Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams (second left), DEM staff and officials touring the new facilities at the George Greaves Building today ( TUESDAY – AUG 18, 2020 ). (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) “We are in the midst of a very active hurricane season, and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), must be as ready […]
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COVID-19 Update: One New Case Today – AUG 17, 2020 BY JOY SPRINGER | AUG 17, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by one today with the arrival yesterday of an asymptomatic visitor aboard Caribbean Airways from Jamaica. The 32-year-old Jamaican woman was the only positive case among the 119 tests carried […]
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Pall-bearers removing the Barbados Flag that draped the casket to be presented to Mrs. Julie Arthur. Thousands lined the street at various vantage points to see the passing funeral procession making its journey from Lyndhurst Funeral Home in Passage Road through Bridgetown stopping in front of Parliament for one minute where in the House of […]
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View a pictorial of Former Prime Minister, Professor, The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur Body In State In Parliament. A picture is worth over a thousand words and I hope this Photoshow says it all. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK.
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, and Mesdames Azucena Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay, have been nominated to serve as Development Committee Chair. In line with the nomination by the Chairs of the Latin American and the Caribbean […]
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Barbados’ youngest COVID-19 patient to date is a one-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with the viral illness yesterday. The boy arrived in the island on August 1 on a Jet Blue flight, accompanied by his mother. The mother tested positive on arrival and both she and the child have been in isolation at Harrison Point, St. […]
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Pictured Above from left to right – Chairman of Ember Investment Corporation, Peter Griffith, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan ( standing in the rear ) and Mr Edmund Hinkson M.P. Official opening ceremony of the chapel and offices at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Prime Minister Mia […]
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The body of the late Prime Minister laid in state in Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, August 12, (and again on Thursday, August 13,) from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During that time, mourners filed past the closed casket and signed the condolence books, which was made available.
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BY BGIS | AUG 10, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES A 52-year-old male, who came into to the island on a chartered flight yesterday, tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of recorded cases in Barbados to 143 – 75 females and 68 males. No one will be released from the isolation facility today, so the number of […]
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Barbados’ newest centenarian Etheline Graham (yellow dress) flanked by children, grandchildren and great grands during the celebrations at Dreamaway Villa yesterday. (GP) This island’s latest centenarian Etheline Louise Graham was the “lady of the hour” as relatives and friends gathered to celebrate the special milestone yesterday. Governor General Dame Sandra Husbands, who joined via Skype, […]
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