Guyana/Barbados working out modalities for hospitality training & Tourism ministry’s Snap & Share 56 competition winners awarded

Natasha Smith-Thomas June 29, 2022 Guyana and Barbados are currently working out the modalities for the hospitality training of 6,000 Guyanese set to get underway in Barbados. The governments of Guyana and Barbados agreed last year on the training of Guyanese in hospitality, to effectively prepare Guyana for the imminent boom in the tourism sector. […]

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BARBADOS: Tourism Must Move Towards Sustainability & Climate Resiliency

BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JUN 27, 2022 Barbados’ Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Climate Change, Law of the Sea, and SIDS, Elizabeth Thompson, speaking at the BTMI’s second Visit Barbados Stakeholder Forum, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, today. (T. Barker/BGIS) The impact of external shocks on tourism, such as climate change and COVID-19, is […]

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BARBADOS: HOPE Has Its First Homeowners

BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | JUN 25, 2022 From left: Prospective homeowners Shane Haynes and Claire Walcott choose their lots, with the assistance of Chairman of HOPE Inc., Tony Hoyos (far right). Looking on at centre is Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) The Home Ownership Providing Energy (HOPE) housing project has […]

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GRENADA UPDATE: Dickon Mitchell wins general elections in Grenada.

Pictured at the “Opposition” Democratic Labour Party Conference as guest speaker is Grenada’s NDC leader, Dickon Mitchell, 44 now slated to be sworn is as Prime Minister. ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jun 23, CMC – The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won Thursday’s general elections, according to preliminary results released here. The NDC has been declared […]

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BARBADOS: Secretary to the Constitutional Reform Commission sworn in.

Secretary to the Constitutional Reform Commission, Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles, was sworn in at State House on Tuesday.   PICTURED Here, Professor Barrow-Giles subscribes to the Oath as Secretary to the Commission, before Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson, as Director General, Governance, Gail Atkins, and Acting Private Secretary, Joyanne Blackman-Jarvis, look on. Constitutional Reform Commission sworn in. VIEW […]

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