Isolation Facilities Manager, Dr. Corey Forde, is presented with the donated items by member of the Sindhi Community, Kiran Vensimal, while other members of the community and the medical team at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility, look on. (GP) Another group has stepped up to the plate to ensure that those providing and receiving […]
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PICTURED ABOVE — Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland ( at right ) and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall pose beside the tractorvator used for the groundbreaking. ( All images – C.Pitt – BGIS ) Community centres are viable resources which can be used to empower communities and […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | MAR 5, 2021 | TOP STORIES The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources (MTWW) and the National Conservation Commission were not involved in any illegal dumping at Bath, St. John, as indicated in a now viral social media video. Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, said the unsightly debris highlighted by members of […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – February 25, 2021. (PMO) —VIEW HERE …….. There will be a phased reopening of Barbados from Monday, March 1. In an address to the nation on Thursday night, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said the gradual reopening was the method Government had been advised to […]
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Operations ran smoothly at the vaccination centre set up at the Globe Drive-In, as scores of seniors arrived to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations yet another day. BGIS NEWS UPDATE – Drive-Thru Vaccinations — VIEW HERE ……
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USA – Golfer Tiger Woods in Serious Condition after Accident Tiger Woods suffers multiple leg injuries in single-car accident in Los Angeles By Daniel Rapaport Jamie Squire Tiger Woods was hospitalized after being involved in a single-car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. According to his agent, Mark Steinberg, Woods suffered “multiple” leg injuries. “He […]
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With over 14,000 persons having received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since the start of the National Vaccination Programme, authorities are confident Barbados is on target to having a significant percentage of its population protected against severe illness caused by the virus.That is according to the National Coordinator of the programme, Major David […]
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VIEW IT HERE .…COVID-19 update and press conference – February 17, 2021. (PMO) Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but serious complication associated with COVID-19, which was discovered less than a year ago. Director of Medical Services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Paediatrician, Dr. Clyde Cave, stated this today during the […]
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PICTURED : Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. BY NYA PHILLIPS | FEB 17, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES VIEW IT HERE .…COVID-19 update and press conference – February 17, 2021. (PMO) Government will be introducing a weekend curfew, as part of efforts to further restrict unnecessary movement, which has been […]
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COVID-19 update and press conference – February 15, 2021. (PMO) VIEW HERE ….. As of Sunday night, 2,863 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Barbados, and most persons are expected to receive their second dose in another 10 weeks. And Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has declared that vaccinations will […]
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