BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | APR 17, 2022 This morning under overcast skies, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, His Excellency, Paul Kagame, bid Barbados farewell, after arriving on Good Friday for an official visit to Barbados. A team of government officials led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Senior Minister coordinating […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | APR 16, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, memorialised the relationship of both nations with the planting of pink and yellow Acacia trees in the National Botanical Gardens. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados’ relationship with Rwanda was memorialised with the planting of pink and yellow Acacia trees […]
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A Pictorial can be viewed here courtesy of The Barbados Government Information Service can be viewed by clicking this link… APR 16, 2022 by Sheena Forde- Craigg of BGIS. Last evening, President of the Republic of Rwanda, His Excellency, Paul Kagame, arrived in Barbados for an official one-day visit to the island. Upon his arrival […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | APR 14, 2022 President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. (Official website – Republic of Rwanda) President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, will pay an official visit to Barbados over the Easter Weekend, when he is expected to engage in meetings and several activities. The President is scheduled […]
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Pictured above BARP President Marilyn Rice-Bowen showing the BARP membership card. In one week, the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) will formally lower its membership eligiblity age from 50 to 40 years. Today, BARP President Marilyn Rice-Bowen reminded a press conference that at the association’s Annual General Meeting held on December 3 2021, a […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | APR 12, 2022 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley; Acting Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Dr. Romel Springer, and BWA Director of Engineering, Charles Leslie, in discussion during a visit to the Belle Pumping Station yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) As the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) works to restore […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | APR 13, 2022 The Prime Minister’s Office (Culture Division) will be launching the Season of Emancipation tomorrow, Thursday, April 14, at Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall, on the 206th anniversary of the 1816 Slave Rebellion. This programme commemorates important water shed dates in Barbados’ history some of which are significant to […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | APR 11, 2022 From left to right: BTMI Director for the Caribbean and Latin America, Corey Garrett; BTMI Senior Business Development Officer, Jennifer-Ann Braithwaite; Chair of the Board of Directors, BTMI and Barbados Tourism Product Authority, Shelly Williams; Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins; Barbados’ Ambassador to Brazil, […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 8, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : President of Barbados, Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason poses for a photograph with new Senators, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite and Dr. Kristina Hinds. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The final two Senators have been sworn in and the Upper House is now complete. Senior Lecturer in […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott 9right), and Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, Albert Ramdin, exchange gifts during a courtesy call at the Ministry, Culloden Road, St . Michael. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 7, 2022 Suriname […]
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