(FP) Graduates of the Erdiston Teachers’ Training College have been told that the reality that awaits them when school reopens in September will be quite different from what they’ve been preparing for during their courses of study. Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, told the over 200 newly trained teachers, who graduated […]
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Eight people will be discharged from the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, today after two consecutive negative tests for COVID-19. Among them are four of the Ghanaian nurses who arrived in the island on July 30 to assist in bolstering the nursing complement at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, district hospitals and polyclinics. Twelve […]
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In response to 24 imported cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Barbados last weekend, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said today that authorities were fully aware that once the borders were reopened that this could happen. Speaking during a press conference at Ilaro Court, she, however, assured residents of Barbados that the measures being taken at […]
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(Stock Photo) A visitor to the island is now being investigated by Police after a complaint that she left a COVID-19 quarantine facility without permission earlier today. It is alleged that the visitor, who arrived on a flight from the United Kingdom, was tested at the Grantley Adams International Airport for the viral illness and […]
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Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.(BTMI) The Government of Barbados has implemented a travel ‘Bubble’ for specific countries with a low incidence of COVID-19, effective August 5, 2020. They are St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada. Under these new travel protocols, persons travelling within the ‘Bubble’ who have not travelled to or […]
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Government’s policy decision to retest arriving passengers for COVID-19 at the seven-day mark continues to pay dividends. Three more Ghanaian nurses tested positive for COVID-19 after being retested yesterday. They are among 95 nurses who arrived from the West African country on July 30 in response to an outreach by the Barbados Government for specialist […]
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Laboratory Director at the Best-dos Santos Lab, Songee Beckles, has explained how the lab determines a positive test from the thousands of samples received on a daily basis, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Beckles was responding to a query raised by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley regarding retesting samples due to the inconclusive nature of […]
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(Stock Photo) Officers of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit closed four bars on the south coast and pulled two party buses off the road on Sunday night for breaching the protocols related to the wearing of masks in public spaces. Director of the Unit, Ronald Chapman, said that Chill Bar in Hastings, 6 Mix Bar in […]
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Press statement from Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. (PMO) Click here for Video…. Good evening, Barbadians, visitors and well-wishers. I speak to you on this occasion from my home, as you would have been informed of the decision of the Chief Medical Officer to recommend self-isolation for some of us, who […]
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Pictured Above during the Press Briefing Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George. Press conference with acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George – Aug 1 2020. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ….https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=295174728383957&ref=external Press conference with acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George – Aug 1 2020. Good afternoon, I stand here reassured in our decision […]
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