The first ever tartan for a Caribbean island is from Glasgow A GLASGOW kiltmaker has created the first ever tartan for a Caribbean island. Robert Guibal, owner of James Robertson Kiltmaker in Sauchiehall Street, designed the officially registered, blue, black and yellow Island of Barbados Tartan in celebration of the historic ties between the two countries. “Scotland and Barbados have a deep shared heritage and for many years, we have been looking for the perfect way to recognise this,” says Cheryl Carter, Director of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. “We’re proud to be the first Caribbean island to have its own official tartan.”
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British World War II veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore on the verandah of the West Coast villa where he and his family are guests. (Picture by Gercine Carter.) Social Share
For many years he had heard about “this wonderful country called Barbados” and dreamed of one day visiting its shores.
Now, Captain Sir Tom Moore has realised that dream, thanks to the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and British Airways.
The 100-year-old former British Army officer who gained international fame for his efforts at raising millions of pounds for Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) during the coronavirus pandemic in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is finally in Barbados.
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Government is taking fresh guard with its Culture portfolio, intent of breathing new life into every aspect of the sector as the country emerges from the grip of the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Key public sector stakeholders met recently with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley for more than three hours, as the first step in what will be a series of wider consultations with partners across the sector.
The talks touched on most aspects of the portfolio, ranging from the raising of the profile of the Rock Hall Freedom Park in St Thomas to the virtual remaking of Queen’s Park into a facility with a genuinely Bajan character as the island’s cultural capital, plans for the rekindling of dormant youth and cultural groups in communities across the island and the formation of new ones, to setting the 150-year-old Barbados Landship on the new voyage.
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After working and learning remotely for months, Christine Whitlock, the head of HR for a Virginia consulting company, and her family moved to Barbados as part of its Welcome Stamp program.
The new visa for remote workers costs $2,000 and allows you to spend a year on the Caribbean island. The program is a much needed push for the economy since the country suffered from a big drop off in tourism.
Once they were accepted, Whitlock and her family had to figure out several logistics, including convincing their employers to let them work from an island, working out school plans, finding a place to live, and keeping up with COVID-19 guidelines.
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Captain Sir Tom Moore, the centenarian who is in Barbados fulfilling one of his bucket-list dreams to visit the island is not disappointed that he travelled thousands of miles to get to the island which he says is as beautiful as the pictures he saw before he even got here.
The Second World War veteran, is celebrated in the UK as
Captain Tom for raising over $90 million (£33 million) for Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) through embarking on a 100-lap challenge at his Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, home in the English Midlands.
He said though he is still jetlagged from his British Airways flight to the island last week, he simply cannot get enough of the sun, sea and sand he has always wanted to touch and feel.