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Barbados to remove Queen as Head of State @ midnight
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - More than 400 years after the English arrived in Barbados to claim the island for King James I, Queen Elizabeth II will be removed as the head of state thus ushering in a new era for “The Land of the Flying Fish,” as the world’s newest republic.
Barbados & Guyana considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- As COVID-19 continues to result in hospitalisations, deaths and adversely affected economies in the Caribbean and around the world, CARICOM nations Barbados and Guyana are considering mandatory vaccination for the virus.
6 COVID-19 cases on first post-pandemic C’bean cruise
VI CONSORTIUM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean in the era of COVID-19 turned up with 6 positive coronavirus cases, with Barbados providing help to the ship to isolate the patients and quell further spread.
Hon Fahie hails late Owen S. Arthur as 'champion of regional integration'
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - As a tribute to the former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen S. Arthur, who passed away this morning, July 27, 2020, at age 70, Virgin Islands' Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) called for the House of Assembly (HoA) to stand for a moment of silence.
Closure of LIAT ‘Imminent’ – Chairman
VI CONSORTIUM
St. Thomas, USVI - Current Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves, who also serves as the Chairman of LIAT Airways, says the closure of the airline is imminent.
Jamaica win CUT Games; VI place 6th overall
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The 16th Biannual Caribbean Union of Teachers Track and Field Championship concluded on Saturday July 16, 2016, on the AO Shirley Recreation Grounds with Jamaica retaining their title in dramatic fashion.
UPDATE: VI run out of steam against Barbados in CBC nail biter
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Barbados came back from a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to top the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) 64-61 in the second game of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 championship on Sunday July 3, 2016, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown, Guyana.
Barbados plans to remove Queen as titular Head of State
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Barbados plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as titular head of state and replace her with a ceremonial president from the Caribbean island, a former British territory once known as “Little England” for its colonial trappings.
Heartbreak for BVI Rugby team which suffered narrow defeat to Barbados
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The BVI Rugby Team lost 17-15 to Barbados in the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association south zone promotion/relegation clash at the A. O. Shirley Ground on Saturday November 7, 2015.
Joseph Niles passes
NATION NEWS
JOSEPH NILES the patriarch of gospel music in Barbados, according to reports, died last night after ailing for a number of years.
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