Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley making a point to the new Ambassador of the European Union, Malgorzata Wasilewska, during a courtesy call at the Wildey Gymnasium. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has again expressed concern with the European Union’s blacklisting of Barbados. And, she said she is prepared to travel to Europe and […]
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BCC student, Tonquanja Giddings, celebrates her WorldSkills Barbados 2020 Best of Competition win with her Restaurant Service coach, Cherise Osbourne. (H. Reece/TVET Council Barbados) Barbados Community College (BCC) student Tonquanja Giddings took top honours at the Closing/Awards Ceremony of the fifth, biennial WorldSkills Barbados (WSB) 2020 Competition, winning both the Gold Medal in Restaurant Service and […]
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Teams from the Sanitation Service Authority and the National Conservation Commission moved in early this morning to make way for a new community park and green space in Doughlin Road, Weston. St. James. (M. Rollock/BGIS) Residents of Douglin Road, Weston, St. James, will have a new park and community green space compliments of the Ministry […]
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Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley gives a press statement following talks with the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) and G4S Secure Solutions (Barbados) Limited. VIEW IT BY CLICKING THIS LINK…. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that Government will not condone discrimination in any form. And, she has asked Attorney General Dale Marshall to give […]
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Two visitors to the island went into isolation yesterday ( DEC 7, 2020 ) after returning COVID-19 positive results, from the 612 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. One of them is a 21-year-old man, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on December 5, while the other, a 52-year-old woman, was diagnosed after […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, in discussion with Yute Gym Director, Professor Ann St. John ( second from right) ; and Yute Gym Coordinator, Teon Waithe, during a special visit to the Foundation and Yute Gym on Saturday. (GP) Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, is […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic. (FP) The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made it possible for Barbados to step up its fight against HIV and STIs over the past decade, as well as strengthened its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme came to an official […]
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BY NYA PHILLIPS | DEC 7, 2020 Two more visitors have tested positive for COVID-19, after undergoing second tests. They are a 30-year-old woman, and a 27-year-old man. Both arrived on the island via American Airlines on December 2, and December 3, respectively. They were asymptomatic. They were the only positive cases identified out of […]
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Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Elizabeth Thompson. (Photos courtesy of Barbados’ Mission at the UN) On December 3 and 4, some 155 Presidents and Prime Ministers participated in a Special Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, to discuss the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) and the UN response to the pandemic. The meeting […]
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