BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 16, 2022 Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) Government will soon be rolling out changes to how it manages its procurement process. Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn, made the disclosure today, as he addressed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados’ […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 15, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking during the full sitting of the United States’ House of Committees’ hybrid hearing in Washington DC, yesterday. (PMO) Full Committee Hearing – September 14, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has informed a specially convened panel on de-risking that the blacklisting by some […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 15, 2022 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, poses for a photograph with Ambassador of Romania to Barbados, Theodora-Magdalena Mircea, following their courtesy call. (D. Carter/MFAFT) Talks on enhancing a 45-year-old bilateral relationship were held when Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | SEP 14, 2022 Minister of Labour, Colin Jordan (right), speaking to labour law specialists at the ILO, Professor Arellano Ortiz and Valerie Van Goethem, after the opening session of of the workshop on Access to Labour Justice: Evaluation and Strengthening of the Employment Rights Tribunal, yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados has ratified the […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | SEP 12, 2022 A clarion call has been issued for residents across Barbados to stop illegal dumping and the heavy use of pesticides in fields across the island. Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, made the appeal as he drew linkages between the influx of sargassum seaweed on […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | SEP 13, 2022 Minister of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, poses for a photograph with the first cohort of the “Sewing for Success” programme. From left to right is Dionne Boyce, Natalia Brewster and Rieah Holder. (GP) Minister of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, this weekend presented the first […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | SEP 12, 2022 Business on their minds: Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands (right), chatting with CEO of the Barbados Small Business Association, Dr. Lynette Holder, and Director of the Centre for Hybrid Studies, Dr. Deryck Murray, after the opening of the Creating Innovative Thinkers in Business four-day workshop, […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 11, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing the audience at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Bayville Hospital’s 24-hour urgent care facility. (C.Pitt/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described Bayview Hospital’s $12 million investment in a modern 24-hour urgent care facility as a statement of confidence in the island’s […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | SEP 12, 2022 Photo courtesy The University of the West Indies (UWI). The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies on behalf of the university community. The University of the West Indies (UWI) wishes to pay respect on the passing of […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | SEP 11, 2022 Prime Minister Mottley signs the Book of Condolences as British Chargé d’Affaires Malcolm Geere looks on. (Photo courtesy of PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley visited the British High Commission Bridgetown yesterday to sign the Book of Condolences, and pay her respects to the Government and people […]
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