BY BGIS | NOV 7, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES One person entered isolation today after testing positive for COVID-19, while two others were discharged after recovering. The new positive is a 69-year-old female visitor, who arrived on British Airways on November 3, and tested positive after a second test. There are 243 confirmed […]
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Pictured above – Prime Minister Mia Mottley placing her wreath at the monument. ( All pictures by David Crichlow ) Fewer groups was on parade this year at the Remembrance Day Parade held today Sunday, November 8, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lives lostof Military veterans were applauded in a celebration to […]
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A 33-year-old Barbadian male tested positive today out of the 464 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Laboratory. The male, who is asymptomatic, tested positive on his second test, after arriving in Barbados on American Airlines on November 1. No one will be released from isolation today. So, the total number of confirmed cases now […]
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OUR READERS SAY……….. Parents of the Lawrence .T. Gay Memorial School are fed up to see that the environmental issues that we thought were over are far from over. The ministry of Education has dealt with internal issues but the ministry of labour and health are yet to come forward to deal with the external […]
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Sandals Managing Director (Europe), Dominik Riber speaking to the media during the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.’s ‘FAM’ Trip meeting. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) All players involved in the tourism industry must work together in order to rebuild the industry. Sandals Managing Director (Europe), Dominik Riber, asserted that this is key to getting the industry back on track, […]
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Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins; Cris Torres from Barcelona; and BTMI’s Chief Product Development Officer, Marsha Alleyne. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) Several persons who are participating in Barbados’ 12-month Welcome Stamp Programme said that they are happy to be here on the island, and are encouraging their family and friends to join them. […]
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (FP) The Board of Management of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) wishes to advise the general public that patients seeking care at the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) may experience delays due to a shortage of in-patient beds. The QEH has reached its maximum capacity as the majority of its 519 […]
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A 14-year-old female visitor is the latest person to test positive for COVID-19, out of the 311 tests performed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The visitor, who is asymptomatic, arrived in Barbados on October 19 on British Airways, and is a contact of a previously confirmed case, diagnosed on October 23. No one […]
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BY BGIS | OCT 28, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES A 21-year-old Jamaican woman, who arrived in Barbados on Caribbean Airlines on October 25, tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test. Her positive test was among 515 conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on October 26. As of Monday, there were 234 confirmed cases and 217 recoveries. […]
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A 32-year-old male visitor, who arrived on British Airways on October 9, has tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 366 tests on Thursday. One person will be discharged from the isolation facility today. Therefore, the number of persons in isolation remain at 11, and recoveries have […]
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