20 August 2020Barbadians Toni Thorne and Danielle Howell win 2020 Chevening Scholarships Below are two photos of the 2020 Chevening Scholarship winners from Barbados, Danielle Howell and Toni Thorne. The British High Commission is pleased to announce that two Barbadians – Danielle Howell and Toni Thorne, have won Chevening Scholarships this year. They join […]
Continue ReadingChief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), Colonel Glyne Grannum (6th from left); Rotary Club West (Barbados) Immediate Past-President, Jean St. John (7th from right); President, Trevor Williams (4th from left), staff of the BDF’s Field Medical Facility and Rotary Club officials pose for a photo following the recent donation of equipment. (BDF) […]
Continue ReadingThe Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). (FP) Thirteen companies or consortia with significant experience in the aviation sector have received the go-ahead to bid on the operation, financing, development and maintenance of the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). This was announced today by Chairman of GAIA Inc., Vic Fernandes and paves the way for the […]
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Barbados has recorded two more cases of COVID-19, out of the 205 tests conducted yesterday. There are a 37-year-old male visitor, who arrived on a British Airways flight on August 11, and tested positive after his second test, and a 25-year-old Barbadian male, who also arrived on a British Airways flight on August 18. Both […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams (second left), DEM staff and officials touring the new facilities at the George Greaves Building today ( TUESDAY – AUG 18, 2020 ). (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) “We are in the midst of a very active hurricane season, and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), must be as ready […]
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Pall-bearers removing the Barbados Flag that draped the casket to be presented to Mrs. Julie Arthur. Thousands lined the street at various vantage points to see the passing funeral procession making its journey from Lyndhurst Funeral Home in Passage Road through Bridgetown stopping in front of Parliament for one minute where in the House of […]
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View a pictorial of Former Prime Minister, Professor, The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur Body In State In Parliament. A picture is worth over a thousand words and I hope this Photoshow says it all. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK.
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, and Mesdames Azucena Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay, have been nominated to serve as Development Committee Chair. In line with the nomination by the Chairs of the Latin American and the Caribbean […]
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Barbados’ youngest COVID-19 patient to date is a one-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with the viral illness yesterday. The boy arrived in the island on August 1 on a Jet Blue flight, accompanied by his mother. The mother tested positive on arrival and both she and the child have been in isolation at Harrison Point, St. […]
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Pictured Above from left to right – Chairman of Ember Investment Corporation, Peter Griffith, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan ( standing in the rear ) and Mr Edmund Hinkson M.P. Official opening ceremony of the chapel and offices at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Prime Minister Mia […]
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