Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley gives a keynote address online at the Sixth Caribbean Development Roundtable of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (photo from Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says middle-income countries need fair and predictable access to non-market finance based […]
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COVID cash grant applauded Akeasha BoodieSeptember 8, 2020 — ‘it will assist in paying the bills” Residents of Georgetown and around the East Coast of Demerara have applauded an initiative by the Government of Guyana to distribute a $25,000 COVID-19 relief package per household across the country. The pandemic has resulted in economic turmoil for […]
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Pictured is Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness. CARICOM NewsTime 7 September 2020 •Sep 7, 2020 CARICOM: Caribbean Community CLICK ON LINKS BELOW. 0:00:54 JAMAICA LABOUR PARTY WINS LANDSLIDE IN ELECTIONS HELD 3 SEPTEMBER 2020 0:04:04 COVID-19: SOME CARICOM COUNTRIES TIGHTEN CURFEW AS COVID-19 CASE
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President Ali pledges swift justice for slain teens Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2020 -assures families of support Georgetown, Guyana – (September 7, 2020) His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, today, assured the families of slain West Coast Berbice teenagers Masters Isaiah and Joel Henry that he will work with law enforcement to ensure that the perpetrators […]
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(L-R) Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Director, Kerry Hinds; Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Dr Leo Brewster; and sponsors, Arawak Cement Administrative Officer (PR), Wilma Gibson; IDEAs Transformation Content Manager Autumn Inniss-Harris; and Republic Bank (Barbados) Ltd Manager of Marketing and Corporate Communications Sophia Allsop-Cambridge, pose beside the newly unveiled Tsunami Smart […]
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(Left to right) CEO of the Barbados Port Inc, David Jean-Marie chatting with the BPI’s new Chairman, Peter Odle during a tour of the Bridgetown Port on Wednesday. (NP/BGIS) The Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) has been weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic well, despite a slowdown in activity. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, speaking with the media, following Wednesday’s tour of the Bridgetown Port. (NP/BGIS) Progress is being made in a one-billion-dollar master plan to enhance port operations in Barbados, over the next 10 years. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, gave an update […]
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(L to R) Dwaine Paul, BWUs Deputy General Secretary; Rudy Grant, CEO BHTA; Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins and Avinash Persaud Special Envoy to the PM of Barbados made up the panel who met with tourism workers yesterday. (SFC/BGIS) Government has proposed a plan to workers in the tourism sector, which, […]
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(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised the public that it has tightened the definition of a villa for quarantine purposes, in respect of COVID-19. People arriving in Barbados with a negative COVID-19 PRC test from countries categorised as high risk are required to quarantine at a government facility free of charge, […]
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Travellers coming into Barbados from a country categorised as high or medium risk are strongly advised to have a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test result from an accredited laboratory within 72 hours prior to arrival. (Stock Photo) Several European countries have now been deemed high risk by health authorities for travel into Barbados. And a […]
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