MONTEGO BAY, October 14, 2021 - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amour Mottley on Wednesday held bi-lateral talks with Vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, reiterated that the relationship between the United States and Barbados was a very important one.
NEW YORK, New York, September 24, 2021 - “How many more variants of COVID-19 must arrive before a worldwide action plan for vaccinations be implemented, and how many more people must die before the 1.7 billion excess vaccines in the possession of the advanced countries of the world are shared with those who had no access to vaccines?
MONTEGO BAY, September 24, 2021 - As Barbados moves to become a republic by November 30, 2021, the government's Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee has invited the Barbadian public to participate in a series of public consultations entitled “The Charter of Barbados.”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados August 2021 - Dame Sandra Mason has been nominated to be the first President as Barbados moves to become a republic by November 30.
Social media is commending Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley for her forthright response to a BBC reporter’s question, suggesting that her country as well as other Caribbean Nations could become “pawns” of China.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 28, 2021 - Come Independence Day, November 30, Barbados’ first non-executive president will be sworn in, after being elected by the electoral college of both Houses of Parliament as the nation becomes a republic.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados July 18, 2021 -The Government of Barbados has called on the United States Government to show moral leadership and end the sixty year old economic embargo imposed on the the People of Cuba, as the embargo has achieved nothing but an unjustified punishment of Cuba and unleashed a series of painful outcomes for its people.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 23, 2021 - The 18-member Tourism Reboot Panel, chaired by Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, has submitted a preliminary report.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 6, 2021 - BGIS - Barbados is preparing to welcome back cruise ships to its shores from Monday, and all persons on the cruise ship will be 100 per cent vaccinated. Cruises will have rigorous protocols in place for disembarking passengers and bubbled tours will be implemented to secure the safety of all.
Barbadians in the diaspora have been given the rationale behind the island’s transitioning from sugar cane to medicinal marijuana. It came last Thursday as Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, addressed an online Dialogue with the Diaspora, chaired by the island’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States, Noel Lynch, on the Zoom platform.
