On 12 October 2021, Mason was nominated by Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley to become the first President of Barbados. On 20 October she was elected by both houses without opposition, although no national vote amongst the people was ever held. Mason took office o...
Also expected to participate in the historic opening session are the prime minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, and vice president of Colombia, Francia Marquez. “Once Vice President [Francia] Marquez from Colombia confirms, we will have a formidable trio of leaders embracing the cause of repara...
If President Barack Obama gets his way, the US Congress will soon go further still and lift its 55-year-old trade embargo on the island. Such a move would be a major boon to the Cuban economy, not least by unleashing a torrent of big-spending American tourists on the island, which has...
Her film and television credits have included the series Street Legal, This is Wonderland and The Line, and a recurring role in Kevin Hill. She also had a small role in the 1998 film My Date with the President's Daughter. Sealy-Smith also provided voices in various cartoons such as ...
The Prince of Wales (left) is joined by President of Barbados Sandra Mason (centre), and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley (right) as they prepare to depart from Heroes Square in Bridgetown Barbados following a ceremony to mark the country's transition to a republic within the Commonwealt...
This holiday marks independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and is the National Day of Barbados. From 2021, it will also mark Barbados becoming a republic on November 30th 2021, when the Queen was replaced as head of state by a president - Sandra Mason. ...
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley witnessed the signing of an air services agreement, an MoU on the development of the national botanical garden of Barbados, and another one on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Trade and Investment in Bridgetown, Barbados. ...
Prime Minister: Mia Amor Mottley andPresident: Sandra Mason Barbados Facts | Barbados Map Barbados is located on the North American continent and is the easternmost island of the Caribbean islands and part of the Lesser Antilles. The country lies northeast of Venezuela in the North Atlantic Ocean...
1 co-observer The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has called on world leaders to back a climate fund that would increase the special drawing rights of developing countries by $500bn annually [€432bn], circumventing climate finance pledges by rich nations, in a push for increas...
‘Travel gives us opportunities, but above all, travel gives us joy,’ saidPaul Ludlow, president, P&O Cruises,as he welcomed Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. ‘Barbados is, indeed, a very special place and one which is very close to our hearts...