BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 6, 2023 (Stock Photo) Persons engaged in any profession, trade, business or calling listed in the Schedules to the Profession, Trade and Business Registration Act, Cap 373 are reminded that they should register with the respective government agency, by January 31, 2023. This Act was first introduced in 1978 and has […]
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H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to be conferred Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023 January 2, 2023 H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, will be bestowed with the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) – for the […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | DEC 21, 2022 (NCF) The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has an array of activities lined up for this Yuletide Season aimed at pushing the products and services of local artists and artisans. The NCF has again partnered with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to produce QEH Christmas Lunchtime Concerts, which began on […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 19, 2022 Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) The Ministry of Finance announces that Wednesday, December 21, 2022 shall be a VAT Holiday in Barbados. The objective is to provide a welcome ease for consumers who have faced 33 months of significant economic challenges due solely […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | DEC 16, 2022 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking at the unveiling of three wax figures – Patrick Husbands, Nicholas Brancker and the late Llewellyn “Jiggs” Kirton – by the Caribbean Wax Museum, yesterday. (T. Barker/BGIS) Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | DEC 9, 2022 Newly appointed Chief Information Officer of the Barbados Government Information Service, Tyson Henry. (GP) The Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) has a new Chief Information Officer. Tyson Henry, 34, took up the reins of the organisation on Thursday, December 1. A graduate of Combermere School, Mr. Henry holds an Associate Degree […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 7, 2022 President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Suriname counterpart and CARICOM Chairman, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (T. Barker/BGIS) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, described yesterday’s Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | NOV 16, 2022 Acting Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams (front row, third from right) and Chief Justice of Barbados, Sir Patterson Cheltenham, (front row, centre), pose for a photograph with the new attorneys-ay-law who were admitted to the Bar on Monday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Acting Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams underscored the importance of […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | NOV 16, 2022 Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, speaking at the media launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022, at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The Ministry of Energy and Business is committed to working with its […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | OCT 31, 2022 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Yolande Howard, receives the sponsorship cheque for the Sagicor Life Inc. Lighting Ceremony and Bajan Brew from Sagicor Executive Vice President and General Manager, Paul Inniss. (Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment) The annual Lighting Ceremony […]
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