BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 6, 2022 Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight. (FP) Participants in the Division of Culture’s 24-hour Online Visual Arts competition have been highly commended for their artistic interpretation of Barbadian cultural heritage. Minister with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, heaped praise on the island’s youth […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUL 6, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE: Springer Memorial School student, Nya Bowen, providing Senior Health Sister at the Winston Scott Polyclinic, Rosenette Cooke, with a manicure in celebration of Public Health Nurses Appreciation Week July 3-9 and the launch of a partnership between the Ministries of Education and Health and Wellness. (GP) […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JUL 6, 2022 Springer Memorial School student, Chadia Goodridge performing a manicure on Major David Clarke, co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme. (GP) The pampering of nurses throughout this week is being seen as an opportunity for students to learn in many ways. This was highlighted on Monday at the Springer […]
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– Members of the Public Procurement Commission take oath of office His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that public accountability, transparency, and functioning institutional mechanisms are integral to supporting the country’s transformative development pathway. The Head of State made this pronouncement today during the swearing-in ceremony for the members of the Public Procurement Commission, at […]
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GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JUL 5, 2022 PICTURED ABOVE : Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, signing the Cooperation Agreement in the presence of Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott (left) and officials. (PMO) Within the past 24 […]
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley said Monday’s tragic events at Breezy Hill, St Philip “has really hurt my heart” as she extended condolences to the relatives of the deceased. Dead are 49-year-old contractor Anthony Lovell, his wife, attorney-at-law Allison Lovell, 46, and their two children Alexander Lovell, 10, and Abriel Lovell, 12. The four were found […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUL 2, 2022 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Santia Bradshaw; and Chief of Operations, Barbados, Inter-American Development Bank, Jean Eric Theinhardt, observing the ground breaking at Carmichael, St. George. (W. Murray/MTWW) Government has set a target of repairing 200 village […]
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His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali arrived in Suriname today to attend the 43rd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Meeting is slated to begin on Sunday, July 3rd and conclude on Tuesday, July 5th in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. President Ali is accompanied by Minister of […]
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ARTICLE first appeared in Barbados Today online Published onJuly 3, 2022 Portvale Sugar Factory was a scene of vivid colour and noise on Saturday as the Crop Over 2022 season was officially launched with the ceremonial delivery of the last canes. The evening’s festivities began with a rhythmic procession filled with groups from the Barbados Landship, steel […]
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ARTICLE first appeared in Barbados Today online Published onJuly 3, 2022 Barbados’ premier cultural showcase, the 2022 Crop Over Festival was officially unveiled on Saturday, July 2, with a reimagined Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes. In what was expected to be the most spectacular opening ceremony of the annual summer festival, the team at the National Cultural […]
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