Address to the Nation
March 11, 2021 — On Thursday, Prime Minister Mottley delivered an address to the Nation ahead of the expiration of the current Directive #5, slated to expire on March 14th.
Proposed Drug Abuse Amendment in a nutshell
On March 5, 2021, the Attorney-General, Honourable Dale Marshall, introduced for a 2nd Reading, the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The proposed Amendment was summed up by the Attorney-General in this 9-minute clip. Transcript of the excerpt: [00:22:57]Mr. Speaker, in our Bill, we are. I want to go through the provisions of…
Keynote at GCF virtual meeting
March 1, 2021 — Barbados’ Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, delivered the keynote at the opening session of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) High-Level virtual meeting entitled, “Transformational Climate Financing for the Caribbean Region”. Prime Minister Mottley’s keynote was preceded by remarks by GCF Executive Director Yannick Glemarec. Other presenters included…
COVID-19 Update & Address to the Nation
February 15, 2021 — COVID-19 Update and Address to the Nation, featuring Senator the Honourable Dr. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Chairman of the COVID-19 Cabinet Sub-Committee; Lt. Col. the Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, Minister of Health and Wellness; Dr. Anton Best, Senior Health Officer; Dr. Corey Forde, Head of Infectious…
Statement by the Minister of Health and Wellness
Transcript of an audio statement issued by the Health Minister today, Monday, February 15, 2021: [00:00:00] It is with sadness and a deep sense of loss that the entire Ministry and I, join with the members of the health fraternity and nurses in particular, to mourn the passing of a Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nursing Assistant,…
5 minutes of National Prayer
Starting at 11:59 a.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2021, and lasting for one minute, church bells across the country will ring to mark the start of five minutes of prayer nationally, part of the continuing effort by Government to bring Barbadians together in the fight against COVID-19. In support of the initiative, all the stations of the…
COVID-19 Update and Press Conference
February 4, 2021 — Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley; Attorney-General, the Honourable Dale Marshall; Deputy Dean of Internationalization and Recruitment and Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Kenneth Connell; and Head of the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Dion Greenidge,…
Directive 3/2021
The following are two documents: The Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Curfew) (No. 3) Directive, 2021 and a user-friendly guide to correspond with the Directive.
Address to the Nation
February 2, 2021 — Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, addressed the Nation on the eve of the commencement of the National Pause.
COVID-19 Update and Press Conference
January 30, 2021 — Attorney-General Dale Marshall, QC, MP, COVID-19 Cabinet Sub-Committee Chair Senator Dr. Jerome X. Walcott, and Psychiatrist Dr. Joy Sue, convened a joint Press Conference on Saturday.