BY JULIE CARRINGTON | MAY 12, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking during a press conference at Government Headquarters today. Looking on are: (left to right) Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn; IMF’s Deputy Division Chief /Mission Chief for Barbados, Pablo Morra; Central Bank Governor, Dr. Kevin Greenidge; and Director of […]

BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | MAY 8, 2023 Acting President, The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson (seated left) and Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw (seated right) pose with the six Parliamentary Reform Commissioners (from left) Senator Elizabeth Thompson; Professor Velma Newton; economist Dr. William Chandler Jr.; former Senator Maxine McClean; attorney-at-law Corey Beckles; and Dr. Richard Ishmael. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Six Commissioners of […]

BY SHARON AUSTIN | APR 24, 2023 Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, greets President of COPANT, Mauricio Céspedes, at the official opening of the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT) Annual General Assembly, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, today. Looking on is acting Director of Barbados National Standards Institution, Hadyn Rhynd. (GP) […]

BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | APR 24, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Prime Minister The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley will be travelling to the United States to meet with the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and other key stakeholders to discuss the Bridgetown Agenda. Prime Minister Mottley will be out of country […]

BY JULIE CARRINGTON | APR 21, 2023 | Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Climate Services’ two-day workshop at the Accra Beach Resort and Spa, recently. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is insisting that there is […]

BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 21, 2023 Barbadians have been urged to implement water conservation methods, as this country begins a season of drought. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Santia Bradshaw, made the appeal this morning at the Post-Cabinet press conference at the Barbados Water Authority’s headquarters, The Pine, […]

BY SHARON AUSTIN | APR 21, 2023 The Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) recently presented 300 copies of The Barbados Constitution: Facts and Questions to the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training. With copies of the book are: (from left) Deputy Chief Education Officer, Dr. Roderick Rudder; Chairman of the CRC, Mr. Justice (Retd) Christopher Blackman; author of the […]