BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 17, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley signing the extension of the Social Compact between Government and the private sector, at Ilaro Court recently. Looking on are Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association, Trisha Tannis (left) and Senior Minister with responsibility for Coordinating the Productive Sector, Kerrie Symmonds. (C. […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 16, 2023 Regional leaders and CARICOM officials at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). (CARICOM Secretariat) The 44th Regular Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government is being held in Nassau, Bahamas, from Wednesday, February 15, to Friday, […]
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BY BGIS | FEB 16, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today led a delegation to meet with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Conference of Heads of Government being held in Nassau, Bahamas. Prime Minister Trudeau, expressing pleasure at meeting with Prime Minister Mottley, noted that Canada […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 15, 2023 Hearing Chairman and Fair Trading Commission (FTC) Deputy Chair, Dr. Donley Carrington and CEO of the FTC, Dr. Marsha Atherley-Ikechi listen to questions from the media at today’s press conference. (GP) The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has issued its Decision and Order on the Barbados Light and Power […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 13, 2023 PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right – Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, Rodney Taylor; Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Davidson Ishmael; Attorney General Dale Marshall; and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Grenville Williams, in discussion during the break of the three-day workshop on Effective […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 14, 2023 Barbados has been removed from the European Union’s (EU) state-of-play document (Annex II), which means the island has been deemed compliant with tax requirements. This disclosure came from Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, who said the announcement today follows the substantial work done by government […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 14, 2023 Government’s Budget, setting out the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue for the financial year 2023-2024, was today laid in Parliament, together with a projected forecast for the current financial year 2022-2023. These will form the basis of the Parliamentary Debate to ensue from February 20th 2023 on […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 10, 2023 Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, discussing the range of local beauty care products with Liena Babb of Emerging Brands Barbados Co-operative Society Limited, at the Co-op Mart at Baobab Tower, today. (A. Reid/BGIS) The creativity of the co-operative movement was on display today when the […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 9, 2023 Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, in discussion with Economic Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat, Victor Kitange, at yesterday’s opening of the three-day Energy Local Content Capacity Building Workshop. Looking on (from left to right) are Consultant, Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Bede Nwete; Economist, Ministry of Energy and Business, Alton Best; […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 4, 2023 Dr. Kevin Greenidge (pictured) will become the Central Bank of Barbados’ eight Governor on March 1, 2023. (FP) The Central Bank of Barbados is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Greenidge as its eighth Governor, effective March 1, 2023. Dr. Greenidge was most recently a Senior […]
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