BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 15, 2021 - The future of several key infrastructural projects in Barbados was discussed at the highest level today when Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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BRIDGETOWN, June 7, 2021 - Barbados’ National Insurance Scheme (NIS) remains a model for other Caribbean territories as it is one of the few offering unemployment benefits. This is according to Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, as he addressed an online church service marking the Scheme’s 54th Anniversary
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - January 11, 2021 - There was a compelling reason why the overwhelming majority of the Barbadian people totally rejected the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in the 2018 General Elections and gave the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) all thirty seats in the House of Assembly.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 5, 2022- Barbados Underground - An interesting conversation point that will attract interest is the impact David Estwick, Michael Lashley, Denis Lowe and Richard Sealy will have on the 2022 general election. The four were members of the Freundel Stuart cabinet and the previous government soundly rejected by the electorate in 2018.
Recent evolutionary happenings in the island nation of Barbados have given rise to a welcome stir within the region. The Jamaica Observer editorial of Wednesday, December 1, wondered whether Jamaica would "follow the course set by Barbados" in completing the circle of independence by moving away from the monarchy to become a republic within the Commonwealth.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, December 4, 2021 - The Message underlying Barbados divesting itself of the Queen of England as its Head of State, and distancing itself from its old British colonial trappings and becoming a Republic, is that Barbados intends to become as self-reliant, culturally confident, resilient, self-sufficient, sustainable, and as socially just and equal as possible.
The following is a letter from Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to The Prime Minister of Barbados, The Hon. Mia Mottley on the occasion of the transition of Barbados to that of a Parliamentary Democracy on Republic Day, November 30, 2021.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 29, 2022 - Work is expected to begin within another few weeks on the Construction of the Guyana-Barbados Food Terminal in Lears, St Michael, Barbados.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 29, 2022 - The partnership between Guyana and Barbados sets a model for other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states to follow, to achieve food security and confront some of the global challenges facing the region, including the rising cost for food.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 28, 2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes this region may now need to amend its target and generate at least 25 per cent of its food production by 2023.
