Neola DamonMay 17, 2021 The Government on Monday received a consignment of 67,537 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, another quota of the 200,000 vaccine doses it purchased from the Russian Federation to protect Guyana from Covid. The shipment, which arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, brings Guyana closer to achieving herd immunity. This […]
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MAY 17, 2021 One new positive case of COVID-19 – a male – was diagnosed on Sunday, May 16, from the 276 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Ten people recovered from the viral illness and were discharged. And, there are currently 86 persons in isolation. Barbados has recorded 3,968 confirmed cases […]
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Staff Writer May 15, 2021 — CLICK HERE FOR MORE GUYANA NEWS….. Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, this afternoon, distributed 150 hampers to residents of Grove, while he also encouraged them to take their COVID-19 vaccines and to continue observing the protective measures in place to safeguard Guyanese from the virus. During his visit, […]
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MAY 15, 2021 — GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS FEATURE . Today, Barbados joins the international community in celebrating the United Nations “International Day of Families”. We do so, mindful of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all sectors of our society and in particular, the adverse effects it has had on families. Under this year’s theme “Families […]
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Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Roseanne Myers. (FP) A new committee is being created to assist in implementing, executing, monitoring, and reviewing tourism marketing strategies developed. It is the National Tourism Marketing Committee (NTMC). Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Roseanne Myers, disclosed the role of this new committee, during the […]
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MAY 15, 2021 ——————- GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS FEATURE The Ministry of Transport Works and Water Resources is strongly refuting claims made in the May 12th edition of the Barbados Today online newspaper, where a family occupying an area of land directly behind the Ministry’s headquarters in the Pine, is “questioning the bulldozing of their home and destruction of full-grown […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the re-opening of the St. Andrew Outpatient Clinic, at Belleplaine, St. Andrew Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated Government’s intention to improve the quality of life for the rural population by ensuring that services are carried to them and not the reverse. And with that in mind, […]
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(Stock Photo) Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley has announced that the provisions of Emergency Management COVID -19 Directive No.9 now in place will be continued in Directive No.10 which will come into in effect from May 18, 2021 subject to the following modifications: The physical distancing requirement applicable to places of religious worship will be […]
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MAY 13, 2021 Pictured above – Minister of Home Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams breaking ground for government’s latest housing project, HOPE Inc. Premium, at Atlantic Breeze, Chancery Lane, Christ Church yesterday. Looking on is Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, William Duguid ( David Crichlow – CARIBPIX.NET Photo ) Government’s latest housing project, HOPE Inc. Premium, was […]
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BY SHARON AUSTIN | MAY 13, 2021 | TOP STORIES Government will be hosting a public-private consultation on derelict houses to ascertain how best to bring them back into productive use. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made this disclosure last evening as she delivered remarks at the launch of the Atlantic Breeze Lifestyle Development, at Chancery Lane, Christ Church. Ms. […]
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