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COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados. The COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados was a part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ). [3] The outbreak was identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, [4] declared to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, [5] and recognized as a ...
This is a timeline of Barbadian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Barbados and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Barbados and History of the Caribbean. See also the list of governors and prime ministers of Barbados .
The Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 is an act that amended the Constitution of Barbados to replace the Monarchy of Barbados as the country's Head of State with the office of the President of Barbados thereby transitioning its form of governance from a monarchy to a republic. Under the Act all of the functions previously performed by the Monarch and their Governor-General were ...
Passengers stranded in Barbados by Tui after an aircraft was hit by a vehicle were told they could not claim more than €180 (£153) per household for accommodation, meals and additional travel.
In response, an umbrella organisation called the Coalition of Trade Unions and Staff Associations was formed in September 1991 by the country's two largest unions, the Barbados Workers' Union and the National Union of Public Workers. This structure was renamed the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados in August 1993 to ...
The commission recommended that Barbados adopt a parliamentary republic system. In 1999 the Barbados Labour Party's manifesto proposed that the findings of the commission and its recommendation that Barbados become a republic receive the early attention of the Government. [3]
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who has represented the constituency for the past 26 years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley 's governing Barbados Labour ...
27 July – Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on the Day of National Significance in Barbados that her cabinet had decided that Barbados would become a parliamentary republic by 30 November, and accepted the recommendations of the Forde Commission [1] 20 September – Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2021 was introduced to Parliament [2]