#BREAKING - Trinidad & Tobago Health Minister Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh responds to swollen testicle claim made by Trinidad-born entertainer @NICKIMINAJ; says there is no such reported case in Trinidad & Tobago (TTT)
#BREAKING - Barbados PM Mia Mottley announces that Barbadian songstress @rihanna has offered to purchase ventilators worth a total BB$1.4 million (US$700,000) for Barbados as it tackles the coronavirus pandemic
BREAKING NEWS: Rihanna to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados this October; she will be receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Letters; given to persons who made substantial contributions to the Caribbean & wider world
#BREAKING - It is 12 midnight in Barbados - 394 years of British monarchical rule ends
Barbados becomes the world’s newest republic.
Meet your Heads
Dame Sandra Mason - President
Mia Amor Mottley - Prime Minister
#BREAKING: AMBASSADOR FENTY: Government of Barbados names #Rihanna as Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary - with responsibility for promoting education, investment & tourism for Barbados; Rihanna indicated she is ready to play her part to help "reimagine Barbados"
#BREAKING - The Right Excellent Robyn @rihanna Fenty, National Hero of Barbados addresses the nation
"I am so proud to be Bajan.. I am going to be a Bajan until I die - this is still the only place I ever called home"
#BIMRepublic#HistoRIH
#BREAKING - Barbadian songstress Robyn @rihanna Fenty named as Barbados’ 11th National Hero.
Fenty will be Barbados’ 2nd female National Hero
She will be given the title of Right Honourable - thus will be:
The Right Honourable Robyn Rihanna Fenty
JUST IN - Barbados PM Mia Amor Mottley named Champion of the Earth - United Nations' highest environmental honour; she won in Policy Leadership category; UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said PM Mottley is "a driving force for climate action" in Latin America & Caribbean region
#BREAKING: Barbados announces decision to formally recognise Palestine as a state - becoming the 11th CARICOM state to do so.
Foreign Minister Kerrie Symmonds reiterated while Barbados has always called for a two-state solution it never itself diplomatically recognised the
#BREAKING- Barbados to build Transatlantic Slavery Museum- largest collection of British slave records outside of UK; to incl. memorial, museum & research institute; designed by Sir David Adjaye - architect of Nat'l Museum of Af Am History in Washington; below is memorial design
#BREAKING: AMBASSADOR FENTY: Government of Barbados names #Rihanna as Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary - with responsibility for promoting education, investment & tourism for Barbados; Rihanna indicated she is ready to play her part to help "reimagine Barbados"
#NEW: Saint Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre disclosed tonight there will be a holiday in Saint Lucia celebrating the Olympic gold medal of Julien Alfred; the date will be announced at a later date
#BREAKING - The Bahamas National Reparations Committee releases statement on the upcoming visit to The Bahamas by Duke & Duchess of Cambridge; calling for a full & formal apology from the British Royal Family on its role in slavery; "The time is now for reparations" (EWN)