(FP) Heavy rainfall across Barbados and severe thunderstorms have prompted Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry, Hinds, to appeal to residents to be careful. The Barbados Meteorological Services (MET Office) issued a flash-flood warning at 10:00 a.m. today, and a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:00 p.m., as predictions anticipate maximum rainfall accumulations […]
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Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw receives cheque for $10,000 from Director of Peloton International Ltd., Julian Jordan, towards the purchase of devices for use by students and teachers in online education. Looking on is Chief Education Officer (Ag), Joy Adamson. (E. Walker/MRD) Peloton International Ltd. has donated $10,000 to the Ministry of Education, Technological and […]
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Small Business and Entrepreneurship Minister, Kerrie Symmonds, watches as salt breads are packed at Crumbz Bakery, located in the Pine Industrial Estate. The Minister was joined by Crumbz CEO, Allan Corbin and Managing Director, Curtis Todd. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government will be working more closely with the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI) to roll out a […]
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Two visitors who arrived from the United Kingdom last week were positive for COVID-19 after being retested. Theirs were the only positive results among 435 returned by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory today and they have both been transferred to isolation. The 66-year-old man, who arrived on British Airways on October 7, is asymptomatic, […]
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Picture above Attorney General Dale Marshall announcing that the resignation of Toni Moore took effect from October 1. You can view a Pictorial of this meeting by clicking this link —— Toni Moore the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate in the November 11 St George North by-election has officially written to Governor General Dame Sandra […]
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Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, and Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. CEO, Stuart Layne, displaying a drawing of the finished project. (A. Reid/BGIS) On completion,Phase 3 of the Constitution River Project is expected to alleviate flooding in the Halls Road, St. Michael area. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs […]
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Fisher folk at the Pile Bay Fishing Facility in St. Michael will soon have a spanking new facility from which to operate. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, this morning broke ground during a site visit, signalling the start of the Barbados Port Inc.-funded project. It is among several fishing facilities […]
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Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard (left), presenting Mervin Mayers with his letter of appointment during a short ceremony at the BFS’ Cheapside, St. Michael headquarters today. Mr. Mayers has been appointed Divisional Officer. (GP) Twenty-two fire officers in the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) have been appointed to the posts of Divisional Officer, Station Officer, Sub-Officer […]
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Pictured Mr. Patterson Cheltenham, GCM, QC STATEMENT FROM CABINET OFFICE ON NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS Effective November 1, 2020, Mr. Patterson Cheltenham, GCM, QC, will become the fifth Chief Justice of Barbados since Independence. Additionally, also effective December 1, 2020, Madam Justice Margaret Arlene Reifer has been elevated to the office of Justice of Appeal. Mr. […]
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Laboratory results from tests conducted on Friday, October 9, have revealed that an 81-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for COVID-19 after his second test. He arrived in Barbados on Sunday, October 4, on a British Airways flight, and went into quarantine as required for persons travelling from high risk countries. This now brings the tally […]
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