by Julie Carrington | Jul 30, 2021 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
Santia Bradshaw is sworn in as acting Prime Minister by Governor General Dame Sandra Mason at Government House today. Looking on is Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abraham. (C. Pitt/BGIS) With the Emancipation and Kadooment Day bank...
by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Jul 26, 2021 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The public is reminded that Monday, August 02 and Tuesday, August 03 will be observed as public holidays. The Emancipation Day public holiday, which occurs on August 01, will be observed this year on Tuesday, August 3. This is because August 1, falls on...
by Government of Barbados | Aug 1, 2020 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (Prime Minister’s Office) “I have been meaningfully reminded over the past ten days that transformation is unattainable without struggle. The death of civil rights leader John Lewis reminds us that freedom is not a state...
by Joy-Ann Gill | Jul 21, 2020 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Barbadians are reminded that there will be two public holidays next month. They are: Saturday, August 1, Emancipation Day, and Monday, August 3, which was designated as Kadooment Day 2020. joy-ann.gill@barbados.gov.bb
by BGIS | Aug 1, 2019 | banner, Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (Prime Minister’s Office) Statement for Emancipation Day by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley Q.C., M.P. My fellow Barbadians, we must never lose sight of the importance of this Emancipation Day to people whose ancestors came to...