PICTURED ABOVE: Dr. David Bynoe, NationalCoordinator of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program implemented by the United Nations Development Program (GEF SGP UNDP) – and Susan Mahon, President of the Coral Reef Restoration Alliance (CORALL) ( All Photos by ©David M. Crichlow – CARIBPIX IMAGES. ) “Collaboration is vital.” That is the message conveyed […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 13, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association’s 70th Annual General Meeting at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is suggesting that the island may have to look at new initiatives to attract visitors and to safeguard […]
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FEATURE FIRST APPEARED IN BARBADOS TODAY. Caves of Barbados could soon be exploring more opportunities for development of caves across the island as Government seeks to create more of that kind of experience for Barbadians and visitors. Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins gave the hint recently while indicating that caves were […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 12, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has deemed her recent trip to the just concluded ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, as a success. Ms. Mottley said the meeting afforded the region an opportunity to lift the standard of the relationship forged in recent times by […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUN 10, 2022 President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, discussed a wide range of topics during their courtesy call at State House Kenya. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) In a recent courtesy call between Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, President […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 8, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has repeated her call for reparations to be paid to countries which had suffered the indignity of the slave trade. During an appearance on the Time 100 Summit 2022, in New York yesterday, Ms. Mottley insisted that it was time for European enslaving […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUN 8, 2022 Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Santia Bradshaw, speaking at the opening of the 10th International Road Federation (IRF) Caribbean Regional Congress at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, today. (Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources) The 10th International Road Federation (IRF) […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUN 8, 2022 Marketing Director of Carter’s General Store , Bryan Hurley, showing Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney, some of the tools which were donated to the Barbados Construction Gateway Training Initiative, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Carter’s General Store has been lauded for its donation of 160 purpose-designed […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUN 9, 2022 JUN 9, 2022 Her Excellency the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, President of Barbados, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on June 07, to begin a five-day official visit aimed at strengthening ties with the East African state. It is Her Excellency’s first official visit since becoming President of […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | JUN 3, 2022 Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey (5th from right) and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Corey Lane (4th from right), pose with members of Advisory Committee to guide the establishment of a Commission for Improving the Lives of Persons with Disabilities. The […]
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