Rashid Orlando Marville received the Companion of Honour in 2017 from Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, for his contribution to the public service. (FP) On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, I wish to extend sincere condolences to the relatives and loved ones of Ambassador Rashid Orlando Marville. Ambassador Marville did […]
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No one tested positive for COVID-19 out of the 194 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. One person, who received a second consecutive negative test result, will be discharged from the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, today. The number of people in isolation has therefore dropped to 18 and […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Tourism, Senator Lisa Cummins (right) presents Curator of the Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Sharon Cooke, with a token of appreciation during a visit to the tourist attraction yesterday. Looking on is the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.’s Chief Product Development Officer, Marsha Alleyne. (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Curator of the Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Sharon Cooke, has revealed that […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins (left); Permanent Secretary, Donna Cadogan and officials listen attentively to Curator of the Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Sharon Cooke, during a tour of the attraction yesterday. (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) has developed the Barbados Uh Come From initiative, in its effort to emerge with a “re-energised […]
Continue Reading(Stock Photo) Government and various tourism stakeholders have been working to refashion “a reimagined tourism product”. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, made this disclosure while addressing the Together Again event, hosted by the Barbados Conference Services Limited, in collaboration with some of its strategic industry partners, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre last […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, and Acting Chief Education Officer, Joy Adamson. (FP) Hundreds of secondary school teachers turned up at the Wildey Gymnasium, Wildey, St. Michael, this morning, for the first in a series of meetings, this week, between teachers and Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw. […]
Continue ReadingOne of the displays at the Barbados Conference Services Limited’s first ever open day and showcase forum at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Barbados Conference Services Limited (BCSL) held its first ever open day and showcase forum, under the theme: Together Again, last Friday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC). The event was […]
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Three visitors, two British and a Colombian, are the latest COVID-19-positive cases in Barbados. The British, a five-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, are known contacts of an earlier case confirmed on August 18. They tested positive yesterday and were transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. The 31-year-old male Colombian visitor […]
Continue ReadingMinister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, John King, delivered the remarks at the opening of the Rock Hall Freedom Park, Rock Hall, St. Thomas. A very large crowd turned out at the Freedom Village to take in this historical event which included a varied bit of Afro-centric entertainment before the official […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill in the drivers seat turning the key to start one of the buses. Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill has said that Barbadians will now be able to experience the comfort of thirty-three new electric buses imported by the Government as […]
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