by Melissa Rollock | May 30, 2020 | Corona Virus, Top Stories
(Stock Photo) Barbados will receive much-needed bolstering of its social protection system for the most vulnerable amidst the COVID-19 crisis. This comes after the launch of the United Nations’ (UN) programme entitled: Universal Adaptive Social Protection to Enhance...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Feb 20, 2020 | Top Stories
Ambassador of Norway, Ingrid Mollestad and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, listen attentively to Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, during their meeting today. (C.Pitt/BGIS) Norway has promised...
by Shamkoe Pilé | Dec 18, 2019 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle. (FP) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has been called on to play a greater role in giving a voice to the vulnerabilities which small...
by Sharon Austin | Sep 12, 2019 | Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley delivering the 16th Prebisch Lecture on Tuesday at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, on the topic: Invisible Yet Indispensable. (GP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has expressed concerns about small island states failing to access...
by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Jan 15, 2019 | Top Stories
Inter-island cooperation on enhancing the renewable energy transformation process in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can be advantageous. Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Wilfred Abrahams made this suggestion recently while attending the 9th International...
