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Travel Advisory Update for Barbados – U.S. Embassy Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
The Department of State lowered the Travel Advisory Level for Barbados to
Level 3 – Reconsider Travel to Barbados due to health and safety measures and COVID-related conditions.
Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Barbados due to COVID-19.
If you decide to travel to Barbados:
Visit the CDC’s webpage on Travel and COVID-19.
Visit the Barbadian Government’s official page for pre-arrival protocols.
Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.
April 30, 2021
In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown partnered with Barbados journalists and the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) to celebrate the importance of a free press as an indispensable component of any free society. To mark the occasion, the Embassy hosted a three-day virtual investigative journalism workshop for over fifty Caribbean journalists. Recently-elected President of the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) Keith Goddard, who participated in the program, said, “The training provided very useful insights into the approaches of handling investigative journalism from highly respected persons in their fields.” Kiran Maharaj, President of the Media Institute of the Caribbean, the parent organization of the CIJN, and facilitator of the workshop, thanked the U.S. Embassy for its support and highlighted the need for more training. Commenting on the success of the April 27-29 program, Ms. Mah
U.S. Embassy, Press Release
April 30, 2021 In advance of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown partnered with Barbados journalists and the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) to celebrate the importance of a free press as an indispensable component of any free society. To mark the occasion, the Embassy hosted a three-day virtual investigative journalism workshop for over fifty Caribbean journalists.
Recently-elected President of the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) Keith Goddard, who participated in the program, said, “The training provided very useful insights into the approaches of handling investigative journalism from highly respected persons in their fields.” Kiran Maharaj, President of the Media Institute of the Caribbean, the parent organization of the CIJN, and facilitator of the workshop, thanked the U.S. Embassy for its support and highlighted the need for more training. Commenting on the success o