Pictured above Central Bank, Tom Adams Financial Centre, Barbados . Transparency International has ranked Barbados 29th out of 180 countries in this year’s report with a score of 64 out of 100 in its 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report, released Thursday, This makes Barbados the highest rated country in the Caribbean The Bahamas ranked 30th with […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – January 26, 2021. (PMO) — PLEASE VIEW YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE ……. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has confirmed that the United Kingdom’s (UK) COVID-19 variant is present in Barbados. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley confirmed the presence of the UK variant in Barbados, during […]
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Synieka Thorne January 22, 2021 — Guyana Department of Public Information. Pictured above — Minister of Labour, Hon. Joseph Hamilton engaging one of the persons managing a pig rearing project in Wisroc, Linden. Several individuals and groups in Linden, Region Ten, are under the microscope for millions of dollars disbursed to them by the APNU+AFC […]
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Jan 24 2021 At the request of the government of Barbados and in agreement with the government of the Republic of Cuba, last Friday, January 22, 2021, a group of eleven doctors and four laboratory specialists arrived in Barbados from Havana to complete the contingent of the ¨Henry Reeve¨ Medical Brigade, which has been in […]
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GUYANA Tourism Authority to monitor restaurants for dining compliance Gabreila PatramJanuary 15, 2021 -indoor dining at 40 per cent of capacity -one-month closure for breaches The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has been tasked with ensuring compliance with the amended Covid order which now allows restaurants to have indoor dining up to 40 per cent of […]
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Pictured above …. Short wave infrared satellite data collected on January 3, 2021 shows a thermal anomaly (in red) within the La Soufrière volcano on Saint Vincent, indicating magma close to the surface. Credit: Sentinelhub, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by ESA. Caribbean News Experts Predict Growth Of New Volcano Dome Posted on 4 […]
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FBI aiding probe of West Berbice murders The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently providing the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with “technical assistance” in relation to the investigations into the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh. The article FBI aiding probe of […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met with Chairman of Sandals International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart at the site of the Beaches Resort in St. Peter in 2018. (FP) Today, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, I wish to express sincere condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, on […]
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COVID-19 update & plans for the management of the pandemic in Barbados for the remainder of the holiday season. (PMO) A new limited COVID-19 directive covering December 30, 2020, to midnight on January 6, 2021, is being put in place to buttress the current one. This disclosure came today from Attorney General Dale Marshall during […]
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Brigadier General Rudyard E. C. Lewis is knighted by Governor General, Dame Sandra Mason at Government House today. He received the Knight of St. Andrew for his extraordinary achievement and meritorious service to the military in Barbados. ( David Crichlow / Caribpix ) Governor General Dame Sandra Mason extended congratulations and expressed thanks to four […]
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