The Mia Mottley administration has responded to calls for an ease in petroleum prices at the pumps. During her 2020 budget speech, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that effective midnight Wednesday March 16, Barbadians will pay $3.99 per litre for gas, a reduction of 14 cents. The price of diesel will also move from $3.46 […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAR 14, 2022 | TOP STORIES President of Barbados, The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason (left) and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (right) chatting with the woman of the moment Dame Maizie Barker-Welch during a reception at State House on Friday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described the […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAR 12, 2022 Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill. (FP) Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill’s Statement on the Proposed Changes to Emergency Managment Directive Number 4 Good afternoon to the fellow Barbadians and members of the media. I am pleased to announce that the current outlook of […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | MAR 11, 2022 | TOP STORIES PICTURED ABOVE: New Chair of the Board of Directors for the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, Shelly Williams. (GP) Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Sen. the Hon. Lisa Cummins, today announced the Board of Directors for the Barbados Tourism […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAR 10, 2022 Director of the Barbados Meteorological Services, Sabu Best ( right), explaining to Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, how the weather station works. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The Barbados Meteorological Services (MET Office) is now in a better position to measure weather patterns such as temperatures, wind direction, wind speed, […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAR 8, 2022 Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith and the United Nations Population Fund’s Caribbean Director, Alison Drayton, pose for a photograph following their meeting yesterday. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment is willing to work closely with the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) to […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAR 4, 2022 | TOP STORIES Contractors in the building relief effort were told that 10,000 quality houses needed to be built as Government looks to ramp up production, while taking a second look at in-house procedures to aid contractors. Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, disclosed this at […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAR 4, 2022 | TOP STORIES Data Processing Manager at the National Library Service, Emmerton Banfield (second from left), discussing the features of the HP all-in-one computer with Mikhail Smith (left) while Attorney-at-Law, Liz-Ann Taylor and Acting Deputy Director of the National Library Service, Beverley Archer (right), look on. (C. Pitt/BGIS) […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAR 2, 2022 | MINISTRY NEWS (Stock Photo) Forty business people are currently participating in the Barbados Trust Fund Limited’s (BTFL) online Entrepreneurial Management training. And, Manager of Administration and Operations at the BTFL, Michael Bowen, said there was an “overwhelming response” to the training, which is for potential clients and 10 […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | FEB 28, 2022 Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, in discussion with British High Commissioner, Scott Furssedonn-Wood and UK Regional Ambassador to Latin America and the Caribbean for COP26, Fiona Clouder, during a recent courtesy call. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification must be […]
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