(Picture Source:- Barbados Today) The possibility of Barbados assembling electric buses was a very real one. This is the opinion of Mr Ralph “Bizzy” Williams and business partner Mr Wayne Clarke after completing a very successful test ride from the Pine headquarters of the Licensing Authority to Bathsheba in St Joseph in an electric bus […]
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The Prime Minister’s Office has received calls from persons who are eager to start major investment projects in Barbados, and the Town and Country Development Planning Office and the PMO Planning Unit are working assiduously to have the matters addressed. (Stock Photo) Several investors who are keen to commence their large-scale development projects have reached […]
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BCIC Extends a $700,000 Helping Hand to Customers affected by COVID-19Barbados – British Caribbean Insurance Company Ltd. (BCIC) has announced that they are returning over $730,000 in insurance premiums to their customers. As the government curfew and other measures intended to stop the spread of COVID-19 affects the lives and livelihoods of many Barbadians, the […]
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A change has been made to the parishes being targeted during an outreach to elderly citizens, 70 years and over, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 11. Those parishes that will now be targeted are St. George, Christ Church, St. Michael and St. Andrew. Members of District Emergency Organizations (DEOs) will contact persons […]
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Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight Sutherland, addressing the We Gatherin’ initiative Straight Talk held by the Ministry of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, yesterday. (S.Medford/BGIS) Government will be placing emphasis on educating Barbadians on how to be financial literate and how the formation of community clusters in business can benefit the entrepreneur. […]
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(LOOP JAMAICA) – Carnival Cruise Line announced Monday it will start cruising again, from Florida and Texas, beginning in August. These Caribbean trips will be the company’s first new itineraries since the coronavirus pandemic forced a near-total pause in the global cruise industry. The ports of Miami and Cape Canaveral in Florida, and Galveston, Texas, were […]
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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall, has defended Barbados’ anti-money laundering efforts despite the country being blacklisted by the EU for harmful practices.
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Statement re: Guyana’s Elections by Mia Amor Mottley Q.C., M.P., Chairman of the Caribbean Community The Caribbean Community calls on the electoral officials in Guyana and the representative political parties to work together to achieve a peaceful and lawful completion of the electoral process in Guyana by ensuring the tabulation of the results in all […]
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Government has plans to increase the number of hurricane shelters available to the public in order to maintain social distancing protocols as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic when the 2020 hurricane season draws near.
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Former Prime Minister, Professor Owen Arthur, chairs the Industrial Transformation group of the Jobs and Investment Council, which is looking at ‘How to create 20,000 jobs in 18 to 24 months.’ (BGIS Library) The Jobs and Investment Council has been established, and the members of its eight committees are hard at work undertaking their mandate […]
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