by Sharon Austin | Jan 31, 2024 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, planting a tree at the National Botanical Gardens, today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Two new trees have been planted in the National Botanical Gardens to symbolise Barbados’ friendship with the...
by Government of Barbados | Aug 4, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Barbados Police Service has advised that there will be no road closures for tonight’s Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Finals and the 98.1 The One, Soca Four. O show on Sunday, August 6, which will both be held in the Amphitheatre of the National...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 6, 2023 | Top Stories
From left to right – President of the Barbados Alzheimer’s Association, Pamelia Brereton; former Elder Affairs Minister, Cynthia Forde; Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde; and Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs,...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Nov 22, 2022 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Skilled hands are needed to care for the one million trees to be planted across Barbados’ landscape and to maintain the sites established under the Clean and Green programme. Manager of the National Botanical Gardens, Nigel Jones, made this call as he...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Jun 23, 2022 | Top Stories
Charge d’Affaires from the Republic of Venezuela, Martha Ortega Peraza, and Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, engaged in talks during a recent visit. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados has extended an invitation to Venezuela and international...