BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 8, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has repeated her call for reparations to be paid to countries which had suffered the indignity of the slave trade. During an appearance on the Time 100 Summit 2022, in New York yesterday, Ms. Mottley insisted that it was time for European enslaving […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUN 8, 2022 Marketing Director of Carter’s General Store , Bryan Hurley, showing Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney, some of the tools which were donated to the Barbados Construction Gateway Training Initiative, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Carter’s General Store has been lauded for its donation of 160 purpose-designed […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 1, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking at the official launch of Heritage Month at the Barbados Synagogue and Heritage District, Synagogue Lane, The City, last night. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government will be offering an annual award for restoration to stimulate a culture of renovation and […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 31, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and officials meeting with senior officials from Banks DIH Limited at Ilaro Court, yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government is looking to Guyana to assist with the provision of healthier inputs to be added to the current school meals menu, to control the rising cases […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAY 29, 2022 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir, greets a livestock owner while touring Agrofest 2022 after the official opening. (C. Pitt/BGIS) After a two-year hiatus, the popular Barbadian agricultural showcase, Agrofest, has returned to Queen’s Park. Themed Greening Together Ah Caribbean Ting, the event was officially opened […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAY 29, 2022 The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir and Chief Agriculture Officer, Keeley Holder, cut the ribbon to open the Brown’s Pond reservoir at River Plantation in St. Philip while Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley observes (right). The opening of this reservoir will provide farmers in […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 28, 2022 Government Ministries have been asked to work with the major players in the sector to come up with ways to shield Barbadians from rising prices. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made this disclosure on Friday evening in her remarks at the opening ceremony for Agrofest, in Queen’s Park. […]
Continue ReadingBY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 24, 2022 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall. (FP) Consequent upon the announcement by the Prime Minister of a change to the mask mandate, a new Directive has been prepared to give effect to the change and will take effect from midnight tonight and will run up […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAY 25, 2022 Talking renewable energy and energy efficiency matters: (From left) Programme Manager at the Ministry of Energy and Business Development’s Project Execution Unit, Keisha Reid; Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Division of Energy, Debra Dowridge; IDB Representative, Viviana del Carmen Alva Hart; Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Barbados, Luis […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 23, 2022 The Grantley Adams International Airport. (FP) The wait time for transit passengers at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) should be reduced going forward. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley noted that recently there have been delays in processing planes and passengers arriving on the island between 1:30 and […]
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