Acting Deputy Director of the Child Care Board, Colin St. Hill (third from left), receives the masks from Megan Mayers. Looking on (from left to right) are: Personal Assistant to Minister Cynthia Forde, Kevyn Henry; Senior Child Care Officer, Esther Bayley-Smith, Barry Mayers of Ripples and Personal Aide to the Prime Minister, Jessica Odle-Baril. (C.Pitt/BGIS) […]
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Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight Sutherland, addressing the official opening of a Debt and Money Management workshop for vendors at the Christ Church Parish Church today.( JUL 20, 2020) (C.Pitt/BGIS) Officials of the Barbados Trust Fund Limited (BTFL) have been strategising, and have laid the foundation to ensure that the small business […]
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Barbados’ COVID-19 Czar Richard Carter ( PICTURED ABOVE ) has issued an absolute and final warning to businesses who continue to flout the COVID-19 protocols outlined by Government. Speaking on the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Evening News Carter said: “This message is clear and from the cabinet of Barbados it’s an absolute clear and […]
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A 10-year-old boy is the latest COVID-19-positive patient in Barbados. The Barbadian child was among 125 passengers who arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday on an Air Canada flight. He was the only positive case among the 69 persons on the aircraft who were tested for the viral illness. The other passengers carried validated […]
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Barbados recorded one new case of COVID-19 yesterday when a passenger on a British Airways flight tested positive on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport. The 76-year-old Barbadian was among 69 passengers on the flight who were tested for the viral illness. There were 218 passengers on board. The others had validated negative COVID-19 […]
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Jofra Archer Excluded From Second England-West Indies Test Posted on 16 July 2020 England fast bowler Jofra Archer was excluded from the second Test against West Indies after breaching the bio-secure protocols. The 25-year-old went to his Brighton home between the first Test in Southampton and second in Manchester. All of England’s matches this summer are […]
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Out-of-the-box thinking by Barbadian health authorities has netted this country another COVID-19 case, which, under normal circumstances, could have gone undetected for a long period of time. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, explained earlier today, that following the positive diagnoses of five returning nationals last weekend, a decision was taken to extend the quarantine […]
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Doctors have long known that certain preexisting health conditions can make a patient’s experience with the novel coronavirus much more severe and potentially deadly. But growing research is painting a broader picture of other indicators that could signal health issues for anyone who becomes infected. Now, a new study out of Wuhan, China, shows that […]
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Principal of The Ellerslie Secondary School, Lieutenant Colonel Errol Brathwaite (front, centre), who received 100 tablets from alumnus, Dr. Ricardo Knight from Chicago, poses with principals and senior teachers of various schools who also received tablets on behalf of their students. (C.itt/BGIS) Two thousand, two hundred electronic devices for learning/teaching have already been distributed by […]
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PICTURED ABOVE — On landing, some of the 132 passengers disembarked in batches. Passengers sanitise their hands as they head into the Arrivals Hall. The sanitising stations are part of the strict COVID-19 protocols in place at the airport. (C.Pitt/BGIS) The Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) officially reopened to commercial air traffic today with the […]
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