BARBADOS: URGENT LIVE COVID-19 Update and Press Conference.
URGENT LIVE COVID -19 UPDATE AND PRESS CONFERENCE.
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BARBADOS: Stick To Appointment Times For COVID-19 Vaccinations
(Stock Photo) Persons are being urged to stick to the appointment times allotted for their COVID-19 vaccinations. Co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme, Major David Clarke, said that some people with appointments for their second doses were arriving at the designated sites way too early. He further added that in some instances, those who were […]
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BARBADOS COVID-19 Update: 14 New Cases, 10 Discharged
MAY 6, 2021 – BGIS Fourteen new positive COVID-19 cases – six males and eight females – were recorded on Wednesday, May 5. They were identified from the 733 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Four of the new positives are male clients of the Psychiatric Hospital. Meanwhile, 10 people recovered from […]
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GUYANA: Kamwatta and Whitewater to get electricity before the end of 2021 – PM & PM says Guyanese to benefit from significant increase in electricity generation
Staff WriterMay 5, 2021 Prime Minister, Hon. Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, yesterday announced that the communities of Whitewater and Kamwatta, of Barima – Waini (Region One), will receive electricity before the end of the year. The Prime Minister made these remarks during the simple sod-turning ceremonies at the construction sites where power generation facilities will be […]
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GUYANA : Arrival Day Message of His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Staff Writer May 5, 2021 I greet all Guyanese on the occasion of Arrival Day 2021. This special day is commemorated as a public holiday on May 5th each year. It celebrates the contributions to the national development of our African, Indian, Chinese, Portuguese and European ancestors and their descendants. The declaration of May 5th […]
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BARBADOS Gov’t To Assist Displaced Barbadian LIAT Workers
Government has offered a helping hand to just under 100 displaced Barbadian workers of the regional airline LIAT. (FP) The Government has offered a helping hand to just under 100 displaced Barbadian workers of LIAT, who will get some relief by early next week. During an hour-and-a-half-long Zoom meeting with dozens of the former employees […]
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BARBADOS Chief Fire Officer: Material Still Combustible & Major Cleanup Under Way At B’s Recycling
MAY 5, 2021 By Julia Rawlins- Bentham – BGIS Ongoing efforts to reduce the excess of 70-feet of metal at B’s Recycling will not reduce the possibility of combustion, but it will increase the ability of officials to manage or fight a possible fire. Chief Fire Officer of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), Errol Maynard, […]
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BARBADOS COVID-19 Update: 31 New Cases, 4 Discharged & Statement On 31 New Positive COVID-19 Cases
COVID-19 Update: 31 New Cases, 4 Discharged MAY 5, 2021 —————————- BGIS The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 31 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 4, from among the 650 tests conducted. The cases, which comprise one female and 30 males, include 24 male clients of the Psychiatric Hospital. The new positives at […]
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BARBADOS COVID-19 Update: 3 New Cases, 13 Discharged, 1 Death
MAY 4, 2021 BGIS One person died from COVID-19 on Monday, May 3. The 63-year-old man was admitted to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility on April 23, and passed away after spending six days on a ventilator. His death brings to 45 the number of people who have succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, three new […]
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BARBADOS: One More COVID-19 Death; Family Of 8 Tests Positive
MAY 3, 2021 – By – MELISSA ROLLOCK – BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 3, 2021. (PMO) Barbados recorded its 45th COVID-19 death today. It comes almost a month after the last reported casualty on Tuesday, April 6. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, delivered the sombre news during […]
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