BY JULIE CARRINGTON | FEB 3, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and France’s Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, discuss the effects of climate change on Barbados’ coastline while on a recent island tour. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados now has a key strategic ally in one of its G7 partners, […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 4, 2023 Dr. Kevin Greenidge (pictured) will become the Central Bank of Barbados’ eight Governor on March 1, 2023. (FP) The Central Bank of Barbados is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Greenidge as its eighth Governor, effective March 1, 2023. Dr. Greenidge was most recently a Senior […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 1, 2023 | Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Alwyn Jordan. (Central Bank of Barbados) Mr. Alwyn Jordan has been appointed Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados by its Board of Directors, until further notice. The appointment of Mr. Jordan, who has served as Deputy Governor […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS – JAN 30, 2023 The Ministry of Youth, Sports & Community Empowerment launched its Mentorship programme, Project Protégé, this morning, at its Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael offices. Project Protégé is an initiative that will provide mentorship and guidance to young people aged 13-17, and will be facilitated by knowledgeable […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | JAN 30, 2023 (Stock Photo) The Immunisation Unit, which was established in February 2021 to co-ordinate Barbados’ National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, will operate for the last time on Tuesday, January 31. After that date, vaccination certificates will be issued by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Members of the public […]
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BY BGIS | JAN 27, 2023 Chairman of the Constitutional Reform Commission, Mr. Justice (Retd) Christopher Blackman. (FP) Members of the public have another opportunity to make an input in the formation of the new Constitution. The Constitutional Reform Commission and the Barbados Bar Association will hold a virtual town hall meeting on the topic “Have Your […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Glowing tribute was paid to Barbados’ “First Lady of Song”, Carlyn Leacock, by her children Jan Keizer and Debbie Gibson during her Home Going Celebration Service at the Wildey Gymnasium of the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex on Saturday 28th January 2013. (Photo by David Crichlow – CARIBPIX IMAGE) They gave a detailed […]
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BY JOYANNE KELLY | JAN 26, 2023 Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, engages with outgoing Netherlands Ambassador, Sandor Marnix Raphael Varga van Kibed en Makfalva during a recent courtesy call. Looking on is Honorary Consul of Netherlands in Barbados, Anthony Gittens. (J. Kelly/BGIS) Barbados and the Kingdom […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 26, 2023 | (BDF) The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) and the United Kingdom (UK) Armed Forces will jointly host the third annual UK Caribbean Heads of Defence Staff Conference in Barbados, from Tuesday, January 31, to Wednesday, February 1. Chief of Staff, Commodore Errington Shurland, and the UK’s Chief […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS (Stock Photo) The manufacturing community has lost one of its greatest pioneers and Barbados has lost one of its most industrious sons. Mr. McDonald Nicholls was one of the leading pioneers in the area of bread and pastry manufacturing having taken over the reins of his family business in 1995 at […]
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