BY BGIS | JUN 13, 2022 The late Joseph ‘Johnny’ Tudor. (GP) The Official Funeral for the late Joseph “Johnny” Tudor, SCM, JP, former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, will be held on Tuesday, June 28, at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, The Ridge, Christ Church. It will begin at 10:00 […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 12, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has deemed her recent trip to the just concluded ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, as a success. Ms. Mottley said the meeting afforded the region an opportunity to lift the standard of the relationship forged in recent times by […]
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By Synieka Thorne June 8, 2022 Over 1,300 residents of Phillipai, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will benefit from potable water for the first time as a $53.683 million well will be drilled in the community by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI). The project, which is expected to commence next week and to be completed by the […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUN 10, 2022 President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, discussed a wide range of topics during their courtesy call at State House Kenya. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) In a recent courtesy call between Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, President […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 8, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has repeated her call for reparations to be paid to countries which had suffered the indignity of the slave trade. During an appearance on the Time 100 Summit 2022, in New York yesterday, Ms. Mottley insisted that it was time for European enslaving […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUN 8, 2022 Marketing Director of Carter’s General Store , Bryan Hurley, showing Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney, some of the tools which were donated to the Barbados Construction Gateway Training Initiative, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Carter’s General Store has been lauded for its donation of 160 purpose-designed […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUN 9, 2022 JUN 9, 2022 Her Excellency the Most Honourable Dame Sandra Mason, President of Barbados, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on June 07, to begin a five-day official visit aimed at strengthening ties with the East African state. It is Her Excellency’s first official visit since becoming President of […]
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Staff Writer June 4, 2022 Following a meeting with several cattle farmers from Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne Coast in Region Six, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that works will soon commence to minimise flooding in the Cookrite Savannah. During a meeting on Friday with Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo in Number 63 Village, […]
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Government Committed To Transforming Rural Communities BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 4, 2022 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is promising residents living in rural Barbados adequate amenities and facilities that would transform their communities to vibrant spaces of abode. She gave the undertaking on Thursday as she addressed residents of St. […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 1, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking at the official launch of Heritage Month at the Barbados Synagogue and Heritage District, Synagogue Lane, The City, last night. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government will be offering an annual award for restoration to stimulate a culture of renovation and […]
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