Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, John King. (FP) Barbados will be exploring linkages with heritage and the creative economy; tackling low subscriptions to heritage base studies and planning initiatives to raise the status of...
(Stock Photo) In a reimagined tourism development model, destinations must adapt to communities and not the other way around. Founder/President of Countrystyle Community Tourism Network/Villages, Diana McIntyre-Pike, emphasised this point in her presentation on...
(Stock Photo) In celebration of World Poetry Day and in recognition of Inter-American Week for People of African Descent, the National Library Service, in collaboration with the OAS-Barbados Office, will host a virtual evening of poetry. Entitled Night of the Griots,...
(Stock Photo) Government is taking fresh guard with its Culture portfolio, intent on breathing new life into every aspect of the sector as the country emerges from the grip of the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Key public sector stakeholders met recently with...
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (third from left), unveiling the wax figure of “The Mighty Sparrow”, while artists Art Edwards and Frances Ross, the Most Honourable Anthony “Mighty Gabby” Carter and others, look on. (T. Barker/BGIS) Prime...
