BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 22, 2022 Dr. Velma Scantlebury presenting Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley with a copy of her book Beyond Every Wall: Becoming the 1st Black Female Transplant Surgeon. (Photo: C. Pitt/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has signalled her intention to enlist the help of the now retired, first black female Kidney Transplant Surgeon […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 20, 2022 (IRF) Barbados will host the 10th International Road Federation (IRF) Caribbean Regional Congress, a major road and transportation conference, from Tuesday, June 7 to Friday, June 10, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources has been instrumental in organising the congress, […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON – MAY 20, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has used the platform of a major agriculture conference to make a strident call for regional heads to join together to ensure the region’s food security. She made the call yesterday during the opening ceremony of the three-day Agri-Investment Forum and Exhibition in […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 20, 2022 Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sandra Husbands (right) in discussion with the UNDP’s new Resident Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Limya Eltayeb, at their recent courtesy call. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is eager to continue working with Barbados to […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 20, 2022 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, The Most Honourable Janet Phillips, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana, signing the Health Cooperation Agreement. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) A Health Cooperation Agreement for additional medical personnel has been signed between Barbados’ Ministry of Health and Wellness and […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAY 19, 2022 Acting Chief Information Officer of the BGIS, Ian Inniss, speaking at the launch the Media Sensitisation Campaign at the Department of Emergency Management, yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Media houses across Barbados have signalled their intention to provide valuable and credible information to the public before, during, and after a […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAY 19, 2022 Head of TV at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Jewel Forde, urged media houses to focus more of their coverage on disaster preparedness and reduction, rather than loss of life and damage to property. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados’ media practitioners have been challenged to focus more of their coverage on […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 19, 2022 Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Davidson Ishmael (third from left) meeting with Director of the National Transformation Initiative, Dr. Allyson Leacock (second from left) and Coursera officials. (Photo: Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology) Barbadians will need the requisite digital skills to navigate a […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | MAY 18, 2022 The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) remains appreciative of the diplomatic ties and relationship formed between Barbados and the Government of the People’s Republic of China. This was emphasised today by Chief Education Officer, Dr. Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, as she accepted 50 laptops from China’s Ambassador to Barbados, […]
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AuthorReverend Aaron “Buddy” Larrier presents a copy of his book A Man of Vision with a Mission of Hope to Member of the African Diaspora Development Institute, Philip Springer while Chairman, Pan-African Coalition of Organisations, Wayne Onkphra Wells (left) and Founder of Passionate Words Editing Services, Robert Gibson, look on. (NLS) BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 18, […]
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