BARBADOS: A flashback — The Concorde Experience – 18th November 2003.
BARBADOS: A flashback — The Concorde Experience – 18th November 2003. Here we bring you a look at images showcasing the Arrival of Concorde.
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44th CARICOM Heads Of Government Meeting Feb. 15-17 ( Photos from the Opening )
BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 16, 2023 Regional leaders and CARICOM officials at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). (CARICOM Secretariat) The 44th Regular Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government is being held in Nassau, Bahamas, from Wednesday, February 15, to Friday, […]
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Barbados & Canada Hold Bilateral Talks
BY BGIS | FEB 16, 2023 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today led a delegation to meet with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s Conference of Heads of Government being held in Nassau, Bahamas. Prime Minister Trudeau, expressing pleasure at meeting with Prime Minister Mottley, noted that Canada […]
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BARBADOS: FTC Issues Decision & Order On BLPC’s Rate Review Application
BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 15, 2023 Hearing Chairman and Fair Trading Commission (FTC) Deputy Chair, Dr. Donley Carrington and CEO of the FTC, Dr. Marsha Atherley-Ikechi listen to questions from the media at today’s press conference. (GP) The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has issued its Decision and Order on the Barbados Light and Power […]
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BARBADOS: Overflowing Grease Trap, Not Sewage Leak At Princess Alice
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 15, 2023 (Stock Image) On Wednesday, February 15, the Midweek Nation erroneously reported that “across the road from Bridgetown Fisheries Complex, there is a well overflowing with sewage onto the Princess Alice Highway”. Officers from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources (MTWW), Barbados Water Authority, and the […]
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BARBADOS: Attorney General: Cybercrime Statute Is Coming
BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 13, 2023 PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right – Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, Rodney Taylor; Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Davidson Ishmael; Attorney General Dale Marshall; and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Grenville Williams, in discussion during the break of the three-day workshop on Effective […]
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Barbados Removed From European Union’s Annex II
BY SHARON AUSTIN | FEB 14, 2023 Barbados has been removed from the European Union’s (EU) state-of-play document (Annex II), which means the island has been deemed compliant with tax requirements. This disclosure came from Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, who said the announcement today follows the substantial work done by government […]
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BARBADOS: Statement On Faulty Runway Edge Lights Circuit At Airport
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 14, 2023 Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ian Gooding-Edghill. (FP) Flights at Grantley Adams International Airport impacted by faulty runway edge lights circuit At 5:40 p.m. today I received a report from the Grantley Adams International Airport of a faulty runway edge lights circuit. This will impact incoming […]
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BARBADOS: 2023 -2024 Estimates Of Expenditure & Revenue Laid In Parliament
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 14, 2023 Government’s Budget, setting out the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue for the financial year 2023-2024, was today laid in Parliament, together with a projected forecast for the current financial year 2022-2023. These will form the basis of the Parliamentary Debate to ensue from February 20th 2023 on […]
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BARBADOS: Ministry Of Education Signs MOU With Cuba
BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 14, 2023 Pictured above : Barbados’ Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney and Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Pastrana in discussion. The Government of Barbados has today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Cuba in the area of education. The MOU will […]
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