Pictured above Senator the Honorable Kay McConney who is the Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology of the Government of Barbados. This Ministry’s mandate is to lead the modernization of the public service; and to create a sustainable, enabling environment for a vibrant digital economy and a digitally intelligent society. Press Briefing on Independence […]
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NOV 18, 2021 – BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG — BGIS Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, presents a painting of the AIDAperla to Captain Boris Becker at yesterday’s welcome ceremony (C. Pitt/BGIS) With cruise ships sailing at 50 per cent capacity and no clear indication when ships will return to sailing at 100 […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | NOV 18, 2021 PHOTO ABOVE : Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, chatting with Captain Boris Becker following the AIDAperla’s arrival in the Bridgetown Port yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) After 610 days, the AIDAperla cruise vessel has returned to the Bridgetown Port, where the ship will be home porting […]
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At today’s media briefing at 10 o’clock this morning , Covid Advisor David Ellis will hear from a team involved in a new Covid Community Engagement project which starts across Barbados this weekend. He will also get an update from Dr. Adanna Grandison
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | NOV 17, 2021 Two women and three men, all Barbadians, died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, November 16. Four of them passed away while at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility – three men, aged 58, 75 and 77, and a 64-year-old woman. An 89-year-old woman also died at the Blackman and Gollop […]
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Remembrance Day Parade (Sunday, November 14, 2021) PLEASE VIEW SELECTION OF IMAGES FROM THE CEREMONY By David Crichlow — WWW.CARIBPIX.NET — CARIBPIX@GMAIL.COM David Miles-Hanschell 5 hours ago Rich blessing on all who put so much effort into this Remembrance Day Parade; each of you are a credit to the Nation of Barbados, the Prime Minister […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | NOV 13, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES COVID-19 Update and Press Conference – Nov. 13, 2021. (PMO) Barbadians and visitors will have more time to shop, lime at popular night spots, dine in restaurants across the island, and participate in leisure activities for the next four weeks when the curfew […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, speaking during a press briefing as part of World Maritime Day celebrations on Friday while Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sonia Foster and Shipping Superintendent, Jessica Taylor, look on. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | NOV 13, 2021 Barbados is well under way to raising […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Chief Executive Officer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland (centre), is flanked by Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George; US Ambassador to Barbados, Linda Taglialatela; President of World Hope International, John Lyon; (second left) and other officials involved in bringing the oxygen plants to Barbados. (B. Hinds/BGIS) BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | NOV 12, 2021 | TOP STORIES Lawyer and a human rights activist Roberta Clarke has been elected as a Commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). (GP) On Friday, November 12, 2021, during the 51st Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS), […]
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