BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 10, 2022 (Stock Photo) Tonight, I am touched, truly touched, by the news of the passing of a dear friend and party colleague, Ezra Alleyne. ( Pictured Above ) Ezra displayed an unmatched commitment to research and understanding of the letter and spirit of the law and was never […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | JUL 8, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking during the opening ceremony of the Barbados Youth Climate Action Summit and Expo, held under the theme: Beyond Talk, More Action at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, today. (T. Barker/BGIS) Barbados, like […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUL 8, 2022 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall, speaking during a press conference at Government Headquarters, today. (PMO) Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall, has described the recent acts of unlawful firearm activities as “a spike” in crime and not a case of criminal chaos occurring […]
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The NCF took the event back to its core beginnings – the village and the sugar factory for the grand opening of the first Crop Over Festival being staged after Barbados became a Republic eight months ago. New concepts have been added to this year’s ceremony, which is themed: Sugar Mek it Sweet. Among the key highlights was […]
Continue ReadingChevon Farley June 19, 2022 Women are being encouraged to participate in more non-traditional training programmes offered by the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). Labour Minister, Joseph Hamilton, M.P, is pushing to ensure women are participating in the free technical programmes being offered by BIT. To this end, it has reduced the […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JUL 8, 2022 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Photo: QEH) On Sunday, July 3rd 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m. a male patient receiving care on Ward A1 exited the ward and vacated the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s premises. Hospital security was immediately alerted and engaged the services of the Barbados Police Force to […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 6, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley providing an update following the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of CARICOM which took Suriname. (PMO) Transcript of a statement issued by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley following her return from the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 6, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight. (FP) Participants in the Division of Culture’s 24-hour Online Visual Arts competition have been highly commended for their artistic interpretation of Barbadian cultural heritage. Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, heaped praise on the island’s youth […]
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GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 5, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, signing the Cooperation Agreement in the presence of Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott (left) and officials. (PMO) Within the past 24 […]
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley said Monday’s tragic events at Breezy Hill, St Philip “has really hurt my heart” as she extended condolences to the relatives of the deceased. Dead are 49-year-old contractor Anthony Lovell, his wife, attorney-at-law Allison Lovell, 46, and their two children Alexander Lovell, 10, and Abriel Lovell, 12. The four were found […]
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