Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic. (FP) The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made it possible for Barbados to step up its fight against HIV and STIs over the past decade, as well as strengthened its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme came to an official […]
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BY NYA PHILLIPS | DEC 7, 2020 Two more visitors have tested positive for COVID-19, after undergoing second tests. They are a 30-year-old woman, and a 27-year-old man. Both arrived on the island via American Airlines on December 2, and December 3, respectively. They were asymptomatic. They were the only positive cases identified out of […]
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Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Elizabeth Thompson. (Photos courtesy of Barbados’ Mission at the UN) On December 3 and 4, some 155 Presidents and Prime Ministers participated in a Special Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, to discuss the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) and the UN response to the pandemic. The meeting […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, discussing his Ministry steps towards aquireing the Covid Vaccine for Barbados after receiving a 12-seater Nissan Urvan which was donated to his Ministry by the Pan American Health Organization this morning. ( Photo by David Crichlow ) PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr. […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic (left) and PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr. Yitades Gebre, pose next to the Nissan Urvan and medical supplies which were donated to Government by PAHO today. ( Pictures by David Crichlow ) The Ministry of Health and Wellness, thanks to the Pan […]
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********************************************************** Sunday, November 29 @ 10:00 a.m. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley participated in the National Independence Service of Thanksgiving, at the Wildey Gymnasium, Wildey, St. Michael. Please view a Photoshow of this event by clicking here ……. **************************************************************** Sunday, November 29 @ 6:00 p.m. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will participate in the unveiling of the […]
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(Stock Photo) The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a US $120 million loan to Barbados to help the country deal with the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath. The Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the loan this week, as part of a larger initiative by a network of international financial institutions to assist Barbados with […]
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BY BGIS | DEC 3, 2020 Two more visitors to the island have been diagnosed with COVID-19. They are a 25-year-old female, who came in on an American Airlines flight on November 30; and a 56-year-old male visitor, who arrived via Jet Blue on December 1. Both were asymptomatic and tested positive on their second […]
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(Stock Photo) The Port of Bridgetown has captured the 2020 Novaport Cup for Most Improved Port Performance, emerging the winner among nine regional competing ports. The award was announced during the 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC), held virtually on November 24 and 25. Chief Executive Officer of the […]
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Barbados’ newest Justice of the Court of Appeal, Madam Justice Margaret Reifer, taking the Oaths of Office before Governor General Dame Sandra Mason at Government House today. Looking on is the Governor General’s Private Secretary, Sandra Watkins. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Madam Justice Margaret Reifer is this country’s newest Justice of the Court of Appeal. She took […]
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