Holetown Festival Holetown is located on west Barbados. The city marks, every year since 1977, the the arrival of the first eighty English colonists who landed on Holetown shore with ten African slaves who were kidnapped during the journey. The festival celebrates the arrival of the “William and John” settlers’ boat that reached Holetown on […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 26, 2024 A display of Japanese wines and sake at the celebration of “Tenno Tanjobi”, the Emperor’s birthday. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and the private sector joined on Friday, February 23, with the Japanese Embassy to celebrate “Tenno Tanjobi”, the Emperor’s birthday. Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | FEB 26, 2024 Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams and Deputy Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Saskia Carusi, in discussion at their recent courtesy call. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government has invested heavily in expanding its early […]
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By Julie Carrington – Feb 21 – 2024 Former Commissioner of Police and Executive Director of the Regional Security System, Grantley Sylvester Watson. (Barbados Police Service) Former Commissioner of Police and Executive Director of the Regional Security System, Grantley Sylvester Watson, will be accorded an Official Funeral with Military Honours on Friday, March 8. The […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 20, 2024 Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector, Colin Jordan. (GP) February 20 is observed as World Day of Social Justice. On this day, we raise voices awareness of the fight against inequality, prejudice, and any other unfair treatment. Along with highlighting global social injustice, it […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 20, 2024 (Stock Photo) As of December 31, 2023, the Barbados 12-Month Welcome Stamp Programme has received 4,937 applications, of which 2,965 were approved (41 per cent family units and 59 single applicants). From the total number of applications received, 65 per cent were from individuals and 35 per cent from families. A […]
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Caribpix was there for three of the Holetown weekend days to document pictorially some of the activities… Join the Festivities! Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the Holetown Festival, where the past and present seamlessly come together in a celebration of Barbadian heritage. Here is a pictorial of the Opening…..
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Pictured above after being sworn in by the President Dame Sandra Mason ( third from left , is Ms. Tricia Watson ( second from left ) and Mr Ryan Walters ( extreme right ) and at extreme left is Mr Ralph Thorne the new Opposition Leader who was sworn in a day earlier. Business executive […]
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Member of Parliament for Christ Church South and former government backbencher Ralph Thorne, who crossed the floor to become Leader of the Opposition. The Member of Parliament for Christ Church South, Ralph Thorne has officially been sworn in as Opposition Leader. The ceremony occurred at State House before President the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason […]
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Government backbencher Ralph Thorne has crossed the floor to become Leader of the Opposition in a stunning move. The Christ Church South Member of Parliament visited the President of Barbados yesterday and declared his intention in a development that comes two years after the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) was returned to office in another clean […]
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