Pictured above : Chairman of the Board of Directors BNSI, Ryan R. Brathwaite. (GP) As the island prepares to observe World Metrology Day, Chairman of the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), Ryan Brathwaite, has highlighted the importance of quality infrastructure to our daily operations. Acknowledging this year’s theme Measurement for Health, Mr. Brathwaite, in a statement, noted […]
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(Stock Photo) BMCLA and The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus, form a strategic partnership in IP framework development for the local medicinal cannabis industry. The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic agreement with The University of the West Indies, Cave […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE: 4 New Cases, 3 Recoveries, 1 Death MAY 18, 2021 — MELISSA ROLLOCK — BGIS Barbados has recorded its 47th COVID-19 related death. The deceased is a 67- year-old Barbadian woman with co-morbidities, who passed away on Monday, May 17. Meanwhile, four new cases (one male and three females) were recorded on Monday, […]
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MAY 18, 2021 — Government of Barbados. Click the link to download the most recent directives, Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Curfew) (No 10) Directive, 2021. To read more on the modifications in this directive, go to the Current COVID-19 Directive Extended with Modifications. The Directive covers the period from Tuesday, May 18, 2021, and expires on Monday, June […]
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Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan. (FP) Preparations are underway for Barbados’ representatives to actively participate in meetings of the International Labour Organization (ILO), with the Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, set to lead the Government delegation. The 109th Session of the International Labour Conference will be held […]
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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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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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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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