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2. Barbados - Wikipedia

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   Etymology. The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...

3. Afro-Barbadians - Wikipedia

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   Afro-Caribbean, African diaspora. Statue of African-born slave revolt leader Bussa. Portrait of Barbadian Dr. Christopher James Davis. Black Barbadians or Afro-Barbadians are Barbadians of entirely or predominantly African descent . 92.4% of Barbados 's population is black and 3.1% is multiracial, based on estimates in 2010. [1]

4. Mia Mottley - Wikipedia

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   Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP [2] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system ...

5. Public holidays in Barbados - Wikipedia

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   Public holidays in Barbados. There are 12 public holidays in Barbados, [1] which includes Christian holidays and secular holidays. Holidays in Barbados are also referred to as bank holidays locally: [2] Celebrates the first day of every year in the Gregorian calendar . A day of recognition for Errol Barrow, the Father of the Nation.

6. List of plantations in Barbados - Wikipedia

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   Balls Plantation. Christ Church. 384. Once owned by the Balls family, by 1913 it passed to the Yearwoods before finally becoming the home of the Barbados Horticultural Society. Brighton Plantation. St. George. 393. Once owned by George Clarke Pile, today it is still owned by the Pile family. Byde Mill Plantation House.

7. Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados - Wikipedia

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   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 pandemic by the World Health ...

9. The Merrymen - Wikipedia

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   The Merrymen, sometimes written as The MerryMen, are a popular calypso band from Barbados . The Merrymen's career spans five decades, from the early-1960s to the 2000s. As of 2011. the Merrymen were still performing. At their height they were popular not just throughout the Caribbean, but they had also managed to reach the number one spot on ...