The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. And earlier today Family members met at Lyndhurst Funeral home on Passage Road to pay respect to the man who bought an ailing newspaper “The Advocate” and for the last 20 […]
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(Stock Photo) The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is reporting an increase of fats, oils and grease (FOGs) in the country’s sewer system, and is appealing to the public to practise proper disposal of FOGs. BWA’s Sewerage Foreman, Coswin Carrington, stressed “that fats, oils and grease in wastewater from cooking may not appear harmful when it […]
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The Barbados Revenue Authority today announced that Louisa Lewis-Ward has been named as the institution’s new Revenue Commissioner. She will commence her appointment on Monday, June 15, 2020. “Mrs Lewis-Ward should make an excellent addition to the management team at the Barbados Revenue Authority,” said William Layne, chairman of the Barbados Revenue Authority Board. “It […]
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A 49-year-old Barbadian woman, repatriated from a cruise liner on which she worked, is the island’s latest COVID-19 positive patient. Hers was the only positive test among 174 done yesterday. The woman, who arrived home on a charter flight last Saturday, was swabbed on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport and immediately went into quarantine […]
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Trinidadian Students in Barbados returning home today in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have to spend 14 days in quarantine in Trinidad after spendin the same time in quarantine in Barbados before being allowed to board the special Caribbean Airlines flight, Thats under the instructions of National Security Minister Stuart Young, Young, speaking […]
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“I can’t breathe, take your knees from my neck,” was the clarion call of several marchers as they proceeded from Kensington Oval to Independence Square where speeches to end police brutality, racism and classism were delivered. Organized by the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration the march allowed Barbadians from all walks of life to […]
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Luci Hammans Poet, playwright, artivist We all know some things are too important to remain unsaid. And today what needs to be said centers around systemic Racism and anti-blackness and the way it manifests, not just in America but in Barbados too. Despite being a majority black country the claws of discipline and population control […]
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Speech at the Handover Ceremony of the Medical Supply Donations E. Ambassador Yan Xiusheng Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Barbados Dr. Arthur Phillips, Senior Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Barbados, Mr. Nikkolai Cowan, General Manager of DHL Barbados Ltd., Friends of media, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning! […]
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An explosion in a munitions container on the the Paragon base, located on the southern perimeter of the Grantley Adams International Airport.has caused injuries to two soldiers. The injured persons were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The extent of their injuries remain unknown at this time Thick acrid smoke was visible across the compound as […]
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Good afternoon, as you are aware, a Jet Blue flight which arrived from the United States yesterday brought home Barbadians who had been stranded there since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and international flights stopped. The Ministry of Health and Wellness received a report from the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory this morning that four […]
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