Barbados Current Affairs, GK & News
Barbados becomes the World’s newest republic
Barbados has become the World’s newest republic, around 400 years after it became a British colony. Highlights Barbados, the Caribbean Island nation, removed Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the state. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, took over as the President of Barbados. Mason was selected to become the first president of Barbados in October ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Barbados • Barbados becomes the World's newest republic • Government of Barbados • Queen Elizabeth II • Sandra Mason
Barbados elects first ever President
The Caribbean Island called Barbados, in a bid to become a republic, has elected its first ever president. Highlights This is a key step in preparations for becoming a republic. This move will also remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of Barbados. Sandra Mason, who is the current governor-general of the island, will ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Barbados • Caribbean Island • Government of Barbados • Little England • Rihanna • Sandra Mason
First India-Caribbean Summit – 2019
Prime Minister Modi met the leaders of the Caribbean Community on 25th September, 2019, in New York. The meeting focused on fighting climate change and increasing India’s participation in the grouping At the meeting, PM Modi announced 14 million USD grant for community development projects in the region. He also extended 150 million USD of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Topics: Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Caricom • Dominica • Grenada • Guyana • Haiti • India - Caribbean summit • India carricom • Jamaica • Montserrat • Nevis • St Lucia • St. Kitts • St. Vincent • Tobago and Trinidad • UN General Assembly
EU Adds 10 Countries to Tax Blacklist
The European Union has expanded its tax haven blacklist by including 10 countries. The list now has 15 countries. The list was first drawn up by EU in 2017 in the wake of several scandals, including the Panama Papers and LuxLeaks, that pushed the EU into doing more to fight tax evasion by multinationals and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Topics: Aruba • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • Dominica • EU • European Union • Fiji • LuxLeaks • Marshall Islands • Oman • Panama Papers • Tax Blacklist • Tax Havens • United Arab Emirates (UAE) • Vanuatu
Mia Mottley becomes first female Prime Minister of Caribbean island of Barbados
Mia Amor Mottley has become the first female Prime Minister (PM) of the Caribbean island of Barbados. The win makes Mottley just the 8th PM to lead Barbados since the island gained independence from Great Britain in 1966. The Mottley-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP) recorded an historic landslide victory in the 2018 general election, secured ..
Topics: Barbadian general election • Barbados • Barbados Labour Party • Countries • Government • Government of Barbados • Legislatures • Mia Mottley • Mottley • Owen Arthur • Westminster system