BY JULIE CARRINGTON | OCT 17, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ricardo Mourinho-Félix, exchange pleasantries after talks on investment matters. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, and Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ricardo Mourinho-Félix, recently held talks on a number of […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | OCT 13, 2022 Minister of Energy and Business, Kerrie Symmonds. (FP) As countries prepare to celebrate World Standards Day on Friday, October 14, Minister of Energy and Business, Kerrie Symmonds, is again underscoring the importance of standards. And, Mr. Symmonds is of the view that whether the island is tackling financial de-risking and […]
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October 7, 2022Subject: New NIFCA Winning Words publishedA transition from pre-pandemic to pandemic, that best describes the latestedition of the book: ArtsEtc NIFCA [National Independence Festival ofCreative Arts] Winning Words Anthology 2019/2020.Produced by the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), the publication haspieces which reflect the period just before the COVID-19 pandemic as wellas submissions made while […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | OCT 5, 2022 (From left to right) CEO of Invest Barbados, Kaye-Ann Greenidge; Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands; and Corey Greenidge of Clarke, Gittens, Farmer Attorneys at Law, in discussion following he media launch of Global Business Week 2022, at the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados, today. […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 30, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking during a recent press conference to announce that Barbados and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for a new Extended Fund Facility. To her left is IMF Mission Chief, Bert van Selm. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados and the International Monetary […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | SEP 29, 2022 Tourism Minister, Senator Lisa Cummins (centre) and Qatar’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Jassim bin Saif bin Ahmed Al Sulaiti (third from right), display their documents following the signing of the Air Services Agreement. Looking on are: (l-r) Secretary Air Transport Licensing Authority, Arlene Daniel; Permanent Secretary, Francine Blackman; Director of the Barbados Civil […]
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Officials broke ground on Tuesday to make way for the new Hotel Indigo on the south of the island pictured here from the Artist drawing. First Published on September 28, 2022 by Barbados Today As officials broke ground on Tuesday to make way for the new Hotel Indigo on the south of the island, Prime […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 27, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the inaugural lecture in the Kofi Annan Lecture Series in New York, recently. (PMO) Faced with the financial fallout from the cost of living, debt and climate crises, Government has unveiled its Bridgetown Agenda as a guide for urgent and decisive […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | SEP 21, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley ( second from right ) and IMF Mission Chief Bert van Selm engaging in discussions while other government officials and representatives from the IMF team listen in. (GP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the International Monetary Fund Mission Chief, Bert van Selm, […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | SEP 18, 2022 Minister of Energy and Business, Kerrie Symmonds. (FP) Minister of Energy and Business, Kerrie Symmonds, believes the time is now ripe to examine how Barbadian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can explore and become an invested part of the digital frontier. Mr. Symmonds expressed this view in […]
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