BY JOY-ANN GILL | NOV 20, 2021 | REPUBLIC, TOP STORIES Barbadian talent, design skills and competitive nature will all be allowed to come to the fore as the island transitions to a republic. This was alluded to as Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Carol Roberts-Reifer, addressed an online press conference […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | NOV 20, 2021 | REPUBLIC, TOP STORIES — BGIS Press briefing on Independence Events – November 18, 2021. (PMO) The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has teamed up with bands across the island to give Barbadians a musical treat as the island looks to celebrate its transition to republic status. Chief Executive […]
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BY BGIS | NOV 19, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Community Engagement Project Launched BY BGIS | NOV 19, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Wellington Street, The City, was the first stop today as the Ministry of Health and Wellness embarked on an exercise, as part of its Mission Critical: Saving Lives Risk Communication and Community Engagement response to the COVID-19 […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS — NOV 19, 2021 The late Sir Charles Williams. (FP) To say that Barbados has lost an entrepreneur extraordinaire with a hand in almost every facet of the country’s development and economic life, an undying devotion to, and love of, country, with the passing of Sir Charles Williams, would be a […]
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Pictured above Senator the Honorable Kay McConney who is the Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology of the Government of Barbados. This Ministry’s mandate is to lead the modernization of the public service; and to create a sustainable, enabling environment for a vibrant digital economy and a digitally intelligent society. Press Briefing on Independence […]
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NOV 18, 2021 – BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG — BGIS Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, presents a painting of the AIDAperla to Captain Boris Becker at yesterday’s welcome ceremony (C. Pitt/BGIS) With cruise ships sailing at 50 per cent capacity and no clear indication when ships will return to sailing at 100 […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | NOV 18, 2021 PHOTO ABOVE : Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, chatting with Captain Boris Becker following the AIDAperla’s arrival in the Bridgetown Port yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) After 610 days, the AIDAperla cruise vessel has returned to the Bridgetown Port, where the ship will be home porting […]
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At today’s media briefing at 10 o’clock this morning , Covid Advisor David Ellis will hear from a team involved in a new Covid Community Engagement project which starts across Barbados this weekend. He will also get an update from Dr. Adanna Grandison
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The new ‘Red Bus’ acquired by the Ministry of Health and Wellness which will be used to transport persons who are low on oxygen from communities to urgent care. (GP) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has acquired a new vehicle retrofitted to transport a maximum of six persons on low-flow oxygen supply. The white […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | NOV 17, 2021 Two women and three men, all Barbadians, died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, November 16. Four of them passed away while at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility – three men, aged 58, 75 and 77, and a 64-year-old woman. An 89-year-old woman also died at the Blackman and Gollop […]
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