December 2022

Barbados & EU Discuss Priority Areas For 2023

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds presents a gift to EU Ambassador to Barbados, Malgorzata Wasilewska, at their recent courtesy call. (Photo credit: S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Discussions on priority areas for 2023 were held between Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, and the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Barbados, Eastern […]

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Barbados Attends Housing & Urban Development Meeting

Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland 9right), and United Nations Habitat Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Elkin Velasquez, on the margins of the XXXI MUNIRVI General Assembly. (GP) A delegation from Barbados, led by Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, attended the XXXI General Assembly of Ministers and

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Barbados’ Ambassador To Geneva Meets WHO Director General

Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson (right), and WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, standing next to the sculpture entitled ‘I Got You!’ which was donated by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados. (Photo credit: Ministry of

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Barbados Represented At High-Level Segment Of COP

Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, (right) and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification, Charley Browne, among delegates at the recently concluded high-level segment of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada. (GP) Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde,

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Christmas Message from the Hon. Kerrie Symmonds Senior Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

My fellow Barbadians and friends of Barbados, As newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade I am delighted and deeply honoured to join you as we celebrate this Christmas Season. Please allow me reflect and to remind you of our journey, a journey that has essentially been the foundation upon which we have

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Natural Disaster & Pandemic Clauses Are Critical

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley receives a token of appreciation from Chairman of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, and St. Lucia’s Sustainable Development Minister, Shawn Edwards, following her address at the12th bi-annual Comprehensive Disaster Management conference at the Savannah Beach Hotel, recently. (Photo credit: C. Pitt/BGIS) The implementation of natural disaster and pandemic clauses

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8th CARICOM-Cuba Summit Described As Productive

President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Suriname counterpart and CARICOM Chairman, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (Photo credit: T. Barker/BGIS) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of CARICOM, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, described yesterday’s Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit as “most productive”. Mr. Santokhi

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Cuban President Pleased With Summit Outcome

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel, at yesterday’s press conference following the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (Photo credit: T. Barker/BGIS) President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel, has expressed his deep appreciation to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the Government of Barbados for hosting the Eighth

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Cuba’s President Bids Barbados Farewell

Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, bids farewell to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, and Lt. Colonel Carlos Lovell of the Barbados Defence Force, among others, at the Grantley Adams International Airport, today. (Photo credit: T. Barker/BGIS) The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel bid farewell to Barbados today, following an

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