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Barbados penal system undergoes major reforms
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 22, 2025
The Barbados Prison Service is entering a new era of reform, with sweeping initiatives aimed at transforming the country’s penal system into a more sustainable, rehabilitative, and inclusive environment for both inmates and staff. During a...
IMF approves US$58M disbursement for Barbados
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 22, 2025
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fifth and final reviews of Barbados’ Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements, unlocking a combined disbursement of...
Barbados’ transition to green economy gathering steam
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 21, 2025
Barbados’ transition to a green economy is gathering pace. Director of the Natural Heritage Department in the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy, Steve Devonish, says Government is partnering with the...
Barbados Tourism Youth Congress kicks off with 12 Students
The Nation Barbados
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June 21, 2025
The 2025 edition of the Barbados Tourism Youth Congress has officially begun, with 12 secondary school students vying for the title of Junior Minister of Tourism. Hosted by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), the competition was launched...
Barbados to receive final IMF disbursement of US$58M
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jun 20, CMC – Barbados is set to receive its final disbursement of about US$58 million, as the International Monetary Fund Executive Board on Friday concluded the fifth and final reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the...
Barbados to reform penal system
Jamaica Observer
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June 21, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – The penal system in Barbados is undergoing a wave of reforms and developments to make the prison service more sustainable, rehabilitative, and responsive to the needs of both inmates and officers. During the...
Trinity Rose: Barbados’ teen filmmaker making waves across the globe
CNC 3
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June 22, 2025
At just 17 years old, Barbadian filmmaker Trinity Rose is setting the international creative world ablaze. Her short film Perturbed, which explores the often-silenced struggles of mental health among Caribbean youth, has been officially selected...
Barbados ‘risks economic stagnation’ without urgent skills training reform
Barbados Today
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June 21, 2025
17 Barbados faces the prospect of economic stagnation unless it urgently prioritises skills training as a cornerstone of national development, Minister of Training and Tertiary Education Sandra Husbands warned on Friday. Husbands called for a...
Barbados to receive nearly US$60 million from IMF
CNC 3
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June 21, 2025
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said it had concluded the fifth and final reviews of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements with Barbados. The...
Young bajans join Barbados Royals ahead of CPL 2025
The Nation Barbados
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June 21, 2025
Barbados Royals have bolstered their squad with a number of aspiring young Bajans as they look to win the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) this year. Some highly-touted players under age 25 were named in the 15-member squad after the...
Barbadian Vocal Powerhouse and Gospel Artist, Queen Kareen Returns to the Stage!
Barbados Today
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June 20, 2025
296 After a reflective season off the stage for over a decade, while functional as a registered cultural practitioner as a Vocal and Performance coach, Barbadian vocal powerhouse Queen Kareen returns to the stage with a renewed sense of purpose,...
Concern over the use of antimicrobials in agriculture
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 21, 2025
The use of antimicrobials in the agricultural sector is a cause for concern for environmental officials. The revelation from the Director of the Environmental Protection Department, Anthony Headley, during the just concluded Research Frontiers...
A Talking Point podcast returns for Season 2 in partnership with Barbados TODAY
Barbados Today
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June 21, 2025
0 After a successful debut season that celebrated Caribbean women storytellers, A Talking Point podcast is back this summer and teaming up with Barbados TODAY as its official media partner and distribution platform. The partnership marks a major...
Agriculture Ministry responds to Stabroek News Editorials on CARICOM’s Food Security Goals
Guyana Chronicle
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June 19, 2025
– says real success lies in output, not nominal import reduction THE Ministry of Agriculture takes note of the editorial published on June 17, 2025, in Stabroek News, as well as the related article in Stabroek Business on May 30, 2025. Several...
National jobs registry coming to prioritise Barbadians for work
Barbados Today
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June 20, 2025
51 A national jobs registry is set to be introduced next month in a bid to increase transparency and ensure nationals are given priority for employment, following public outcry over foreign job advertisements that many believe could be filled by...
Sunset of the Barbadian multinational company
Jamaica Observer
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June 20, 2025
DeLisle Worrell. IN the Barbados Daily Nation newspaper of May 12, 2025, there is the headline “Top Sagicor execs paid $13.9m”. A visitor to Barbados might wonder why this would be of interest to Barbadian readers, because Sagicor is a...
Barbados Sparks Global Interest in Local Power Plans.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Barbados is seeing strong interest from investors in battery energy storage. Destine Gay, a senior technical officer in the Ministry of Energy and Business, spoke about this during the launch of the second phase of the Battery...
28,000 acres being upgraded for pastures, duck processing facility procured as Govt supports livestock industry expansion
I News Guyana
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June 19, 2025
The Guyana Government continues to support the expansion of the livestock industry across the country, making significant investments in a number of the initiatives over the years. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Global Citizen summit targets finance reform, renewable energy scale-up
Times LIVE
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Global Citizen, the world’s leading advocacy organisation dedicated to ending extreme poverty, has announced that its flagship action summit, Global Citizen NOW, will take place at CaixaForum Sevilla in Spain on June 29. The event will convene...
Strategic Logistics Vision: Building Regional Readiness for Today and Tomorrow
Dialogo Magazine
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June 18, 2025
The Seventh annual Senior Leader Logistics Symposium (SLLS) 2025, a key forum for promoting logistics interoperability, was carried out June 4-5, at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters. The SOUTHCOM-sponsored symposium aims to strengthen...