BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 29, 2022 (Stock Image) In an article penned by Anesta Henry in today’s edition of Barbados Today, under the headline “Displaced residents must relocate as health officials look to house COVID 19 patients there”, it was stated that “thirty-six (36) Barbadians who have called the Barbados Workers’ Union’s Frank […]
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Health Ministry get vehicles to boost sector Shania GonsalvesJanuary 28, 2022 The Ministry of Health on Friday received three vehicles to aid the strengthening of the health care system and the fight against COVID-19. The vehicles were donated by the United States’ military through the Department of Defence Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid (OHDACA) […]
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BY JOY-ANN GILL | JAN 27, 2022 Principal of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, Ian Drakes, presenting 100 face shields to Co-coordinator of the COVID-19 National Vaccination Programme, Dr. Elizabeth Ferdinand, yesterday. (GP) “An extra layer of protection” is how a donation of 100 face shields from the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | JAN 22, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS (Stock Photo) The public is advised that on Sunday, January 23, the Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be carrying out emergency maintenance on the Shape App at the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The Ministry anticipates that the work will […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC), Leslie Haynes. BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JAN 17, 2022 Chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC), Leslie Haynes, has made it clear that the EBC will be “bound by the law” and, until the law is amended, COVID-19 positives in quarantine and home […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JAN 16, 2022 | TOP STORIES COVID-19 Election Workers demonstrate how to correctly take temperatures at the Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (EBC) training session held yesterday at the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex. (T. Barker/BGIS) The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has held four training sessions for election workers on the […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JAN 12, 2022 | TOP STORIES PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, and Palestine’s Ambassador for Caribbean Affairs, Dr. Linda Sobeh Ali, pose for a photograph prior to their courtesy call yesterday. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The State of Palestine’s Ambassador Extraordinary […]
Continue ReadingArchie Griggs 2 hrs agoLike|118 Novak Djokovic has allegedly been arrested by the Australian government despite being granted permission to compete at this year’s Australian Open on Monday. The Serb, who won last year’s edition of the tournament, was initially denied entry to the country after seeing his visa revoked upon his arrival earlier this month. Djokovic […]
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Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and causing concern around the world? Joe Sommerlad 2 hrs agoLike Covid live news — With the world already battling to bring high rates of infection from the Omicron and Delta variants of Covid-19 under control this winter, news of the emergence of another new strain of the coronavirus in southern France has been met with dismay.© Getty […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | JAN 9, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES The Ministry of Health and Wellness is aware of the social media post which is being circulated regarding congestion in the arrival area of the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) yesterday afternoon (Saturday, January 8th). As the new protocols which came into effect […]
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