In just a few days, Barbados will usher in a new era. The former British colony and constitutional monarchy is set to become a parliamentary republic on Nov. 30, the 55th anniversary of its independence from Britain, and remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of...
The end of an almost two-year-long State of Emergency (SoE) is just one of the many changes announced by Cabinet this morning. The SoE which was instituted in March 2020 will end before December 27th 2021. The Cabinet has also agreed to allow both vaccinated and unvaccinated...
Leader of parliamentary opposition, Lennox Linton, has written to the Chief of Police, Daniel Carbon seeking immediate action to have the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) candidate Dr. Vince Henderson, barred from the upcoming Grand Bay by-election. In a letter dated November 11, 2021, to Carbon, copied...
Resources and opportunities available for youth development in Region are coming under the microscope as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat launches a Regional Youth Development Status Survey ten years after adopting the CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP). Set for roll out on November 15, 2021,...
In a historic step toward the legitimization and adoption of the metaverse, the island nation of Barbados is preparing to legally declare digital real estate sovereign land with the establishment of a metaverse embassy. The Barbadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade signed an agreement...