BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 13, 2021 | TOP STORIES PONANT is making Barbados its homeport for one of its newest PONANT EXPLORER vessels. VIEW HERE …….. This winter season, the Le Dumont-d’Urville will be sailing from the Bridgetown Port with two, nine-day Caribbean itineraries lined up. Not only this, but the luxury expedition line will also […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 13, 2021 | TOP STORIES On Friday, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator the Hon. Lisa Cummins, announced the appointment of longstanding tourism practitioner, Roseanne Myers, to Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) and Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA). Myers brings 39 years’ experience to the […]
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BY | FEB 13, 2021 | GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory reported 114 positive cases of COVID-19, which include results from samples collected between January 29 and February 12, 2021. With the appropriate reagent now in place, the laboratory is in the process of clearing the backlog created due to the temporary use of […]
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PURITY Bakeries was from early today undergoing a massive Covid 19 testing of its Staff with two medical tents set up on its property and manned with a Medical team to effect the testing. This as a result of three employees being tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the company to close operations today. In a […]
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Governor General Dame Sandra Mason received her first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine today – Thursday FEB 11, 2021Public health officials from the Maurice Byer Polyclinic were on hand to brief the Governor General and to administer the vaccine. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Governor General Dame Sandra Mason received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in front […]
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VIEW IT HERE …… COVID-19 update and press conference – February 10, 2021. (PMO) Government will continue to go up against large and developed countries in its quest to secure additional COVID-19 vaccines for the people of Barbados. Chair of the COVID-19 Health Communications Team, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson gave this assurance this evening, as the […]
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VIEW HERE —— COVID-19 update and press conference – February 9, 2021. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has disclosed that negotiations are being had with the Government of India to obtain a second batch of the Covishield (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccine. The first batch of 100,000 doses, which arrived on the island last evening, would provide […]
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Tuesday 9th February 2021 Grantley Adams International Airport . Watch “India’s gift of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines arrived Barbados earlier today.” on YouTube —– BARBADOS & DOMINICA Receive Vaccines from INDIA this evening. OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA VACCINE ‘HIGHLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE’Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described the Indian-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as COVISHIELD, as a “highly […]
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FEB 9, 2021 There were 82 new positive cases of COVID-19 recorded on Monday, February, 8. These cases include positive results from January 29 to 31. Situations like this may occur occasionally as the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory continues to try to clear the backlog created due to the use of manual extraction in the […]
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GOVERNOR GENERAL’S ABSENCE FROM OFFICE Governor General Dame Sandra Mason will be absent from office on vacation leave for the period February 6 to 15, which will be spent in Barbados.In accordance with the provisions of Section 29(1)(a) of the Constitution ofBarbados, the Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Douglas Gibson will perform the functions of the […]
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