BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 11, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley warmly greets Barbados’ Consul General to Miami Rudy Grant before sitting down for discussions at Ilaro Court today. (Troy Barker/BGIS) Barbados’ Consul General to Miami, Rudy Grant, plans to expand the island’s foreign policy footprint in Miami when he takes up his new […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 8, 2022 | Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Ryan Straughn and USVI’s Director of the Office of Finance and Management, Jenifer O’Neal at the end of their courtesy call where they discussed ways to better regulate the betting and gaming industries in their respective countries. (T. […]
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Neola Damon July 8, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, M.P. speaking with students of of Upper Corentyne Industrial Training Centre Almost 300 young people in Region Six, (East Corentyne-Berbice) have commenced various training programmes offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT). Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, M.P., made this disclosure […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 6, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley providing an update following the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of CARICOM which took Suriname. (PMO) Transcript of a statement issued by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley following her return from the 43rd Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of […]
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Isaiah Braithwaite July 6, 2022 Small business owner Abigale John is ‘head over heels’ about the establishment of the Guyana Shop at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The young entrepreneur is the owner of GT Wine, one of the best local products in the country. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, M.P, […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUL 6, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE: Springer Memorial School student, Nya Bowen, providing Senior Health Sister at the Winston Scott Polyclinic, Rosenette Cooke, with a manicure in celebration of Public Health Nurses Appreciation Week July 3-9 and the launch of a partnership between the Ministries of Education and Health and Wellness. (GP) […]
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– Members of the Public Procurement Commission take oath of office His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that public accountability, transparency, and functioning institutional mechanisms are integral to supporting the country’s transformative development pathway. The Head of State made this pronouncement today during the swearing-in ceremony for the members of the Public Procurement Commission, at […]
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GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 5, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, signing the Cooperation Agreement in the presence of Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott (left) and officials. (PMO) Within the past 24 […]
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ARTICLE first appeared in Barbados Today online Published onJuly 3, 2022 Portvale Sugar Factory was a scene of vivid colour and noise on Saturday as the Crop Over 2022 season was officially launched with the ceremonial delivery of the last canes. The evening’s festivities began with a rhythmic procession filled with groups from the Barbados Landship, steel […]
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The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, on the passing of Professor George Lamming, Caribbean and global literary luminary. “Professor George Lamming, Caribbean and global literary luminary, Philosopher King of Postcolonialism, and social justice activist, transitioned in his native Barbados—the castle of his skin—on Saturday […]
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