Just over two hundred persons arrived at Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados yesterday aboard a British Airways aircraft. About half of them went on to other Caribbean destinations, primarily St Lucia and St Vincent. Ninety eight persons who were swabbed at Paragon, Christ Church, were immediately placed in quarantine, which will last 14 days. […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | JUN 2, 2020 | TOP STORIES Public officers and employees of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are reminded that the sensitization meetings on the Barbados Optional Savings Scheme (B.O.S.S.) will continue tomorrow, Wednesday, June 3. The meetings, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.; and 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., will be […]
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There were no new positive cases of COVID-19 among the 28 people tested on Whit Monday. Additionally, none of the nine people remaining in isolation has recovered so no one will leave today. The number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Barbados remains at 92, with 76 recoveries and seven deaths. The Best-dos Santos Public […]
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MELISSA ROLLOCK | JUN 1, 2020 | Secondary schools will reopen from Monday, June 8, to allow students who have not completed their Caribbean Examinations Council School Based Assessments (SBA) and Internal Assessments for Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQs) to do so. The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) said it had been granted permission for […]
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None of the 37 people tested for COVID-19 yesterday was positive for the virus. Confirmed cases therefore remain at 92 – 49 females and 43 males. No one will be released from isolation today so the number of recoveries remains at 76 and those in isolation at nine. Seven people have died. The Best-dos Santos […]
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None of the 44 people tested for COVID-19 yesterday was positive for the virus. Confirmed cases therefore remain at 92 – 49 females and 43 males. No one will be released from isolation today so the number of recoveries remains at 76 and those in isolation at nine. Seven people have died. The Best-dos Santos […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAY 25, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Stakeholders involved in preparations for the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season are being advised not to compromise their plans or Standard Operating Procedures because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This was the underlying message emphasized last Friday as stakeholders met for the first of three meetings to be held jointly […]
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BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | MAY 31, 2020 | TOP STORIES A new Child Justice Bill that will change the way children are handled by the justice system is now set to go before Cabinet in the very near future. Once it is approved, children will no longer face charges for status offences such as wandering and will only be confined […]
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Barbados has reaped success in flattening the COVID-19 curve due to measures instituted by Government to protect the quality of the lives of Barbadians, while containing the spread of the deadly pandemic. COVID Czar, Richard Carter, maintained that the restrictions imposed were protective and not punitive, during a press conference at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford […]
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A Jamaican opposition spokeswoman wants to see more synergies among CARICOM countries in the area of agriculture, as well as more diversification in the types of produce and value-added products that this region creates. Director of Lydford Logistics, Lisa Hanna, who also shadows the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade in Jamaica, shared […]
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