Former Prime Minister, Professor Owen Arthur, chairs the Industrial Transformation group of the Jobs and Investment Council, which is looking at ‘How to create 20,000 jobs in 18 to 24 months.’ (BGIS Library) The Jobs and Investment Council has been established, and the members of its eight committees are hard at work undertaking their mandate […]
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BY BGIS | MAY 1, 2020 | TOP STORIES Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan. (FP)As we acknowledge International Workers’ Day 2020, commonly referred to as May Day, we can be sure that this day, May 1, will be remembered as one of the toughest days for workers, as well as for […]
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BY BGIS | MAY 2, 2020 | TOP STORIES Executive Director (Acting) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley. (CDEMA)The Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Honorable Ralph Higgs, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Riley as Executive Director (Acting) of the […]
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020 – BARBADOS A seventh person died from COVID-19 in Barbados today. The deceased is a 78-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on the island on March 12 from the United Kingdom. She was tested for COVID-19 on March 27, after reporting symptoms. She was diagnosed as positive on the same day, and […]
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The police, with the help of divers and a crane, retrieved the body of a man inside a car submerged in The Careenage. Reports from the police said that about 7:50 a.m. they were alerted by the Coast Guard that a car was spotted in The Careenage at Cavans Lane in the area known as […]
Continue ReadingUnder the new arrangement that comes with the extended curfew, now scheduled to end on May 3, Barbadians are allotted specific days and times for transacting business at supermarkets, fish markets, hardware stores and banks
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Government is going the route of encouraging and facilitating sectors across the island to ensure that business thrives and employees are taken care of in this COVID-19 environment.
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As the COVID 19 pandemic swept across the globe, the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs was proactive in its protection of all its workers by making sure they were well trained-up and suitably equipped to face any eventuality in their respective roles.
Continue ReadingAttorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall. (FP) Today, the Parliament of Barbados, by a majority Resolution and in fact, by unanimous support in the House of Assembly, agreed to extend the State of Emergency in Barbados until the 30th of June. Under the Emergency Management Act, the State of Emergency is a […]
Continue ReadingIn an article in one section of the Barbados press today, Magistrate Graveney Bannister was reported as having commented negatively on the enforceability of the Curfew Directive No. 3.
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