BY JOY-ANN GILL | FEB 12, 2022 | Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill, speaking at today’s COVID-19 Update and Press Conference. (Photo courtesy of the Prime Minister’s Office) Come February 14, the 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew will be lifted, giving way to the resumption of many recreational activities for Barbadians to […]
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BY JULIE CARRINGTON | FEB 12, 2022 | Chief Medical Officer, Dr. The Most Honourable Kenneth George, speaking at today’s COVID-19 Update and Press Conference. (Photo courtesy of the Prime Minister’s Office Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. The Most Honourable Kenneth George, has reported a 19 per cent reduction in new COVID-19 infections over the […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 12, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Head of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit, Ronald Chapman, speaking at today’s COVID-19 Update and Press Conference. (Photo courtesy of the Prime Minister’s Office) With an ease in COVID-19 restrictions beginning on Monday, February 14, including the removal of the current curfew, Head of […]
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(Stock Image) I want to give you an update on the situation regarding the backlog of patient Discharge Certificates. Last Wednesday, February 2, the backlog was 3,357 and went to approximately 4,400. On Monday, February 7, a backlog of patient discharge certificates was reduced to 2,002. I’m pleased to report that the backlog was cleared […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 8, 2022 | TOP STORIES (Stock Photo) Today, I pause to pay tribute to a Barbadian who has contributed immensely to the robustness that characterizes our current politics. Whether or not you supported his political stance, it cannot be denied that Dr. Don Blackman’s brand of politics in the […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | FEB 7, 2022 | TOP STORIES Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, listens attentively to Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Dr. Robert Floyd, during a recent courtesy call. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Barbados will seek to strengthen its relations with […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | FEB 2, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams. (FP) Since the well-publicised Dodds COVID-19 outbreak from late 2020 to early 2021, the prison has continued to be free of outbreaks or major COVID-19 related challenges. Policies relating to the manner in which prisoners […]
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Rihanna Is Pregnant! Singer and Fashion Icon Expecting First Baby with A$AP Rocky MAIN PICTURE ABOVE — BARBADOS NATIONAL HERO THE NIGHT SHE WAS TOLD ABOUT HER BEING NATIONAL HERO…The Right Excellent Rihanna Fenty. The singer debuted her baby bump while out in New York City over the weekend with her rapper boyfriend By Benjamin […]
Continue Reading~ 70% vaccination needed for ‘something bigger than this slimmed down version of Carnival’ — PM Vincy Mas will return to the Vincentian cultural calendar this year, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves announced on radio today (Sunday), saying that the COVID-19 vaccination rate would determine the size of the festival. “It was decided clearly that we will […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | JAN 29, 2022 BGIS Three satellites sites should be up and running soon in order to assist the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in its daily operations. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. The Most Honourable Kenneth George, disclosed this today during a COVID-19 Update, held at Ilaro Court. The Chief Medical Officer stated […]
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