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The Embassy of Barbados in the Republic of Panama, in collaboration with the Division of Culture, Prime Minister’s Office, the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, and the United Panamanian Afrodescendants Association (AAPU), recently hosted a Genealogical Workshop at the Hilton Panama entitled: Our Heritage: From Barbados to Panama. The first of its kind hosted by the […]

The regional CARICOM coordinating body on trade, the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), has taken a “bold step” to support the region’s paint industry with the alteration of the Common External Tariff (CET) on paints and varnishes to 35 per cent. The decision, which takes effect from July 1, 2026, was made by COTED Ministers

A groundbreaking Barbados-based renewable energy project took centre stage at the 25th United Nations (UN) Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP), held in New York from June 16 to 20. At the UN ICP meeting, co-chaired by Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the UN, François Jackman, and Ambassador and

Barbados and the United Kingdom (UK) view their relationship as a longstanding friendship built on years of cooperation in areas of mutual interest. This was highlighted recently when the new High Commissioner of the UK and Northern Ireland to Barbados, Simon Mustard, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson, has made a plea for the issues of global debt and health systems to be addressed. He made the call during his keynote address at the ninth annual Health 20 Summit, held at the

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity today announced its 2025 honorees: Prime Minister of Barbados and climate change champion The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP, humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen founded by Chef José Andrés, and 15-year-old health innovator Heman Bekele – the award’s first youth honoree. The award,

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds, presents a welcome gift to Guyana’s new Consul General to Barbados, Harry Gill, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, today. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Cooperative Republic of Guyana has a new Consul General to Barbados. He is Harry Gill.  Minister of Foreign Affairs and

Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organisations, Matthew Wilson presents the instrument of ratification for the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, to WTO Director General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, today. (Credit: World Trade Organization) Barbados has formally submitted its instrument of ratification accepting the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Fisheries