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An aerial view of Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados (Photo: businessinsider.com)

BARBADOS | IMF says despite COVID-19 blows, B'dos economy making progress

Washington DC: October 30, 2020 - The International Monetary Fund  says despite the major impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Barbados’ economy, with a double-digit decline in economic activity projected for 2020, the country continues to make good progress in implementing its ambitious and comprehensive economic reform program.

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CARICOM | CARICOM Flays EU for blacklisting member states

CARICOM | CARICOM Flays EU for blacklisting member states

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 10, 2020 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has lashed out against the European Union, for continuing its practice of blacklisting member states for arbitrary, non-transparent and flippant reasons.

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Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana and Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, lay wreaths at the Cubana monument during yesterday’s commemoration ceremony in Payne’s Bay. (S. Pilé/BGIS)

BARBADOS | Remembering Cubana Flight 455 - The Caribbean Must Remain a Zone of Peace !

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 8, 2020 - Tuesday October 6, was the 44th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight 455 just off the west coast of Barbados, and repeatedly, speakers who gathered to commemorate the event at the Cubana Memorial site at Paynes Bay, St. James, called for the Caribbean to remain a Zone of Peace.

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Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong

CARICOM | Barbados' Ambassador to CARICOM wants work out a solution to CXC dilemma

BRIDGETOWN, October 7, 2020 - Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, has proposed that a remedial process be quickly settled upon and applied in relation to the declared results of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council’s exams, in the interest of those 5th and 6th form students across the  region who have been negatively impacted by the controversy.

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Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana, speaking at the 44th commemoration of the Cubana Airlines tragedy, held at the Cubana Monument in Paynes Bay today. (S. Pilé/BGIS)

BARBADOS | Six More Months For Cuban Nurses In Barbados

BRIDGETOWN,  Barbados, October 6, 2020 - Despite efforts by the United States government to intimidate regional countries  being assisted by the Cuban Government in the provision of nurses and doctors to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, the Cuban contingent of nurses, who were assigned to help Barbados in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, will continue their work on the island for another six months.

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Prime Minister Amour Mottley flays European Union for their designation of Barbados and Anguilla. |File Photo

BARBADOS | Mottley objects to EU's Blacklisting of Barbados, Anguilla

Bridgetown, BARBADOS. October 6, 2020: Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has  challenged the European Union’s decision to list Barbados as a Non-cooperative Jurisdiction for Tax Purposes. In a statement today, Prime Minister Mottley described the action as reprehensible, unjustified and disproportionate, noting that "this might be regarded as bullying at worst and at best, actions to preserve the competitiveness of the EU."

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Dame Sandra announced that Barbados will cut umbilical ties with Britain within fourteen months

BARBADOS | B'dos to relinquish sovereign ties with Britain in a year, will Jamaica follow suit?

BRIDGETOWN, September 16, 2020 – Barbados, one of the Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean with the closest affinity to England, will finally cut its umbilical cord with the British Monarchy and will become a Republic within the next 14 months. This move has placed pressure on the Jamaican government to follow suit as many Jamaicans feel their country should have been a republic years ago.

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