June 2022

CARICOM flag waving in the wind. (Photo credit: CARICOM Secretariat) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS The 43rd Regular Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government will be held in Paramaribo, Suriname, from Sunday, July 3, to Tuesday, July 5. During the summit, the Heads of Government will examine agenda items such as Advancing the CARICOM […]

Flag of Japan Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS Barbados and Japan continue to deepen their almost 55 years of diplomatic relations. During a welcome dinner, hosted last evening by the new Japanese Ambassador to Barbados, Kayoko Fukushima, Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, noted that the relationship between the two countries was a

(From left) Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott; and Kenya Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Petroleum, Ambassador Dr. Monica Juma, officially open the CARICOM diplomatic mission in Nairobi, Kenya, as Barbados High Commissioner to

Panel discussion on Building Resilience and Sustainability in the Caribbean. (Credit: PMO Barbados) Author: Sharon Austin/BGIS Government will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether it will tap into the International Monetary Fund’s recently established Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley reiterated this message on Friday as she participated in

Japan’s Ambassador, Kayoko Fukushima presents a gift to Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Business, Sandra Husbands, at their courtesy call today. (Photo credit: S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Author: Sheena Forde-Craigg/BGIS Climate vulnerability and technical cooperation in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) were two areas discussed today when Minister of State for Foreign Trade

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking during the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre’s (CARTAC) panel discussion on Capacity Building Partnerships for a More Resilient Caribbean at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, yesterday. To her left is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) Author: Julie Carrington/BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, in discussion following the IMF official’s arrival last night. Ms. Georgieva is in Barbados for a four-day visit. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) Author: Julie Carrington/BGIS Caribbean governments now have a financial instrument to assist them on the basis of their

The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados speaks during the 9th Summit of the Americas at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA (Photo credit: Justin Tafoya/U.S. Department of State) Author: Julie Carrington/BGIS Author: Julie Carrington/BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has deemed her recent trip to the just concluded ninth Summit

 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing the 9th Summit of the Americas. (Photo credit: PMO Barbados) Author: Julie Carrington/BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has made a compelling case as to why countries of the Americas must act now to shield their people from spiralling prices, while guaranteeing their access to critical supplies. Invoking the