Pictured standing Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana watching Sen.Dr. the Hon. Shantal Munro-Knight, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture (closest to camera) and H.E. the Hon.Dame Billie Miller, D.A., O.C.C., BCH lay wreaths at the monument. Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on 6 October […]
Continue Reading
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | SEP 26, 2022 (Stock Photo) This afternoon, if I had been asked to describe Robert “Bobby” Clarke in just a few words, I would have to say he was “a man apart”. In any grouping, Bobby stood out — not by accident or chance, but by design. In all the […]
Continue Reading
Noted attorney, Pan-Africanist Robert “Bobby” Clarke has died. PICTURED ABOVE at the Emancipation Rally last year August 1, 2021. ( Photo by David Crichlow – CARIBPIX.NET ) Clarke, 90, passed away yesterday after being hospitalised. During this year’s Emancipation Day celebrations, Clarke was honoured for his work with developing the Pan-Africanist movement in the 1970s, […]
Continue Reading
BY BGIS | SEP 23, 2022 Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, Dr. Denis Lowe. (GP) Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, Dr. Denis Stephenson Lowe, will be accorded an Official Funeral on Saturday, October 8, at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, The Ridge, Christ Church. It will begin at […]
Continue Reading
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | SEP 16, 2022 Former Member of Parliament, Dr. Denis Lowe. (FP) On behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, and the family of the Barbados Labour Party, I extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Denis Lowe on his passing earlier today. Dr. Lowe, a clinical […]
Continue Reading
September 13, 2022 His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali today proclaimed that Monday, September 19, would be a national day of mourning in sympathy and solidarity with the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations, over the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. On Monday, the long-serving British Monarch would […]
Continue Reading
Buckingham Palace prepares for the week ahead, as the hearse will arrive at the palace on Tuesday and the coffin will lie in the Bow Room – MAJA SMIEJKOWSKA© Provided by The Telegraph FEATURE FIRST APPEARED IN THE TELEGRAPH…. Robert Mendick – 4h agoReact8 Comments|20 Share Save The former head of MI5 will step out of the shadows […]
Continue Reading
BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | SEP 12, 2022 Photo courtesy The University of the West Indies (UWI). The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies on behalf of the university community. The University of the West Indies (UWI) wishes to pay respect on the passing of […]
Continue Reading
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | SEP 11, 2022 Prime Minister Mottley signs the Book of Condolences as British Chargé d’Affaires Malcolm Geere looks on. (Photo courtesy of PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley visited the British High Commission Bridgetown yesterday to sign the Book of Condolences, and pay her respects to the Government and people […]
Continue Reading
BY BGIS | SEP 9, 2022 (Stock photo) The British High Commission wishes to inform members of the public that following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a condolence book has been opened at the office of the High Commission, Lower Collymore Rock, St Michael. The hours of access are as follows: Monday, […]
Continue Reading