BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | MAY 29, 2022 The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir and Chief Agriculture Officer, Keeley Holder, cut the ribbon to open the Brown’s Pond reservoir at River Plantation in St. Philip while Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley observes (right). The opening of this reservoir will provide farmers in […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 28, 2022 Government Ministries have been asked to work with the major players in the sector to come up with ways to shield Barbadians from rising prices. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made this disclosure on Friday evening in her remarks at the opening ceremony for Agrofest, in Queen’s Park. […]
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Staff Writer May 21, 2022 His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that the new agreement between Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda now moves the countries closer together, building on decades of already strong bilateral relations. “This expansion of our relations now moves us into a new sphere of economic integration and infrastructure integration.” The Memorandum of […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 20, 2022 (IRF) Barbados will host the 10th International Road Federation (IRF) Caribbean Regional Congress, a major road and transportation conference, from Tuesday, June 7 to Friday, June 10, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources has been instrumental in organising the congress, […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON – MAY 20, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has used the platform of a major agriculture conference to make a strident call for regional heads to join together to ensure the region’s food security. She made the call yesterday during the opening ceremony of the three-day Agri-Investment Forum and Exhibition in […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 20, 2022 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, The Most Honourable Janet Phillips, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana, signing the Health Cooperation Agreement. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) A Health Cooperation Agreement for additional medical personnel has been signed between Barbados’ Ministry of Health and Wellness and […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAY 7, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (FP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of Cuba, and offered any assistance Barbados can render, following a horrific explosion in downtown Havana on Friday. Reports from the Cuban capital indicate that about two dozen […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott 9right), and Suriname’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation, Albert Ramdin, exchange gifts during a courtesy call at the Ministry, Culloden Road, St . Michael. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 7, 2022 Suriname […]
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Pictured above : Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Commander of the United States Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, shake hands following the opening session of CANSEC this morning. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY JULIE CARRINGTON | APR 6, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has underscored the importance of working together as a region to withstand […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | APR 2, 2022 | (Stock Photo) I wish, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, to extend sincere condolence to the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis, on the passing of former Nevis Premier Vance Winkworth Amory earlier today at the age of 72. Just one […]
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