling listed in the Schedules to the Profession, Trade and Business Registration Act, Cap 373 are reminded that they should register with the respective government agency, by January 31, 2023. This Act was first introduced in 1978 and has […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | DEC 21, 2022 (NCF) The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has an array of activities lined up for this Yuletide Season aimed at pushing the products and services of local artists and artisans. The NCF has again partnered with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to produce QEH Christmas Lunchtime Concerts, which began on […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 19, 2022 Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) The Ministry of Finance announces that Wednesday, December 21, 2022 shall be a VAT Holiday in Barbados. The objective is to provide a welcome ease for consumers who have faced 33 months of significant economic challenges due solely […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | DEC 16, 2022 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking at the unveiling of three wax figures – Patrick Husbands, Nicholas Brancker and the late Llewellyn “Jiggs” Kirton – by the Caribbean Wax Museum, yesterday. (T. Barker/BGIS) Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | DEC 9, 2022 Newly appointed Chief Information Officer of the Barbados Government Information Service, Tyson Henry. (GP) The Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) has a new Chief Information Officer. Tyson Henry, 34, took up the reins of the organisation on Thursday, December 1. A graduate of Combermere School, Mr. Henry holds an Associate Degree […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 7, 2022 President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Suriname counterpart and CARICOM Chairman, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (T. Barker/BGIS) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, described yesterday’s Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit […]
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