Reminder Of Gunnery Exercise (GUNEX) 2021 AUG 30, 2021 Fishermen and mariners are reminded that the Barbados Coast Guard will be conducting a Live Fire Gunnery exercise on Tuesday, September 7. The exercise will be conducted between the coordinates 13 degrees 16’ North 059 degrees 43.25’ West and 13 degrees 18’ North 059 degrees 43.05’ […]
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Additional nurses have been deployed to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. (FP) By Nya Phillips – BGIS The Ministry of Health and Wellness is bolstering its capacity to manage the recent spike in COVID-19 cases linked to the highly contagious Delta variant. This includes the deployment of additional nurses to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, […]
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COURDEL JONES – GIS 28 AUGUST 2021 ─ Deputy Commissioner (ag) Hicken In an effort to improve the relationship between the citizenry and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Deputy Commissioner, Operations (ag), Clifton Hicken says the force is working with a five-point strategic plan. One of the points focuses on building partnerships with civil society to […]
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Pictured above — Attorney General Dale Marshall. With Barbados recording its 49th COVID-19 related death today, residents are being warned by Senior Medical Officer Dr. Ingrid Cumberbatch that if the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, the island could possibly be looking at recording hundreds of cases per day. Statement from […]
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By Julia Rawlins-Bentham – BGIS AUG 28, 2021 Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, attended the state funeral for former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Lester Bird, on Thursday, August 26. During the state funeral, held at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Minister Abrahams laid a wreath and paid […]
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AUG 27, 2021 —- By Julie Carrington .. BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced additional measures that will take effect from this Sunday, August 29, and will remain in place for the next two weeks. During this time, visits to nursing homes and elderly care hospitals, elderly care senior citizen’s homes, the Geriatric Hospital […]
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Pictured above is Student 14 year old – Jhabarri Walkes who earlier today was accompanied to the vaccination centre ( UWI Open Campus, The Pine, St. Michael.) by his father Darrell Lowe and took his vaccination without a blink. Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw ( at left ) is seen chatting with him while Ms. Blondelle […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | AUG 27, 2021 | TOP STORIES Barbados’ only living national hero, the Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, is the recipient of the 2021 Cricket Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. Last evening, Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland, presented Sir Garfield Sobers with insignia, on behalf of the Connecticut-based organisation, at a ceremony […]
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Take a tour of Glendairy Prison on the 29 October 2016 when it was opened to the public…… http://caribpix.net/special%20features%202016/Glendairyprison/ Article below by Marlon Madden first published onAugust 25, 2021 – Barbados Today news publication. Glendairy earmarked for tourism as Belle squatters’ land rezoned The site of the old Glendairy Prison is to be developed into […]
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