By JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM SUNDAY – JAN 24, 2021 UPDATE. COVID-19 update and press conference – Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) — VIEW HERE ….. The number of COVID-19 infections at HMP Dodds is on the decline, and rapid testing has been introduced at the St. Philip penal institution. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public […]
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Jan 24 2021 At the request of the government of Barbados and in agreement with the government of the Republic of Cuba, last Friday, January 22, 2021, a group of eleven doctors and four laboratory specialists arrived in Barbados from Havana to complete the contingent of the ¨Henry Reeve¨ Medical Brigade, which has been in […]
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Minister in the Ministry of Culture, John King, speaking to members of the Barbados Landship Association. (NCF) Two Government officials have given the assurance that they will do all in their power to ensure the survival and expansion of Barbados Landship Association. Minister in the Ministry of Culture John King and Chief Executive Officer of […]
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He puts “uniting our nation” at the heart of his inauguration speech, skipped by Donald Trump in a final unprecedented act. Joe Biden has entered the White House as America’s 46th president, and after taking his oath of office he told his country it has been “a day of victory and hope”. To the sound […]
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January 13, 2021 The Democratic Labour Party has lost yet another member. Following Rodney Grant and George Connelly both leaving the DLP and joining the Barbados Labour Party. Simon Alleyne the “Coke” from the Rum and Coke comedy team, after spending more than a decade as a member of the DLP team today resigned from […]
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Pictured above …. Short wave infrared satellite data collected on January 3, 2021 shows a thermal anomaly (in red) within the La Soufrière volcano on Saint Vincent, indicating magma close to the surface. Credit: Sentinelhub, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by ESA. Caribbean News Experts Predict Growth Of New Volcano Dome Posted on 4 […]
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British Reality TV Star Zara Holland was this morning fined $12000.00 Barbados ( $6,000.00 USD ) for breaching Barbados Corona Virus quarantine laws when she appeared in the District D magistrate court. Holland immediately pleaded guilty to breaking the islands Covid directive no 4 by leaving Sugar Bay hotel where she was staying awaiting results […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met with Chairman of Sandals International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart at the site of the Beaches Resort in St. Peter in 2018. (FP) Today, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados, I wish to express sincere condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Gordon “Butch” Stewart, on […]
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(Stock Photo) Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, O.J, CD, pioneering Jamaican business mogul, died in the United States of America yesterday. He was 79. Mr. Stewart, who was the founder and owner of the well-known hotel company Sandals Resorts International, also owned the Jamaica Observer Limited, as well as other businesses. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public […]
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