BY BGIS | AUG 31, 2021 | TOP STORIES The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) will have a new Chief of Staff from September 1, 2021. The Defence Board has approved the appointment of current Executive Director of the Regional Security System, Errington Ricardo Shurland, who has been promoted from the rank of Captain to Commodore — the second highest attainable […]
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PICTURED : Loans Manager at the Student Revolving Loan Fund, Suzanne Griffith, presenting Public Relations Officer for the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust, Billie-June Langdon, with a cheque. (GP) SEP 1, 2021 The Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF), today, donated $5,000 to the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust. The official presentation was held at the […]
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BY BGIS – SEP 1, 2021 Barbados is now in a position to fully vaccinate another 15,000 of its citizens against COVID-19. This is the result of a donation of 30,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the Government of Canada to the people of Barbados. The gift, which arrived at the Grantley Adams International […]
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AUG 29, 2021 A call has been made for Barbadians to support local craftsmen and women. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, John King, made this appeal as he addressed participants at the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) last Arts and Crafts “Pop-Ins” held at the Pelican Craft Centre, yesterday. “On an […]
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Reminder Of Gunnery Exercise (GUNEX) 2021 AUG 30, 2021 Fishermen and mariners are reminded that the Barbados Coast Guard will be conducting a Live Fire Gunnery exercise on Tuesday, September 7. The exercise will be conducted between the coordinates 13 degrees 16’ North 059 degrees 43.25’ West and 13 degrees 18’ North 059 degrees 43.05’ […]
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Pictured above — Attorney General Dale Marshall. With Barbados recording its 49th COVID-19 related death today, residents are being warned by Senior Medical Officer Dr. Ingrid Cumberbatch that if the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, the island could possibly be looking at recording hundreds of cases per day. Statement from […]
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By Julia Rawlins-Bentham – BGIS AUG 28, 2021 Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, attended the state funeral for former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Lester Bird, on Thursday, August 26. During the state funeral, held at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Minister Abrahams laid a wreath and paid […]
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AUG 27, 2021 —- By Julie Carrington .. BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced additional measures that will take effect from this Sunday, August 29, and will remain in place for the next two weeks. During this time, visits to nursing homes and elderly care hospitals, elderly care senior citizen’s homes, the Geriatric Hospital […]
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Pictured above is Student 14 year old – Jhabarri Walkes who earlier today was accompanied to the vaccination centre ( UWI Open Campus, The Pine, St. Michael.) by his father Darrell Lowe and took his vaccination without a blink. Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw ( at left ) is seen chatting with him while Ms. Blondelle […]
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