BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 25, 2022 (Stock Photo) The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources (MTWW) is actively investigating an incident of illegal dumping at Mose Bottom, Hillaby, St. Andrew, which allegedly involved a MTWW truck and three employees. The incident apparently occurred on Thursday, May 19, 2022, but was brought to […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 23, 2022 A new initiative from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment will see 47 young male and female inmates at the Barbados Prison Service pursuing technical and vocational training programmes at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology and the Jean and Norma Holder Hospitality Institute […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 23, 2022 The Grantley Adams International Airport. (FP) The wait time for transit passengers at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) should be reduced going forward. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley noted that recently there have been delays in processing planes and passengers arriving on the island between 1:30 and […]
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Staff Writer May 21, 2022 His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that the new agreement between Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda now moves the countries closer together, building on decades of already strong bilateral relations. “This expansion of our relations now moves us into a new sphere of economic integration and infrastructure integration.” The Memorandum of […]
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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 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 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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