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Minister of Health, Donville Inniss, is travelling to Geneva, Switzerland, where he will chair the annual Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting on Sunday, May 20.
Residents and stakeholders within Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison will be further sensitised about the significance of the UNESCO inscription.
Minister of Commerce and Trade, Senator Haynesley Benn, and Minister of Labour, Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, admiring the shoes on sale at the Payless Shoe Source. (A. Miller/BGIS)Barbados welcomed a new addition to its shopping offerings last night, with the official opening of the Payless Shoe Source at Mall Internationale, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael.
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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart welcoming Archbishop Nicola Girasoli to Ilaro Court. (C. Pitt/BGIS)His Excellency Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, the new Apostolic Nuncio to this region, has pledged to solidify the Roman Catholic Church’s, of Bridgetown and Kingstown, role in the spiritual and educational upliftment of all Barbadians.
Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite in discussion with UNICEF Representative for the Eastern Caribbean, Ms. Khin-Sandi Lwin, at his office. (C. Pitt/BGIS)The Rights of the Child and related legislation were the key issues discussed, when UNICEF Representative for the Eastern Caribbean, Ms. Khin-Sandi Lwin, called on Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, at his Wildey headquarters this morning.
Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Barbados at the United Nations, Selwyn Hart (BGIS)Embracing the Sustainable Energy For All (SEFA) initiative would help Barbados to reduce its energy import bill and divert money to socio-economic development instead.
Government is continuing its drive to ensure that those children of pre-school age have access to beneficial early childhood education; and, to this end, the Ministry of Education today formally opened its third nursery school in as many years, with the inauguration of the Thelma Berry Nursery School.
Barbados’ Central Bank has been hailed as an institution of integrity and as a beacon of this county’s economic stability.
This country’s Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, was today elevated to the Inner Bar in a short ceremony at the Supreme Court before Chief Justice, Marston Gibson.
