Yesterday Saturday 13, 2024 workmen were busy removing the 175-foot lighting tower with their lights, that illuminated Kensington Oval playing field many years now. The Kensngton Oval $50 million facelift is getting its start with replacement of the floodlights. Two Massive Cranes owned by Crane and Equiptment Ltd and their staff was on the scene […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JAN 5, 2024 George Washington House. (FP) The Barbados National Trust is pleased to announce that its popular Open House programme is back on the winter season activities agenda, after a three-year pandemic pause. It begins with Clifton Hall Great House on January 10 and continues through March 27, with twelve […]
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Barbados Discusses Enhancing Sports & Culture With Cuba BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG – JAN 10, 2024 Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, greets Cuban Ambassador to Barbados, Yanet Stable Cárdenas at their courtesy call today. Looking on is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charley Browne. (Ministry of […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 9, 2024 (Stock Photo) The Road Traffic Act has been amended to increase the age limit for citizens to drive on the roads of Barbados, and the Barbados Licensing Authority will be facilitating driving licence renewals for persons over the age of 70 both online and in-person. According to the Road Traffic […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JAN 4, 2024 UK’s High Commissioner to Barbados, Scott Furssedonn-Wood, speaking at a reception to celebrate the Great Britain/Barbados Partnership, last Friday while Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, and Honorary Ambassador of the GREAT Campaign, Professor Jonathan Shalit, look on. (GP) The United Kingdom (UK), has […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 5, 2024 | Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (Prime Minister’s Office) It is with a sense of pride and excitement that I join cricketing fans here and across the region, in celebrating Barbados being selected to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup Final. That […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | JAN 2, 2024 New appointed High Court Judge Justice Barbara Cooke-Alleyne poses for a photograph with Acting President of Barbados, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (left) and Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham, at State House, today. (J. Bishop/BGIS) From childhood, Justice Barbara Cooke-Alleyne wanted nothing more than to become a […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 27, 2023 | TOP STORIES The late Gwyneth Squires, is the most decorated bandleader and designer in the history of Crop-Over. (Photo: NationNews Barbados) To say that my heart is saddened by the news that Gwyneth Squires has passed would be a gross understatement. As the Prime Minister, under […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 27, 2023 | TOP STORIES Former Member of Parliament, Mark Williams. (Photo: NationNews Barbados) This morning, when I received the news of the passing of Mark Williams and reflected on the man I knew, I could not help but think that were he in a position to speak now […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 25, 2023 A Christmas Message from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (PMO) Hello, everyone. Yes. Yes. The holiday season is here, with its celebration of Christmas that is so special to all of us. We all know that there’s really no other time of the year that is quite […]
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