by Shamkoe Pilé | Oct 6, 2020 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Some of the Cuban nurses stationed in Barbados at the ceremony for the commemoration of the Cubana Airlines tragedy in Paynes Bay, today. (S. Pilé/BGIS) The Cuban contingent of nurses, who were assigned to help Barbados in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, will...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Oct 8, 2019 | Top Stories
Adele Williams-Sewell, sister of Jacqueline Williams, one of the 73 passengers who died in the bombing of Cubana Airlines Flight 455. (S.Pilé/BGIS) The bombing of Cubana Airlines Flight 455 on October 6, 1976, off the west coast of Barbados at Paynes Bay, St. James,...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Jun 17, 2019 | Top Stories
Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, paying their respects to the 73 passengers and crew of Cubana Airlines Flight 455, who were killed off the coast of Barbados on...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Oct 12, 2018 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sandra Husbands, believes that the “act of terrorism” which occurred in territorial waters off Barbados 42 years ago “is forever etched in our memories”, and commemorating it should continue. She was speaking during a...
by BGIS | Oct 6, 2016 | Top Stories
Statement issued by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on October 6, 2016, to mark the 40th Anniversary of the tragic explosion of Cubana Airlines flight CU 455, consequent to its departure from Barbados. Forty years ago today, on October 6, 1976, Cubana Airlines flight...