Barbados has formally accepted Palestine as a state. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds announced following the media launch to highlight the activities for the 166th Regular Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Symmonds announced that Cabinet had "decided that the time
A recent bilateral engagement focused on strengthening relations between Barbados and Panama in trade, culture, and historical tourism. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade welcomed the chance to strengthen bilateral relations when Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama, Janaina Tewaney
Release - As the global discussion continues on the elimination of harmful subsidies to the fisheries sector, following the adoption of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference on 17 June 2022, Caribbean countries have been engaged
Release - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is gaining more traction in the Caribbean region. Following meetings held last year with the Turks and Caicos Islands and Grenada governments, Barbados is now starting to explore OTEC for its renewable energy transition. In a roundtable at
GIS - Barbados has received several prestigious awards and nominations recently, including being named ‘Best Winter Sun Destination’ at the Travel Bulletin Star Awards and ‘Favourite Caribbean Island’ at Ice Travel Group’s inaugural Destination Awards. Barbados was also recently named a finalist in the ‘Tourism Board of the Year’ category at the
The Carnival Venezia, commanded by Crescenzo Palomba, berthed last Saturday, marking the start of Barbados' winter cruise season for 2023–2024. Ian Gooding-Edghill, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, greeted Captain Palomba and his entourage of over 1,300 people on the island. He was happy that the
The Caribbean islands are essentially a microcosm of the challenges we’re all facing. This is according to the founding director of Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute, Stephen E. Flynn—as cited by a recent report by The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)—and therefore, world leaders must begin paying
The 45th regular meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) resulted in leaders agreeing to allow free movement of people in the region by next year. This means the current policies on trade, and possibly even education and culture, will be expanded—a groundbreaking decision that coincided
Tropical Storm Cindy becomes a second June storm, following Tropical Storm Bret that has been bringing heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the eastern Caribbean. According to The Weather Channel, Tropical Storm Cindy formed late Thursday night. "It's well east of the Lesser Antilles
Release - P&O Cruises will name its newest ship Arvia in Barbados on March 16, 2023, with the world’s largest bottle of rum for the traditional bottle smash. Arvia will be officially named by global performer Nicole Scherzinger in a beachside ceremony to be broadcast live
