March 2025

 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, speaking to reporters during a press conference in the Committee Room at Parliament today. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, says the giving of concessions, such as land, to international organisations setting up offices on the island is nothing new, citing […]

New Ambassador of Japan to Barbados, Miyasaka Yusuke, presents a gift to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, during their courtesy call today. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Barbados and Japan value their relationship, and they intend to continue enhancing this partnership. This was expressed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds,

From left to right – OECD Representative, Coralie Martin; Ambassador Matthew Wilson; Director General for Economics, Climate and Global Issues at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK, Jenny Bates; WTO Deputy Director General, Zhang Xiangchen; Ambassador of Nepal and Chair of the Committee on Trade and Development, Ram Prasad Subedi; Ambassador James Baxter of

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds (right) in discussion with the new United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Representative to Barbados, Abdulkadir Musse Jama, at their meeting yesterday. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Multilateralism and education reform were the main issues discussed yesterday, when Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, met with the

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Afreximbank’s African Trade Centre at Jemmotts Lane, St. Michael, yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The construction of the Afreximbank African Trade Centre at Jemmotts Lane, St. Michael, on approximately two hectares of land, is expected to cost over BDS $360 million, and

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) The Consulate General of Barbados in Toronto is excited to announce the official launch of its new webpage, set to go live on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. This milestone makes the Toronto Mission the first Barbados Consulate abroad to introduce a dedicated page. Barbadian officials in Toronto emphasise

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, WTO and other International Organizations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson (left) and Barbados’ Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector, Colin Jordan, at the 353rd Session of the International Labour Organization’s Governing Body, recently. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) Barbados has advocated for social justice and

Consul General Lorenzo Harewood (centre), presents the Professional Achievement Award to Professor Cardinal Warde during the We Gatherin’ 2025 event in Boston over the weekend. (Consulate General of Barbados at New York) The spirit of Barbados was alive on Saturday, March 22, as the Consulate General of Barbados in New York, in partnership with the

From left to right – Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson; Secretary General of UNCTAD, Rebeca Grynspan; and WTO Deputy Director General, Johanna Hill, at the recent meeting between the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group in Geneva, and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). (Ministry

From left to right – Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Barbados to the UN, Nicholas Cox; Civil Society Representative, Andrea Simon; Permanent Representative of Barbados to the UN, François Jackman; Programme Officer, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Laura Burnett; and Director (ag), Bureau of Gender Affairs, William Warner at the 69th session of the Commission on the