BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 8, 2024 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds (third from left), and Founder and Chairman of interCaribbean Airways, Lyndon Gardiner (third from right), cut the ribbon to commemorate interCaribbean Airways’ inaugural direct flight from Kingston, Jamaica, to Bridgetown, Barbados, at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday. (C. […]
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By Fabian Belgrave Feb 7, 2024 Minister of Youth, Sports & Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith. receives a Barbados Federation of Island Triathletes (BFIT) Jersey from President of BFIT, Garth McIntyre. Looking on is Barbados Olympic Association, Secretary General, Erskine Simmons. (Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment) Barbados is poised to welcome the global triathlon […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 6, 2024 Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, chatting with some of the students who attended the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (BCCI) Second Annual Green and Renewable Energy Expo. Looking on (from left) are BCCI President, James Clarke; its Executive Director, Misha Lobban-Clarke; and Chair of […]
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By BGIS – 6- FEB -2024 President of Barbados, Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, FB, GCMG, D.A., Q.C., LLD. President of Barbados, Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, is on duty leave overseas from February 6 to 8. In her absence, the Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson will perform the […]
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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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(Stock Photo) Effective Thursday, February 1, 2024, port-related container charges at the Port of Bridgetown were reduced by 7.5 per cent. This follows a 10 per cent reduction in costs announced in April 2023. Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Port Inc. (BPI), David Jean-Marie, in making the announcement, said the move is in keeping […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 5, 2024 Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ian Gooding-Edghill, announces the return of Delta Airlines to Barbados during a press conference on Saturday. He is joined by acting Chief Executive Officer of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., Craig Hinds and Chief Executive Officer at the Grantley Adams International Airport, Hadley […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 5, 2024 Former Commissioner of the then Royal Barbados Police Force and Executive Director of the Regional Security System (RSS), Grantley Watson (left). (FP) It is with a deep and genuine sense of sadness and respect that I extend sympathy to the family of Mr. Grantley Watson. Mr. Watson, […]
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Participants in the Parish Ambassador Program came in for high praises at the Community Independence Celebrations Secretariat’s (CICS) Dinner on Saturday night. Hosted at the Sandals Barbados Resort and Spa the event recognised those who excelled in both the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Spirit of the Nation Show. The parish of St. Lucy […]
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