Outgoing CARICOM Chair and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and incoming Chair, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (FP) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley handing over the reins to incoming chairman, […]
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Dwayne Gittens accused of Monday’s double murder being escorted out of the court. Dwanye Gittens the 35 year old homeless man who was charged for last Monday’s double murder was remanded to Dodd’s Prison until July 24, 2020. Dwayne Gittens is accused of murdering Contract worker Glenroy James and Nation Photojournalist Christoff Griffith on the […]
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Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson poses with from left to right Mr. Ronnie Yearwood; Ms. Heather Walker; Ms. Marie-Ange Symmonds and Mr. Paul Hamel- Smith outside the Supreme Court chambers shortly after being admitted to the Bar.
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The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, was laid to rest after a funeral service attended by family, close friends and staff from his two businesses. The Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for Sir Anthony Bryan took place earlier today, Thursday, June 18th, 2020 at […]
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The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. And earlier today Family members met at Lyndhurst Funeral home on Passage Road to pay respect to the man who bought an ailing newspaper “The Advocate” and for the last 20 […]
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Luci Hammans Poet, playwright, artivist We all know some things are too important to remain unsaid. And today what needs to be said centers around systemic Racism and anti-blackness and the way it manifests, not just in America but in Barbados too. Despite being a majority black country the claws of discipline and population control […]
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(Pictured above} Prime Minister Mia Mottley greeting Mrs Ralph Johnson while Mr Johnson’s brother looks on. Family, friends and business associates, paid their respects to Ralph Johnson and fondly recalled him as a champion. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley was among the attendees.She had paid a tribute to Mr Johnson shortly after his death was […]
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It is most regrettable that for the second time today I feel duty-bound to issue a statement on the passing of another builder of Barbados — this time Ralph “Bruggadung” Johnson. He was a very successful post-Independence industrialist of Barbados and would have led the way in exporting locally-made products into the Eastern Caribbean and […]
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