Article by
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.
Social Share
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.
BLUE, yellow, black and hugely symbolic Barbados is celebrating the creation of its official tartan to mark its independence. The textile is six months in the making and features a broken trident, the national symbol of the country s split from the UK. It incorporates the national colours of Barbados, which shares its patron saint with Scotland. The island nation is now the first in the Caribbean to have its own official Scots plaid, with the Island of Barbados design entered into the Scotitsh Register of Tartans. It was created by Scottish company James Robertson Kiltmaker to mark the joint celebration of Bajan Independence Day and St Andrews Day and as a recognition of the deep historic ties between Scotland and Barbados.
December 16, 2020
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.
Article by Social Share
London – One hundred-year-old Captain Sir Tom Moore and family members touched down in Barbados a short while ago on board a British Airways flight.
Sir Tom had been invited to Barbados by former Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds after he raised millions for Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) to assist with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was greeted with a salute by the Zouave band of the Barbados Defence Force at Grantley Adams International Airport today.
Sir Tom was accompanied on the flight by five members of his family and director of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.’s UK office Cheryl Carter.