BARBADOS: Democratic Labour Party Press conference – September 23, 2021
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BARBADOS: Minister Forde: Trees Vital To Sustainable Development
PICTURED Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, as he addressed the celebrations to mark National Arbor Day at the National Botanical Gardens, Codrington, St. Michael. SEP 22, 2021 By Joy-ann Gill -BGIS “Trees Save Lives” – a maxim formulated by the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification – is intended to direct the […]
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BARBADOS: National Vaccination Fund Receives $20,000 from Co-operators General Insurance (CGI)
SEP 22, 2021 – By Sharon Austingill-Moore – BGIS As the National Vaccination Fund received an injection of $20,000, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, is urging Barbadians to get vaccinated. Mr. Straughn was speaking today after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Co-operators General Insurance, Anton Lovell, made the donation at the BIDC Building […]
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President Ali and OAS Secretary General discuss Venezuela border controversy, electoral reform
Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2021 His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali and several members of his Government today held a productive meeting with the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Mr Luis Almagro. A number of matters were highlighted by the Guyanese officials in the meeting held at the Office of the Permanent Mission to Guyana in […]
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BARBADOS: Three more Deaths from COVID-19
Barbados’ COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 62 SEP 22, 2021 Barbados’ COVID-19 death toll now stands at 62. Three men, aged 61, 81, and 87, passed away during the night on Tuesday, September 21, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St. Lucy. They all had comorbidities and were unvaccinated. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant […]
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Guyana and Ghana agree to enhance collaboration – President Ali
STAFF WRITER – 21 September 2021 —VP Jagdeo to lead Guyana’s delegation to West African nation in October His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali and his Ghanaian counterpart, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today held fruitful discussions and agreed to work closer together. High on the agenda is a visit by a Guyanese delegation led by Vice […]
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BARBADOS: Salem Wins COVID-19 Battle But Scars Remain
SEP 20, 2021 – By Sharon Austin – BGIS Thirty-four-year-old Salem Collector is one of the over 6,000 Barbadians who contracted and recovered from COVID-19. However, his story may be unlike most, as he spent one month at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility fighting for his life, a week at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), where critical […]
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BARBADOS: ‘One in four’ high school students get jab
Article by David Hinkson – September 21, 2021 – First appeared in Barbados Today Barbados is well stocked with supplies of the three main COVID-19 vaccines in use but the campaign to inoculate high school children has barely scratched the surface as only one in four high school children has received their first dose of […]
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BARBADOS: Delta Variant Widespread In Community
SEP 18, 2021 By Fabian Belgrave — BGIS Press briefing with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley featuring Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col. Jeffrey Bostic – September 18, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, today announced that there was “widespread community transmission” of COVID-19, and that the country was […]
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