Teams from the Sanitation Service Authority and the National Conservation Commission moved in early this morning to make way for a new community park and green space in Doughlin Road, Weston. St. James. (M. Rollock/BGIS) Residents of Douglin Road, Weston, St. James, will have a new park and community green space compliments of the Ministry […]
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Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley gives a press statement following talks with the Barbados Workers Union (BWU) and G4S Secure Solutions (Barbados) Limited. VIEW IT BY CLICKING THIS LINK…. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that Government will not condone discrimination in any form. And, she has asked Attorney General Dale Marshall to give […]
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Two visitors to the island went into isolation yesterday ( DEC 7, 2020 ) after returning COVID-19 positive results, from the 612 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. One of them is a 21-year-old man, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on December 5, while the other, a 52-year-old woman, was diagnosed after […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, in discussion with Yute Gym Director, Professor Ann St. John ( second from right) ; and Yute Gym Coordinator, Teon Waithe, during a special visit to the Foundation and Yute Gym on Saturday. (GP) Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, is […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic. (FP) The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made it possible for Barbados to step up its fight against HIV and STIs over the past decade, as well as strengthened its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme came to an official […]
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BY NYA PHILLIPS | DEC 7, 2020 Two more visitors have tested positive for COVID-19, after undergoing second tests. They are a 30-year-old woman, and a 27-year-old man. Both arrived on the island via American Airlines on December 2, and December 3, respectively. They were asymptomatic. They were the only positive cases identified out of […]
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Barbados’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Elizabeth Thompson. (Photos courtesy of Barbados’ Mission at the UN) On December 3 and 4, some 155 Presidents and Prime Ministers participated in a Special Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, to discuss the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) and the UN response to the pandemic. The meeting […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, discussing his Ministry steps towards aquireing the Covid Vaccine for Barbados after receiving a 12-seater Nissan Urvan which was donated to his Ministry by the Pan American Health Organization this morning. ( Photo by David Crichlow ) PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr. […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic (left) and PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr. Yitades Gebre, pose next to the Nissan Urvan and medical supplies which were donated to Government by PAHO today. ( Pictures by David Crichlow ) The Ministry of Health and Wellness, thanks to the Pan […]
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