BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | DEC 18, 2021 | TOP STORIES Airlift between Barbados the region received a boost yesterday with the arrival of interCaribbean’s inaugural flight from Guyana. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins has described the introduction of this flight as an important step in strengthening inter-regional travel. “… this has been […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Didier Trebucq, signing the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean for the period 2022-2026. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 18, 2021 | TOP STORIES Barbados has signed the new United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable […]
Continue Reading7 hrs ago Joe Biden has visited the graves of his first wife and infant daughter, as he marks 49 years since they were killed in a car crash.© Associated Press Joe Biden at the grave of his late wife and daughter, who died 49 years ago. Pic: AP The US president visited St Joseph on […]
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Watch “Chinese Lockdowns Trigger Panic Across Supply Chains: Prepare Your Self For Shortage Of Everything” on YouTube You can be prepared for very high increases of everything that we import. The World is going to be in a severe crisis ……… “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” so to speak.
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PICTURED ABOVE: Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Services Limited, Shelly Williams, speaking at the Get Hired session for males today in the training room at Sky Mall. (GP) DEC 17, 2021 —— BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | | TOP STORIES The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, through its collaboration with the Prince’s Trust International Get Hired programme, hosted […]
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Professor Sir Henry Fraser made a presentation as a lecture recently and the below is an extract from it ………. DID YOU KNOW, NO. 167, PALMETTO STREET AND THE TRAFALGAR HOTEL Did you know that the old Trafalgar Hotel, on the corner of Palmetto Street and Rickett Street, used to be the rendezvous for lunch […]
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DEC 16, 2021 ——————- BY JOY-ANN GILL – BGIS Press conference by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – December 15th, 2021. (PMO) Despite the strike action by some nurses in the healthcare sector, Government’s aim remains to make the condition of nurses comfortable. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley emphasised this at yesterday’s press conference at […]
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DEC 16, 2021 — By Sheena Forde-Craigg —- BGIS Princess Cruise Lines Limited cruise ship, Enchanted Princess, paid its inaugural call at the Bridgetown Port, today. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins; officials of the Bridgetown Port Inc. (BPI), and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), along with cruise industry stakeholders, were […]
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DECEMBER 16, 2021 SHARON AUSTIN ———— BGIS Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, is keenly looking forward to commencing discussions with stakeholders on sustainable tourism development, in the new year. Senator Cummins underscored the importance of these talks as she recently delivered remarks at the official opening of the O2 Beach Club […]
Continue ReadingThe Telegraph Danielle Sheridan 7 hrs ago An RAF Typhoon has shot down an enemy drone over Syria in the force’s first air-to-air combat since the Falklands War.© Bav Media A Royal Air Force Typhoon returning to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Wednesday – Bav Media On Tuesday, two RAF Typhoon FGR4s were patrolling over Syria and Iraq as part […]
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