BY JULIE CARRINGTON | DEC 16, 2022 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, speaking at the unveiling of three wax figures – Patrick Husbands, Nicholas Brancker and the late Llewellyn “Jiggs” Kirton – by the Caribbean Wax Museum, yesterday. (T. Barker/BGIS) Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 14, 2022 Newly appointed Director of the Anti-Corruption and Anti-Terrorism Agency, Darwin Dottin. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Former Commissioner of Police, Darwin Dottin, has been appointed Director of the Anti-Corruption and Anti-Terrorism Agency. He was appointed on Monday, December 12, 2022, by the President of Barbados, Her Excellency The Most Honourable Dame […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | DEC 10, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, touring the Auntie Brewer’s Early Years Centre at the Nightengale Children’s Home. The Centre was officially opened by the Prime Minister on Wednesday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Residents across Barbados are being encouraged to pour […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | DEC 9, 2022 Minister in the Prime Minister ‘s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, presents Hugh Holder (centre) and Vincent Jones with their prize for winning the Monument Design Competition, today. Their design is entitled We Loyal Sons and Daughters All. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Minister in the Prime Minister ‘s […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | DEC 9, 2022 Newly appointed Chief Information Officer of the Barbados Government Information Service, Tyson Henry. (GP) The Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) has a new Chief Information Officer. Tyson Henry, 34, took up the reins of the organisation on Thursday, December 1. A graduate of Combermere School, Mr. Henry holds an Associate Degree […]
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BY CATHY LASHLEY | DEC 7, 2022 Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, bids farewell to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, and Lt. Colonel Carlos Lovell of the Barbados Defence Force, among others, at the Grantley Adams International Airport, today. (T. Barker/BGIS) The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel bid farewell […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | DEC 7, 2022 Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and her St. Vincent counterpart, Ralph Gonsalves, lay wreaths at the Cubana Monument in Paynes Bay, St James, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Cubana de Aviacíon Flight 455 crash on October 6, 1976. (T. Barker/BGIS) The tragic terrorist bombing […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 7, 2022 President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Suriname counterpart and CARICOM Chairman, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (T. Barker/BGIS) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, described yesterday’s Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | NOV 30, 2022 Her Excellency, The Most Honourable, Dame Sandra Mason, President of Barbados, is seen having a chat with Mr. Ralph ” Bizzy ” Samuel Decoursey Williams who is taking delight, after he was bestowed with the FREEDOM OF BARBADOS HONOUR for his outstanding contribution as an entrepreneur and […]
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