PICTURED ABOVE : Wife of the late Ezra Alleyne Tassiea Bryan Alleyne and children from left, Gayle Alleyne, Alistair Alleyne and Daun Alleyne at the graveside. A plethora of tributes characterised the contribution to Barbados by late lawyer, politician and teacher Ezra Alleyne whom Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley described as “a patriotic Barbadian”, during […]
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BY BGIS | AUG 8, 2022 | Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith. (GP) Minister of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, has joined with the rest of the Barbadian public in congratulating Sada Williams, on her historic gold medal triumph at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sada created history […]
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BY BGIS | AUG 3, 2022 Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Barbados, Wellington Darío Bencosme Castaños, presenting a gift to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley during today’s courtesy call at Ilaro Court, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael. (Photo: T. Barker/BGIS) Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Barbados, Wellington Darío Bencosme Castaños, today paid a courtesy call on Prime […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | JUL 15, 2022 Address to the Nation by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – July 14, 2022. (PMO) The spate of crime in Barbados has the attention of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, and she will speak on the issue shortly. Ms. Mottley said over the course of the next week […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUL 14, 2022 BARBADOS BREAKING NEWS : Address to the Nation by the Prime Minister (July 14, 2022) Government will be signing a Compact Agreement with the private sector on Saturday, July 16, to effect a reduction of prices on 44 essential items, including a selection of canned and dry goods, […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JUL 13, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE THE New Barbadian Banknotes Coming December 2022 With Crop Over and other public events making a return this summer, the Central Bank of Barbados is encouraging Barbadians to be vigilant when making cash transactions and to check their money as soon as they receive it. “The […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUL 12, 2022 Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, speaking to the media following a tour to view the ongoing renovations at the Government Industrial School, today. Looking on are Chairman of the GIS Board, Reverend Dr. Lucille Baird (left); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUL 12, 2022 Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams; Managing Director of Front House Design Studio, Raquel Thompson; and officials, tour the Government Industrial School, at Dodds, St. Philip to view the renovations which have been carried out so far. (T. Barker/BGIS) Following Cabinet’s approval to conduct renovations at […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 8, 2022 Japan’s Ambassador to Barbados Kayoko Fukushima presenting Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn with a gift from her homeland after the meeting at Government Headquarters. (T. Barker/BGIS) Barbados and Japan have identified additional areas of cooperation that can lead to a deepening of […]
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Synieka Thorne July 9, 2022 – Saudi desk established, land for embassy available His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on Saturday, extended an open invitation to investors of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to ‘invest now’, promising that Guyana is ready to remove bureaucratic hurdles. “You are really pushing at open doors,” the President told the […]
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