The new Japanese Ambassador to Barbados, Her Excellency Kayoko Fukushima, has pledged her commitment to ensuring that Bridgetown and Tokyo achieve “mutual benefits” for their people through continued collaboration. Officials …
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BUT weighs in on report detailing significant learning losses resulting from pandemic
The head of a local teachers’ union is adamant that despite findings that COVD-19-triggered school closures resulted in learning deficiencies among children, there could have been just as grave consequences …
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An epidemiologist based at an international health organisation is cautioning that there can be no return to normalcy unless vaccination rates for COVID-19 increase significantly. It has come from Dr …
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Historian Professor Pedro Welch believes the new Barbados Constitution need not be explicitly “revolutionary” but must focus heavily on giving citizens a greater say in decision-making and the tools to …
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Barbados will not be rushing to implement the proposed 15 per cent minimum global tax rate, Director of the International Business Unit (IBU) in the Ministry of Energy and Business …
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The Caribbean tourism industry is recovering much faster than expected. So says President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Nicola Madden-Greig who insisted there is still a lot …
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Grenadians refused to give Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell his wish for a last general election victory by electing 44-year-old attorney Dickon Mitchell as the new head of government. Prime …
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The doing business climate in Barbados is getting a major upgrade that should significantly benefit operators in the global business sector. This indication came on Thursday as Kevin Hunte, Director …
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Public transport stakeholders are in the final stages of rolling out a cashless system amid a worrying increase in robberies of PSV operators over the past two years. Head of …
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The Barbados Meteorological Services is closely monitoring the progress of a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic located along 28W at 5 AM today Friday 24th June 2022. Current model …