BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JUL 8, 2022 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Photo: QEH) On Sunday, July 3rd 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m. a male patient receiving care on Ward A1 exited the ward and vacated the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s premises. Hospital security was immediately alerted and engaged the services of the Barbados Police Force to […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 6, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley providing an update following the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of CARICOM which took Suriname. (PMO) Transcript of a statement issued by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley following her return from the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 6, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight. (FP) Participants in the Division of Culture’s 24-hour Online Visual Arts competition have been highly commended for their artistic interpretation of Barbadian cultural heritage. Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, heaped praise on the island’s youth […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUL 6, 2022 Springer Memorial School student, Chadia Goodridge performing a manicure on Major David Clarke, co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme. (GP) The pampering of nurses throughout this week is being seen as an opportunity for students to learn in many ways. This was highlighted on Monday at the Springer […]
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley said Monday’s tragic events at Breezy Hill, St Philip “has really hurt my heart” as she extended condolences to the relatives of the deceased. Dead are 49-year-old contractor Anthony Lovell, his wife, attorney-at-law Allison Lovell, 46, and their two children Alexander Lovell, 10, and Abriel Lovell, 12. The four were found […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 2, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Santia Bradshaw; and Chief of Operations, Barbados, Inter-American Development Bank, Jean Eric Theinhardt, observing the ground breaking at Carmichael, St. George. (W. Murray/MTWW) Government has set a target of repairing 200 village […]
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ARTICLE first appeared in Barbados Today online Published onJuly 3, 2022 Portvale Sugar Factory was a scene of vivid colour and noise on Saturday as the Crop Over 2022 season was officially launched with the ceremonial delivery of the last canes. The evening’s festivities began with a rhythmic procession filled with groups from the Barbados Landship, steel […]
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ARTICLE first appeared in Barbados Today online Published onJuly 3, 2022 Barbados’ premier cultural showcase, the 2022 Crop Over Festival was officially unveiled on Saturday, July 2, with a reimagined Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes. In what was expected to be the most spectacular opening ceremony of the annual summer festival, the team at the National Cultural […]
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The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, on the passing of Professor George Lamming, Caribbean and global literary luminary. “Professor George Lamming, Caribbean and global literary luminary, Philosopher King of Postcolonialism, and social justice activist, transitioned in his native Barbados—the castle of his skin—on Saturday […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | JUL 1, 2022 | Barbados’ premier cultural showcase, the 2022 Crop Over Festival will be officially unveiled on Saturday, July 2, with a reimagined Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes. In what is expected to be the most spectacular opening ceremony of the annual summer festival, the team at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) […]
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