April 2025

Director of BTMI Canada, Mr. Eusi Skeete (2nd right) poses with High Commissioner for Barbados to Canada, H.E. Gline Clarke (4th from right), Vice Consul of Diaspora Affairs, Ms. Mishcha Roberts (3rd from left), Vice Consul General, Mr. Kurt Haynes (4th from left), along with Mixologist Alex Chandler (left), Chef Javon Cummins (right) and BTMI Business Development Officers Mr. Darrio Prescod (2nd from left), […]

Students, teachers and parents of the Ellerslie secondary school to the Embassy of Barbados in the Republic of Panama. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) The Embassy of Barbados in the Republic of Panama was pleased to welcome The Ellerslie School students and staff to its Chancery in Panama City, recently. Chargé d’Affaires, Sandra

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the Fifth Board Meeting of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage at Hilton Barbados, recently. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed concern about the rising cost of insurance, insisting that it is a major barrier to climate resilience and threatens the viability of

 Board member of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson, in discussion with FRLD Executive Director, Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, at the fifth FRLD Board Meeting at the Hilton Barbados Resort on Wednesday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The naming of a global workplan and rules for delivering funding to climate vulnerable countries as

Ambassador Matthew Wilson speaking to some of the Model WTO participants after his keynote address recently. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) Barbados’ Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization (WTO) and other International Organizations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson, says multilateralism and development assistance are at risk and change must

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, presents a welcome gift to Colombia’s new Ambassador to Barbados, Elizabeth Taylor Jay, during their courtesy call today. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, today welcomed the new resident Ambassador of Colombia to Barbados, Elizabeth Taylor Jay, the first resident envoy

Excellencies,Foreign Ministers,Heads of Delegation, I wish to convey the sincere regrets of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, Honourable Kerrie Symmonds who regretfully could not be present for these meetings. On his behalf, I wish to convey appreciation to the Government and people of Honduras for their wonderful hospitality and for

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, speaking at his Ministry’s second Staff Appreciation Dinner and Awards Ceremony, held at the Radisson Aquatica last Saturday. (T. Barker/BGIS) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, has expressed his appreciation to staff based in Barbados and the 18 missions abroad, during the Ministry’s

From left to right – Executive Director of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, Ibrahim Cheikh Diong; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds; and Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson, pose for a photograph following the courtesy call today. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Climate resiliency and funding for loss and damage were

 Statement from Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Amor Mottley, on the impact of the global crises on the Caribbean. (CARICOM) Good day. I speak to all our Caribbean brothers and sisters today, not as the Prime Minister of Barbados, but in my capacity as chair of the Caribbean Community. Our world is in