23 December 2021— MIKAILA PRINCE — GIS – as country celebrates two years as an oil producer December 20, 2019, marked a new, historic era for Guyana and its people. It was the day when ExxonMobil began producing light sweet crude offshore Guyana in the world-renowned Stabroek Block. Since then, not only has Guyana benefitted […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | DEC 22, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES (Stock Photo) Persons travelling to Barbados during the period December 23, 2021, to January 2, 2022, can get their “real time” COVID-19 PCR tests done no more than four days prior to travel. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has extended the testing […]
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Agence France-Presse 10 hrs agoLike18 Comments|37Australia Covid live news update: NSW records 3,763 new cases, Victoria 1,503…Celebrities who don’t believe in God Twelve North American gang hostages held for months in Haiti orchestrated their own escape last week, hiking for miles under cover of darkness carrying young children, their church organisation said Monday.© Christian Aid Ministries Haiti hostages stage […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 18, 2021 | TOP STORIES There will be a VAT Holiday on goods in Barbados on Monday, December 20. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, made the announcement today during a virtual press conference, where he updated the public on matters of economic importance. Explaining the VAT Holiday, […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | DEC 18, 2021 | TOP STORIES Airlift between Barbados the region received a boost yesterday with the arrival of interCaribbean’s inaugural flight from Guyana. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins has described the introduction of this flight as an important step in strengthening inter-regional travel. “… this has been […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Didier Trebucq, signing the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean for the period 2022-2026. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 18, 2021 | TOP STORIES Barbados has signed the new United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable […]
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Watch “Chinese Lockdowns Trigger Panic Across Supply Chains: Prepare Your Self For Shortage Of Everything” on YouTube You can be prepared for very high increases of everything that we import. The World is going to be in a severe crisis ……… “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” so to speak.
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PICTURED ABOVE: Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Services Limited, Shelly Williams, speaking at the Get Hired session for males today in the training room at Sky Mall. (GP) DEC 17, 2021 —— BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | | TOP STORIES The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, through its collaboration with the Prince’s Trust International Get Hired programme, hosted […]
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Changes have been made to the protocols relating to the entertainment, sporting, and church communities to allow for the holding of safe events. This was disclosed yesterday by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), The Most Honourable Dr. Kenneth George, as he addressed a press conference hosted by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and following a Social […]
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Professor Sir Henry Fraser made a presentation as a lecture recently and the below is an extract from it ………. DID YOU KNOW, NO. 167, PALMETTO STREET AND THE TRAFALGAR HOTEL Did you know that the old Trafalgar Hotel, on the corner of Palmetto Street and Rickett Street, used to be the rendezvous for lunch […]
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