JUL 11, 2021 – By Melissa Rollock COVID-19 Update and Press Conference – July 11, 2021 (PMO) Government will be implementing a “three-phase operation” to bring the recent spike in COVID-19 cases under control. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, outlined the measures this evening during a press conference, which was called […]
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Hart: Approximately 200 People In Quarantine At Hotels JUL 11, 2021 Pictured above Manager of the COVID-19 Quarantine Facilities, Alvin Hart. COVID-19 Update and Press Conference – July 11, 2021 (PMO) As Barbados records 40 new cases of COVID-19, there are approximately 200 persons in quarantine at hotels. And, Manager of the COVID-19 Quarantine Facilities, […]
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JUL 11, 2021 Forty people, 20 males and 20 females, were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Saturday, July 10, out of the 908 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The number of persons in isolation is 60. Since March 2020, confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 4,176 (2,020 females and 2,156 males). There have […]
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JUL 7, 2021 —- BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse as “an atrocious act which Barbados vehemently condemns”. In a statement issued today, Ms. Mottley said: “Violence can never be a solution, and must be rejected in all circumstances. Barbados urges all to pause […]
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JUL 7, 2021 Twelve new COVID-19 cases, three females and nine males, were identified on Tuesday, July 6, from the 766 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Thirty-five people are in isolation. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded since March 2020, is 4,108 – 1,988 females and 2,120 males. The virus […]
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JUL 6, 2021 Post Hurricane Elsa media update with Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams – July 6, 2021. (PMO) The Barbados Light and Power Company Limited (BL&P) has sought additional manpower to assist with its restoration efforts, as thousands remain without power, following the passage of Hurricane Elsa last Friday. […]
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JUL 6, 2021 Post Hurricane Elsa media update with Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams – July 6, 2021. (PMO) Government’s top priority following the passage of Hurricane Elsa on July 2 is on reconstructing homes completely destroyed by the category one system. Such houses, said Minister of Home Affairs, Information […]
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JUL 3, 2021 Press conference – update post Tropical Storm Elsa – July 3, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dr. William Duguid, has described the work to repair and rebuild the houses damaged during the passing of Hurricane Elsa as a “mammoth task”. He was speaking this evening at the Lloyd Erskine […]
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Pictured above Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, at a press conference at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, giving an update about the state of the country in the aftermath of Elsa. BY BGIS | JUL 3, 2021 | TOP STORIES Press Conference – update post Tropical Storm Elsa – July 3, 2021. (PMO) There will be […]
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