BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | DEC 21, 2022 (NCF) The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has an array of activities lined up for this Yuletide Season aimed at pushing the products and services of local artists and artisans. The NCF has again partnered with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to produce QEH Christmas Lunchtime Concerts, which began on […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | DEC 21, 2022 From left – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight; Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong; and Director of the Museum and Historical Society of Barbados, Alissandra Cummins at Friday’s End of Year Mixer. (NCF) The Prime Minister’s Office, Culture, hosted an End of Year […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | DEC 19, 2022 Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) The Ministry of Finance announces that Wednesday, December 21, 2022 shall be a VAT Holiday in Barbados. The objective is to provide a welcome ease for consumers who have faced 33 months of significant economic challenges due solely […]
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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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