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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

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

Participants in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ 2025 Internship Programme (left to right) – Myles Eversley, Oshondy Phillip, Faith Parris, Rashana Jones, and Joshua Hinkson. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade welcomed five new interns on Tuesday, April 1, to its headquarters at Culloden Road, St. Michael. This

 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,