COVID-19 update with Head of the Health Communications Team, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson. (PMO) — Pictured above …. Barbadians and visitors should expect some relief soon from the delays in receiving their COVID-19 test results, says Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Anton Best. During the most recent update on COVID-19 […]
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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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PICTURED ABOVE — VISITORS AT THE 2020 HOLETOWN FESTIVAL COVID curtails two major February festivals A big event on the Bajan calendar scheduled for next month is off, while another appears to be on hold. The week-long Holetown Festival slated for February 13-20 has been cancelled. Thousands of Visitors flock to Barbados annually to visit Historic Holetown […]
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JAN 11, 2021 RESULTS. There were six new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and 10 people were discharged from isolation. These were the only positives – two women and four men – among the 819 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The results represent a mixture of locals and visitors. Of the […]
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House Democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution Monday against President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not explicitly said when this will go to the floor. There are also calls for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, as well as demands for Trump to resign. The SpaceX Dragon is […]
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Pictured : Also speaking on the matter was Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins. by Sheena Forde-Craig – BGIS. Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-committee on COVID-19, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, stated that Government had weighed the cost of refunds and paid return trips versus the cost to Barbados’ international reputation in tourism. […]
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JAN 9, 2021 | A seismic shock to the health system is how health personnel have described the largest outbreak of COVID-19 on the island that has been linked to the December 26 – Boxing Day Bus Crawl. This view was shared by Senior Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Anton Best, as he provided a statistical […]
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Pictured above : Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority, Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight. (BMCLA) BMCLA hosts its first Application Clinic to help persons interested in applying for Medicinal Cannabis Industry Licenses. The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) the island’s regulator for the medicinal cannabis industry, just completed its first application clinic […]
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JAN 9, 2021 There were 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and 30 persons will be released from isolation today. The new cases – 11 women and 12 men – were among 1,400 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, and represent results for both locals and visitors. There are […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – January 08, 2021. (PMO) Communication between the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the general public about the COVID-19 pandemic is set to get a much-needed boost with the establishment of a dedicated Health Communications Team. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced, this evening, that […]
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