MAY 5, 2021 By Julia Rawlins- Bentham – BGIS Ongoing efforts to reduce the excess of 70-feet of metal at B’s Recycling will not reduce the possibility of combustion, but it will increase the ability of officials to manage or fight a possible fire. Chief Fire Officer of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), Errol Maynard, […]
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Minister Edghill commissions $400M scanners at CJIA Mikaila PrinceMay 2, 2021 -passenger screening to be ‘greatly expedited’ Minister of Public Works, Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill on Saturday commissioned several new state-of-the-art scanners valued $400 million at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). During the commissioning, he said the machines were obtained in keeping with the […]
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APR 30, 2021 By Julie Carrington – BGIS NPC staffer Ronaldo Niles (left) presenting the donation to Leading Seaman Chad Jones, while Euclid Forde, Shaddia Williams, Noel King, Adrian Parris and Samantha Hazlewood-Ermay, look on. (GP) As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the National Petroleum Corporation, staff donated 125 cases of water in […]
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I join Barbadians of all walks of life in paying tribute to a fellow countryman who loved life and lived it with as much colour and flamboyance as he could muster. Roland Bascombe, known from St. Philip to St. Lucy just simply as Rojoe, was one of those Barbadians whose journey will be remembered for a […]
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MAY 1, 2021 Message To Mark International Workers’ Day (May Day) 2021. (BGIS) International Workers’ Day, commonly known as May Day, is celebrated in Barbados on May 1st of each year. The theme for this year is “The Time is Now.” This theme conjures up images of that famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when […]
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By Staff Editor October 20, 2020 From November 1st Trans Guyana Airways is launching five weekly flights to Barbados from the Ogle airport. https://transguyana.net/ It will be using a Beechcraft 1900D for the flights. A statement from Trans Guyana follows: Beginning November 1st, 2020, Trans Guyana Airways will introduce 5 weekly flights to Grantley Adams […]
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APR 22, 2021 – BY JULIE CARRINTON – BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – April 22, 2021. (PMO) Parliament will come out of its Easter recess to meet tomorrow, Friday, April 23, in an extraordinary session to debate a resolution to extend the current State of Emergency by another five […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, in discussion with BICO Chairman, Edwin Thirlwell following a tour of the company’s ice cream plant and cold storage facility at Harbour Road yesterday. Also pictured is Chief Technical Officer, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Jacqueline Blackman. (J. Rawlins-Bentham/BGIS) Government is moving […]
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Cleanup work has started at the Grantley Adams International Airport. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM APRIL – 16 2021 BGIS Press conference re: COVID-19 and national cleanup updates – April 16, 2021. (PMO) The Grantley Adams International Airport resumed operations at 6:00 p.m. today, Friday, April 16, while the Port of Bridgetown is expected to […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL – APR 16, 2021 — BGIS Volcanic ash is poisonous to pets and it is also highly abrasive. This is the word from the Veterinary Services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Following its recent compilation of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on The Impact of Ash Fall From La Soufriére Volcano […]
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