“Once you are between 40 and 59 years old, you can get health insurance coverage, either as an individual or for your family, and this is important since many companies do not offer this type of coverage for their staff and if you are a contracted worker with some of those who do, you do […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | APR 17, 2022 This morning under overcast skies, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, His Excellency, Paul Kagame, bid Barbados farewell, after arriving on Good Friday for an official visit to Barbados. A team of government officials led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Senior Minister coordinating […]
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Pictured above BARP President Marilyn Rice-Bowen showing the BARP membership card. In one week, the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) will formally lower its membership eligiblity age from 50 to 40 years. Today, BARP President Marilyn Rice-Bowen reminded a press conference that at the association’s Annual General Meeting held on December 3 2021, a […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 8, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : President of Barbados, Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason poses for a photograph with new Senators, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite and Dr. Kristina Hinds. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The final two Senators have been sworn in and the Upper House is now complete. Senior Lecturer in […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott 9right), and Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, Albert Ramdin, exchange gifts during a courtesy call at the Ministry, Culloden Road, St . Michael. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 7, 2022 Suriname […]
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BY SHARIFA MEDFORD | APR 6, 2022 | The newly refurbished jetty at Speightstown will present economic opportunities for all who occupy that area. This was underscored by Acting Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kirk Humphrey, as he addressed persons who gathered at the Speightstown Esplanade, for the commissioning of the jetty there. Minister […]
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Isaiah BraithwaiteMarch 30, 2022 Pictured above President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The sod turning ceremony for the new Guyana/Barbados food terminal in Barbados will soon take place, President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced. President Ali said the leadership of both countries have already expressed “our unwavering commitment to the removal of every barrier that will […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAR 29, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) The welcome stamp initiative is an example of the opportunities that can be realised when countries open their doors to overseas residents willing to become digital nomads. So says Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley who expressed renewed optimism in this initiative and […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | MAR 23, 2022 BTMI’s Senior Business Development Officer, Marc McCollin, poses with the award for the Best Tourist Board which was copped by Barbados at the recently concluded Travel Weekly’s 2022 Globe Travel Awards Ceremony. (BTMI) Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) was honoured to be named, Best Tourist Board, at the recently concluded […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAR 22, 2022 Minister of Energy and Business Development, Kerrie Symmonds. (FP) Minister of Energy and Business Development, Kerrie Symmonds, has described the upcoming Business Fair and Expo as a “wonderful initiative”, which his Ministry will be seeking to build on and stage on a quarterly basis. Mr. Symmonds expressed this […]
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