(Stock Photo) Under guidance from the Ministry of Health, the Barbados Revenue Authority’s office in Holetown closed early on Wednesday to facilitate contact tracing and testing. This closure was necessary due to possible contact with a positive COVID-19 case. Fifteen members of staff associated with this location were tested. All of the tests results returned […]
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Three new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Barbados. Two of them are as a result of contact tracing related to a 24-year-old woman who arrived in the island on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 and who tested positive after a second test on September 24. The two are a 62-year-old Barbadian woman and […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing a Political meeting in St.George recently. Small to mid-sized, middle-income countries like Barbados need a global vulnerability index to better capture their ability to absorb shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed this view today as she addressed the United […]
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(Stock Photo) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that the global financial system must be restructured, revolutionised and democratised. Ms. Mottley expressed this view today, as she addressed the opening ceremony for the two-day virtual meeting of the 58th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Explaining why updating the global financial […]
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(Stock Photo) Click here to download the Barbados Travel Protocols which came into effect from September 24, 2020.
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A 24-year-old female visitor who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test yesterday. While she has gone into isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, another patient at that facility has recovered and will be discharged today. As a result, the number of people in isolation remains at […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes countries making up the United Nations need to pause for a moment and think deeply on where they need to go and what must be done to get there. Ms. Mottley shared this view recently as she addressed a High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 75th Anniversary […]
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Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, inspecting one of the booths at the inaugural Arborfest 2020 on Friday. Next to him is Permanent Secretary, Daphne Kellman. (GP) The Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification will be rolling out a ‘Clean and Green’ initiative in coming weeks in communities across Barbados. Speaking […]
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Governor General Dame Sandra Mason pointed out that the possession of cannabis would still be unlawful and punishable, but there would be a new approach to how the offender is treated. (Stock Photo) Government will soon be amending the Drug Abuse (Prevention And Control Act) to allow for persons arrested for possession of 14 grammes […]
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Governor General Dame Sandra Mason said the new Immigration Bill would combine options for descendants of Barbadians to obtain citizenship. (Stock photo) Government has outlined plans to tackle a declining birth rate and address the human resource deficit of 80,000 persons in Barbados. This will be done through a new Immigration Bill, which is expected […]
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