BY JULIE CARRINGTON | APR 7, 2021 | MINISTRY NEWS The Eric Holder Jr. Municipal Complex, Blackman’s, St. Joseph. (FP) The Magistrates’ Courts of District “B” and District “F”, located at the Eric Holder Jr, Municipal Complex, Blackman’s, St. Joseph, which were recently closed for cleaning and sanitisation, have reopened for business. Operations at the […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing a press conference hosted by the World Health Organization today. Standing behind her is Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. (C. Pitt/BGIS) APR 6, 2021 by JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM ——– BGIS As Barbados received its first tranche of vaccines today from the COVAX Facility, Prime […]
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| APR 6, 2021 BY SHARON AUSTIN GILL-MOORE – BGIS The first tranche of vaccines under the COVAX Facility represents a significant step forward in Barbados’ fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, expressed this view earlier today during a ceremony, on the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines for […]
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COVID-19 Update: Six New Cases, Three Recovered APR 5, 2021 BGIS Six women were identified as COVID-19 positive on Sunday, April 4, from the 354 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Meanwhile, three people recovered from the virus and were discharged from isolation. There are 109 persons in isolation. Barbados has recorded […]
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Press conference hosted by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – March 31, 2021. (PMO) VIEW IT HERE …… While the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been the first to be administered to Barbadians, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley indicated that Government was looking at procuring other brands of COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. Those being considered include […]
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APR 3, 2021 — BGIS A 70-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities is the latest COVID-19 fatality, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 43. He passed away on Friday, April 2, after spending 29 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, 19 of which he spent on a ventilator. Additionally, three women tested […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | APR 1, 2021 | TOP STORIES (Stock Photo) The public is advised that an exemption has been granted to bakeries, bread depots and bread vans to operate on Friday, April 2; Sunday, April 4; Monday, April 5, and Sunday, April 11, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. each day.
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APR 2, 2021 ——- BGIS The island recorded six new positive cases of COVID-19 – two females and four males – on Thursday, April 1, from among the 664 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twelve people recovered and were discharged from isolation. There are 110 persons in isolation. Barbados’ confirmed cases of […]
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COVID-19 Update: 10 New Cases, 18 Recovered MAR 31, 2021——- BGIS Barbados recorded 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 30. The four men and six women were identified from among 369 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Eighteen people recovered from the virus and were released from isolation. There […]
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Statement by Attorney General, Dale Marshall – March 27, 2021. — VIEW IT HERE ….. Despite a significant improvement in COVID-19 numbers, Government has announced five “partial shutdown” days as a countermeasure to keep the cases on the decline, as Barbadians prepare to celebrate Easter. This forms part of the new measures announced under the […]
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