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Barbados Bids to Beat Ageing Crisis with Bold Reforms.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Barbados is facing a shrinking and ageing population, low birth rates, and the loss of skilled young people. These problems are putting pressure on pensions, healthcare, and social services, while also slowing economic growth. To...
CAF Approves Funding Of US$225,000 To Support Barbados’ Hosting Of CARIFESTA XV
TTT Live Online
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August 18, 2025
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has approved grant funding of BBD 450,000 (USD 225,000) to support the promotion of cultural tourism and the creative economies as Barbados prepares to host CARIFESTA XV, the Caribbean’s...
Carifesta 2025 set for Barbados: Celebrating ‘Caribbean roots; global excellence’
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
The heart of Caribbean culture is preparing to beat louder than ever as the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) returns to Barbados under the theme “Caribbean Roots; Global Excellence.” - Advertisement - As the largest cultural and artistic...
CAF approves $225,000USD grant for Barbados’ CARIFESTA XV
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean today approved a grant of BBD 450,000 (USD 225,000) to support Barbados’ hosting of CARIFESTA XV. The funding agreement was signed at the CARIFESTA Secretariat in...
Barbados instant payment system BiMPay to ‘transform payments’ from March 2026
Global Government Fintech
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August 18, 2025
The Central Bank of Barbados has announced details of an instant payment system (IPS) named BiMPay intended to ‘transform payments’ across the Caribbean island from March 2026. The IPS will allow individuals, businesses and government to send and...
CAF approves close to half a million dollars in grant funding to Barbados to boost Cultural Tourism and Creative Economy during hosting of CARIFESTA XV
Antigua News Room
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August 18, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean has approved grant funding of BBD 450,000 (USD 225,000) to support the promotion of cultural tourism and the creative economies as Barbados prepares to...
Barbados eagerly awaits the CARIFESTA delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis
Barbados Today
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August 17, 2025
108 Barbados is rolling out the red carpet for the vibrant and talented delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis, set to make their mark at CARIFESTA XV. The twin-island nation is sending an 80-strong team of artists, artisans, ministry staff, and...
Barbados to host 100-strong Jamaica delegation for CARIFESTA
Barbados Today
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August 17, 2025
25 A 100-member delegation is set to represent Jamaica at the 15th staging of CARIFESTA in Barbados from August 22 to 31. Executive Director for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and Head of the Jamaica Delegation to CARIFESTA,...
Government to seek input on proposed immigration reforms
Barbados Today
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August 17, 2025
291 Proposed immigration reforms will be widely circulated for public and stakeholder review, according to the government, even as it defended the Immigration Bill, 2025, and the Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2025. The draft legislation, which has...
‘Crop Over is everything,’ Here’s how this epic festival in Barbados celebrates local identity and joy
Now
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August 17, 2025
In Barbados, August isn’t just a month; it’s a whole mood. It’s the climax of Crop Over, the island’s largest and most spirited cultural celebration, where the streets pulse with soca, colours, and the unmistakable pride of people who’ve turned...
Barbados addressing population decline
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 17, 2025
Barbados has taken steps to reverse population decline and safeguard its economic future. As part of measures to achieve those goals, the Government recently introduced the Immigration Bill, 2025 and the Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2025. These two...
Barbadians urged to nurture young talent for renewable energy future
Barbados Today
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August 16, 2025
15 Barbados must urgently invest in equipping its youth with the skills and opportunities to drive the island’s clean energy revolution, Minister of Energy Senator Lisa Cummins said, as she called for greater parental and institutional support at...
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Beat Barbados Royals by Six Wickets in CPL 2025; Karima Gore's Unbeaten 64 Helps Imad Wasim and Co Earn First Season Win
Latestly
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August 17, 2025
In the third match of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025, after a loss in their season opener, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons managed to make a comeback and earn their first win of the tournament, beating Barbados Royals by six wickets....
Carifesta: The Cultural Soul of the Caribbean
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 15, 2025
Its first edition in 1972, held in Guyana, brought together artists, musicians, and writers from more than 30 countries in the region and constituted a milestone in the consolidation of a shared identity among nations with origins in the processes...
Greenidge vows to fight for Christ Church South
The Nation Barbados
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August 16, 2025
Newly ratified Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for Christ Church South, Corey Greenidge, has vowed to fight for the rights of constituents and the issues that concern them. This morning, Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne announced...
DLP announces candidates for St John and Christ Church South
The Nation Barbados
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August 16, 2025
Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne has officially announced his candidacy for the constituency of St John. The political leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at the same time told the public fellow attorney Corey Greenidge was ratified...
Panama embassy opens in Christ Church
Barbados Today
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August 16, 2025
60 Another historic moment in the relationship between Barbados and Panama was witnessed today, Panama Day, with the official opening of the Embassy’s Office at Aastra House, St Matthias Gap, Hastings, Christ Church. The ceremony was attended by...
Citizenship not for sale, says PM Mottley
Barbados Today
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August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made it clear that Barbados’ citizenship will never be for sale, even as the government prepares to modernise immigration and nationality laws. In a national address on Sunday night, she pointed to the Immigration...
School overhaul risks failing students, warns veteran educator
Barbados Today
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August 16, 2025
59 A veteran educator has cautioned that the government’s planned overhaul of the school system may fail to address the root causes of poor student performance. Dr Ian Marshall also warned that children could become “cannon fodder” for untested...
Passport ‘not for sale’
The Nation Barbados
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August 18, 2025
Barbadian citizenship is not, and will never be, a commodity for purchase. That was declared by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley during her televised address to the nation last night. She stressed that while Government’s planned reforms to...