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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APR 5, 2022 Barbados recorded 432 new COVID-19 cases, 186 males and 246 females, from the 1,715 tests conducted on Monday, April 4, by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The cases comprised 93 persons under the age of 18, and 339 who were 18 years and older. There were 72 people in isolation facilities, […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAR 24, 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, and India’s new High Commissioner to Barbados, Shankar Balachandran, pose for a photograph during a recent courtesy call. (J. Payne/MFAFT) India wants to improve its 55-year relationship with Barbados. The new High Commissioner to […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAR 24, 2022 After a two-year hiatus, Crop Over enthusiasts will have the option of six new routes for Grand Kadooment and Foreday Morning Jam. These changes were announced by Minister with responsibility for Culture in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Dr. Shantal Munroe-Knight, and Chief Cultural Officer at the National […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAR 12, 2022 Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill. (FP) Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill’s Statement on the Proposed Changes to Emergency Managment Directive Number 4 Good afternoon to the fellow Barbadians and members of the media. I am pleased to announce that the current outlook of […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAR 8, 2022 Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith and the United Nations Population Fund’s Caribbean Director, Alison Drayton, pose for a photograph following their meeting yesterday. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment is willing to work closely with the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) to […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAR 4, 2022 | TOP STORIES Contractors in the building relief effort were told that 10,000 quality houses needed to be built as Government looks to ramp up production, while taking a second look at in-house procedures to aid contractors. Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, disclosed this at […]
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Kellon Rover Kellon RoverMarch 3, 2022 Guyana is expected to host a regional agriculture investment conference from May 19 to 21, this year to facilitate intense consultations between the public and private sectors on investment opportunities. The event which will be held in Georgetown, will form part of a wider plan, as the Caribbean Community […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 27, 2022 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall. (FP) Issue of Delays in Releasing Bodies for Burial In recent days, I have heard growing concerns expressed about delays in releasing bodies for burial, as well as the conditions in which some bodies have been presented. This […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill.
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