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Barbados gets 70 Cuban health workers

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ health care sector has been bolstered with the arrival of 70 Cuban medical practitioners, including four specialised doctors.

Barbados woman gets eight years for killing husband

(Barbados Nation) – Syberton Marcelle Miller, who was described by her two daughters as “heartless”, a “sociopath” and “evil personified”, was ordered to serve eight years in prison for killing her husband four years ago.

Time: Barbados PM among the 100 most influential people of 2022

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has made the Time 100 list of the most influential people.

Barbados Ursuline Convent School to close doors in 2023

(Barbados Nation) After 128 years of offering educational services in Barbados, the Ursuline Convent School will be closing in August 2023.

Barbados man stabbed to death while on his knees

(Barbados Nation) Moments before O’Neal ‘Mike’ Farmer was fatally stabbed in The City on Friday night, he got down on his knees to pray.

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (fourth from left) and Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Infrastructural Projects Dr William Duguid (third from left) listening attentively as BWA officials outline the scope of works to be done at the Belle Pumping Station (BGIS Picture)

Barbados PM urges patience over repairs to water pumping station

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is asking the public to be patient as crews from the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), assisted by private contractors, work around the clock on emergency repairs at the Belle Pumping Station.

Barbados has not changed mask policy – Chief Medical Officer

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has not changed its requirement that everyone in public wear masks.

CCJ rules against Sandy Lane over dismissal of three employees

(Barbados Nation) The prestigious Sandy Lane Hotel has lost a court battle for the third time in relation to the wrongful dismissal of three former employees.

From left: Digitisation Project Coordinator Ebony Spencer, Digitisation Technician Dominic Dalrymple, Head of Technical Services at Abegower, Ewan Waugh, Chief Archivist Ingrid Thompson, Angela Skeete Chief, Library and Information Services Unit at the Central Bank and Senior Librarian at the Central Bank, Laurie Blackman.

Digitising of Barbados Archives making major progress

(Barbados Government Information Service) Since the start of its digitisation project in 2020, the Archives Department has digitised more than 50 000 pages of historical documents dating back as far as 1635.

Director of Digital Infrastructure in the Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Clifford Bostic, speaking during the Estimates.

Barbadians to have number portability by June

(Barbados Nation) By June, Barbadians should be able to switch their phone service providers without having to change their number.

Barbados setting up constitution review

(Barbados Nation) Government will soon be setting up a new Constitution Review Commission, says Attorney General Dale Marshall, and he will be making recommendations about its membership to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.

Barbadian students awaiting Appeal Court decision on 2020 CXC results

(Barbados Nation) More than 60 Barbadian students are now awaiting the final word on their 2020 CAPE and Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) results.

Mottley announces new-look Cabinet

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday announced her new Cabinet that featured shifts and new faces.

Prime Minister Mia Mottley accepting the instrument of appointment from President Sandra Mason

Mottley sworn in for new term

(Barbados Nation) Moments after being sworn in for a second time as Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley said she would spend this weekend fine-tuning a new Cabinet.

Mia Mottley speaking at a campaign meeting (Antiguanewsroom photo)

Mottley in another 30-0 victory

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley created history once again with a second consecutive 30-0 victory at the polls.

Early Barbados election results favour incumbent PM Mottley

(Reuters) – Preliminary results trickled in late yesterday from the first general election Barbados has held since becoming a republic last year, with initial returns strongly favouring the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) of Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

Judge throws out last-minute challenge to Barbados elections

(Barbados Nation) It will be a General Election like never before today, as Barbadians determine their path of governance for the next five years.

Barbadians told to expect some elections delays

(Barbados Nation) The 2022 General Election will be the country’s first in a COVID-19 environment and the chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has cautioned there will be delays that could lead to a late announcement of results tomorrow night.

Reifer not contesting for Barbados Parliament seat

(Barbados Nation) Floyd Reifer has announced that he will not be contesting the St George North seat in the General Elections on January 19, 2022.

Barbados to get $48M more from IMF

(Barbados Nation) – The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board has given the green light for Barbados to immediately receive another $48 million, which would bring to $850 million the amount of IMF funding Government has received since 2018.