MAY 13, 2021 Pictured above – Minister of Home Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams breaking ground for government’s latest housing project, HOPE Inc. Premium, at Atlantic Breeze, Chancery Lane, Christ Church yesterday. Looking on is Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, William Duguid ( David Crichlow – CARIBPIX.NET Photo ) Government’s latest housing project, HOPE Inc. Premium, was […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAY 13, 2021 | TOP STORIES Government will be hosting a public-private consultation on derelict houses to ascertain how best to bring them back into productive use. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made this disclosure last evening as she delivered remarks at the launch of the Atlantic Breeze Lifestyle Development, at Chancery Lane, Christ Church. Ms. […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has endorsed the report of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, describing it as “timely and excellent work”. The Co-Chairs of the Independent Panel, former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, presented their findings […]
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MAY 12, 2021 – BGIS Ibring greetings this day, to the nurses of Barbados and the Caribbean Region. Nurses Day is celebrated every year on a date that marks the birthday of the world famous nurse -Florence Nightingale. This day is celebrated with millions of nurses around the world and in collaboration with the International Council […]
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Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett has been appointed as the 8th CARICOM Secretary-General. Dr Barnett, a national of Belize, is the first woman and the first Belizean to be selected for the post. (CARICOM) The Caribbean Community has appointed its first female Secretary-General. She is Belizian Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett, an economist who Prime Minister Mia […]
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MAY 12, 2021 Government is committed to forging a stronger relationship with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) multi-country office and their new representative. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, gave this commitment recently, and offered his support to the new UNDP Resident Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ms. Valerie Cliff, […]
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(Stock Photo) The Ministry of International Business and Industry will reopen its office tomorrow, Thursday, May 13, at 8:15 a.m., as staff members have received negative results, following their second test for COVID-19. The office, located on the 8th Floor, Baobab Tower, St. Michael, was closed after an employee was confirmed positive, following a second […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | MAY 12, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Five out of the seven positive COVID-19 cases reported for Tuesday, May 11, are from the Psychiatric Hospital. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, gave a breakdown of the numbers while on a tour of the Black Rock, St. Michael institution this afternoon to mark International […]
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(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has learned with sadness of the passing of one of its former Foreign Service Officers, Mohammed Iqbal Degia, in the United States, after a brief illness. His colleagues will remember Mohammed for his diligence in executing his assignments as well as his erudition, sharp intellect, […]
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MAY 11, 2021 – – By Sharon Austingill-Moore – BGIS Arrival of batch 2 of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX – May 11, 2021. (PMO) Barbados has done well in the COVID-19 fight, but cannot afford to drop its guard now. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley gave this reminder today as she received the second shipment of […]
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