by Joy Springer | Jul 28, 2017 | Ministry News
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health will continue its work to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito next week, concentrating its efforts in St. Michael. On Monday, July 31, the team will fog Kensington New Road, Fontabelle, Farnum Land, Chapman Lane with...
by Theresa Blackman | Jul 28, 2017 | Ministry News
CARIFESTA’s Youth Talk is expected to take the regional festival “to another dimension of the arts” in Barbados. This is according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, Ruth Blackman, who identified the youth and the cultural industries...
by Sharon Austin | Jul 28, 2017 | Ministry News
The Urban Development Commission (UDC) will take the spotlight within a few days when it celebrates its 20th anniversary with a week of activities. 20 Years of Empowering & Enriching Urban Barbados is the theme of the celebrations, which will commence on Sunday,...
by BGIS | Jul 27, 2017 | Ministry News
The International Taxation Unit of the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) recently convened a session with compliance officers of financial institutions to provide an update on the new regulations governing exchange of information. The presentations, which came ahead of...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jul 27, 2017 | Ministry News
From August 9, Barbadians can tune in to Radio 91.1 FM, the revamped station of the Media Resource Department (MRD), a unit under the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. Radio 91.1 FM will broadcast on that day from 9:00 a.m., bringing the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jul 26, 2017 | banner, Ministry News
Barbados can boast of having the most qualified and professional lifeguards in the English-speaking Caribbean. Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and Drainage, Nicole Taylor, expressed this view today as the National Conservation...
