Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw receives cheque for $10,000 from Director of Peloton International Ltd., Julian Jordan, towards the purchase of devices for use by students and teachers in online education. Looking on is Chief Education Officer (Ag), Joy Adamson. (E. Walker/MRD) Peloton International Ltd. has donated $10,000 to the Ministry of Education, Technological and […]
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Small Business and Entrepreneurship Minister, Kerrie Symmonds, watches as salt breads are packed at Crumbz Bakery, located in the Pine Industrial Estate. The Minister was joined by Crumbz CEO, Allan Corbin and Managing Director, Curtis Todd. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government will be working more closely with the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI) to roll out a […]
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Picture above Attorney General Dale Marshall announcing that the resignation of Toni Moore took effect from October 1. You can view a Pictorial of this meeting by clicking this link —— Toni Moore the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate in the November 11 St George North by-election has officially written to Governor General Dame Sandra […]
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Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, and Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. CEO, Stuart Layne, displaying a drawing of the finished project. (A. Reid/BGIS) On completion,Phase 3 of the Constitution River Project is expected to alleviate flooding in the Halls Road, St. Michael area. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs […]
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Fisher folk at the Pile Bay Fishing Facility in St. Michael will soon have a spanking new facility from which to operate. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, this morning broke ground during a site visit, signalling the start of the Barbados Port Inc.-funded project. It is among several fishing facilities […]
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Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard (left), presenting Mervin Mayers with his letter of appointment during a short ceremony at the BFS’ Cheapside, St. Michael headquarters today. Mr. Mayers has been appointed Divisional Officer. (GP) Twenty-two fire officers in the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) have been appointed to the posts of Divisional Officer, Station Officer, Sub-Officer […]
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Minister of Home Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams (centre), in discussion with President of the Barbados Association of Muslim Ladies, Sakina Bakharia (left); Secretary, Ferozah Kothdiwala (second left), and Secretary of the Barbados Muslim Association, Suleiman Bulbulia. Also pictured are Chairperson for the Ichirouganaim, Asheba Trotman; Elder of the Rastafari Community, Keturah Babb; and Chief Immigration Officer, […]
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Large turnout to BLP Meeting at Newbury S.George — Please click on this link to view images from this meeting. A picture is worth over a 1,000 words.
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Pictured above – CEO of ‘Floor It Guyana’ and ‘Hardware Solutions Depot’, Andre Cummings Guyanese businessman brings innovation to ‘flooring’ By Staff Reporter | October 8, 2020 IN support of value-added products manufactured locally, Guyanese businessman, Andre Cummings, has taken his lumber-export business further by offering enhanced, ‘exotic’ flooring, which has increased his earning 15 […]
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Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong. (FP) Statement by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong – It Is Our CXC: Let Us Work Out A Solution In the interest of those 5th and 6th form students across our region who have been negatively impacted by the controversy surrounding the declared results of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council’s […]
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