MAY 5, 2021 By Julia Rawlins- Bentham – BGIS Ongoing efforts to reduce the excess of 70-feet of metal at B’s Recycling will not reduce the possibility of combustion, but it will increase the ability of officials to manage or fight a possible fire. Chief Fire Officer of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), Errol Maynard, […]
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News British Virgin Islands (BVI) Reaches Out to SVG Tuesday, 27th April, 2021 saw the arrival of relief items from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the aftermath of the La Soufrière Volcano eruptions. Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Saboto Caesar and Minister of Tourism and Area Representative for North Leeward, Hon. Carlos James, were on […]
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Gov’t invests $94M to improve Region 8 water delivery Kellon RoverMay 2, 2021 Over 1,400 residents in Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight) will soon benefit from enhanced water supply following the signing of three contracts valued at $94 million. A press release issued by the Guyana Water Incorporated stated that the official documents were signed on Saturday […]
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Minister Edghill commissions $400M scanners at CJIA Mikaila PrinceMay 2, 2021 -passenger screening to be ‘greatly expedited’ Minister of Public Works, Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill on Saturday commissioned several new state-of-the-art scanners valued $400 million at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). During the commissioning, he said the machines were obtained in keeping with the […]
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Take advantage of opportunities offered by the Government -PM Staff WriterMay 2, 2021 Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips this afternoon encouraged residents of several communities on the East Bank of Demerara to take advantage of the opportunities that his Government will be providing. At a visit to First Street, New Providence, Prime Minister Phillips […]
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APR 30, 2021 By Julie Carrington – BGIS NPC staffer Ronaldo Niles (left) presenting the donation to Leading Seaman Chad Jones, while Euclid Forde, Shaddia Williams, Noel King, Adrian Parris and Samantha Hazlewood-Ermay, look on. (GP) As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the National Petroleum Corporation, staff donated 125 cases of water in […]
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MAY 1, 2021 Message To Mark International Workers’ Day (May Day) 2021. (BGIS) International Workers’ Day, commonly known as May Day, is celebrated in Barbados on May 1st of each year. The theme for this year is “The Time is Now.” This theme conjures up images of that famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when […]
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By Staff Editor October 20, 2020 From November 1st Trans Guyana Airways is launching five weekly flights to Barbados from the Ogle airport. https://transguyana.net/ It will be using a Beechcraft 1900D for the flights. A statement from Trans Guyana follows: Beginning November 1st, 2020, Trans Guyana Airways will introduce 5 weekly flights to Grantley Adams […]
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The televised and live-streamed rite afforded Britons a chance to witness a seeming slight easing in the strained relations between Princes William and Harry.
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Cleanup work has started at the Grantley Adams International Airport. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM APRIL – 16 2021 BGIS Press conference re: COVID-19 and national cleanup updates – April 16, 2021. (PMO) The Grantley Adams International Airport resumed operations at 6:00 p.m. today, Friday, April 16, while the Port of Bridgetown is expected to […]
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