BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAR 4, 2022 | TOP STORIES Data Processing Manager at the National Library Service, Emmerton Banfield (second from left), discussing the features of the HP all-in-one computer with Mikhail Smith (left) while Attorney-at-Law, Liz-Ann Taylor and Acting Deputy Director of the National Library Service, Beverley Archer (right), look on. (C. Pitt/BGIS) […]
Continue Reading
Staff Writer Staff WriterMarch 3, 2022 —Proposes meeting between CAC and CARICOM Agri task forces to ‘marry priorities’ His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali told the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Central American Integration System (SICA) Summit that Guyana is ready to collaborate with countries in Central America on agriculture. The Head of State also proposed a meeting between […]
Continue Reading
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAR 3, 2022 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley listens attentively to President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, during their talks in San Pedros, Belize on Wednesday night. (GP) The impact of the climate crisis on the world’s most vulnerable states was the main talking point when […]
Continue Reading
BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAR 2, 2022 | MINISTRY NEWS (Stock Photo) Forty business people are currently participating in the Barbados Trust Fund Limited’s (BTFL) online Entrepreneurial Management training. And, Manager of Administration and Operations at the BTFL, Michael Bowen, said there was an “overwhelming response” to the training, which is for potential clients and 10 […]
Continue Reading
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) – The government of Belize is pioneering a coral transplantation and beach reclamation effort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, located in the southern part of the island. San Pedro is the setting of the first face-to-face meeting in two years of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. They are meeting for […]
Continue Reading
The Body of Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, the late Dr. Don Blackman Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, the late Dr. Don Blackman. (GP) being viewed by his Wife and MP Trevor Prescod. Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Government, Dr. Don Blackman, will be accorded an Official […]
Continue Reading
PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill.
Continue Reading
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul WAS FIRST TO PUBLISH THIS FEATURE Ukraine is increasing pressure on Turkey to ban Russian warships from the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, after a tweet from president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on what he described as an “extremely important” closure.© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Turkey has so far made no […]
Continue Reading
Thu, 24 February 2022 PICTURED ABOVE ” OIL DONKEYS AT WORK IN BARBADOS “ Oil is a precious commodity worldwide and with this crisis the Caribbean is in an unfortunate position as oil prices rises daily. BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices soared nearly $2 per barrel in early trade on Friday as Russia’s invasion of […]
Continue Reading
BY BGIS | FEB 24, 2022 | TOP STORIES (Stock Photo) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) strongly condemns the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by The Russian Federation and calls for the immediate and complete withdrawal of the military presence and cessation of any further actions that may intensify the current perilous situation in that […]
Continue Reading