Pictured above Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at a handover ceremony of 33,600 COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility, at the Grantley Adams International Airport today. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has called for a global summit for coordinated action on a number of areas pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. She made this call […]
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MAY 11, 2021 – BGIS
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley speaking at the official re-opening of the St. Joseph Outpatient Clinic today. (David M. Crichlow – CARIBPIX.) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has given the assurance that the water woes in St. Joseph will be a thing of the past. Ms. Mottley made this pledge today as she delivered the […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley; Attorney General, Dale Marshall; and officials admire the plaque commemorating the reopening of the St. Joseph Outpatient Clinic today. (David M. Crichlow – CARIBPIX.) Community-centred health care has returned to the parish of St. Joseph with the re-opening of the St. Joseph Out-patient Clinic this morning. After closing its doors […]
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(Stock Photo) Employees are advised that the 2020 Reverse Tax Credit (RTC) return, better known as the ‘$1300’, is available for filing. The return should be filed online in TAMIS by December 31, 2022. Employees eligible for the RTC are those who, during the 2020 calendar year, earned a total annual income below $25,000; had less than […]
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COVID-19 Update: 2 New Cases, 5 Discharged BY BGIS | MAY 8, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES There were two new positive COVID-19 cases – one male and one female – identified on Friday, May 7, from the 678 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Five people also recovered, while 109 persons remain in isolation. Barbados has […]
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MAY 7, 2021 Two females are the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados. These cases were identified out of 870 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, May 6. Meanwhile, 16 persons have recovered from the viral illness and were discharged. There are 106 persons in isolation. Barbados […]
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(Stock Photo) For the fiscal period ending March 31, 2021, the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) collected just over $2.24 billion. However, says the Revenue Commissioner at the BRA, Louisa Lewis-Ward, this amount is down by over $208 million in comparison with the previous year, and she attributes the decrease to the COVID-19 pandemic and a […]
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From left to right: Mario Eastmond of Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB); Director of Youth Affairs, Cleviston Hunte; Minister Dwight Sutherland; PFB Director, Neil Dowden; Manager of YES, Ryan Moseley; and Pastor Jasma Dottin, PFB, at today’s handover ceremony. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) has partnered with Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB) to provide training […]
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SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG . ——– BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) One student at a secondary school in Barbados has tested positive for COVID-19, as the island returned to face-to-face classes this week. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, during a COVID-19 update and press conference this evening at Ilaro […]
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