by BGIS | Dec 25, 2017 | banner, Speeches, Top Stories
Christmas Message 2017 by Acting Governor-General of Barbados, Sir Philip Greaves, K.A., Q.C. Fellow Barbadians, Residents and Visitors to our shores, it is an honour and privilege for me to greet you on this Christmas Day. Christmas has always been a special time for...
by BGIS | Nov 30, 2017 | Top Stories
His Excellency the Acting Governor-General, Sir Philip Marlowe Greaves, Knight of St. Andrew, Queen’s Counsel, has consented to the announcement of National Honours on the occasion of the Fifty-first Anniversary of Independence of Barbados. The Barbados National...
by Julie Carrington | Nov 22, 2017 | Top Stories
Mandela Patrick is the 2018 winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship. The affable 22-year old, hailing from San Fernando, Trinidad, emerged tops from a competitive field of eight other scholarship hopefuls. The announcement was made this...
by Kathyann Husbands | Nov 8, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
Acting Governor General, Sir Philip Greaves (centre), poses with some of the new Justices of the Peace following a swearing in ceremony at Government House this morning. (C.Pitt/BGIS) Barbados now has 70 new Justices of the Peace (JPs). In a ceremony held at...
by Kathyann Husbands | Jul 1, 2017 | banner, Top Stories
Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Philip Marlowe Greaves, KA, QC, has been sworn in to act as Governor-General of Barbados. Chief Justice, Sir Marston Gibson, administered the oath to Sir Philip during a brief ceremony just after midnight at...