(L-R) Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Director, Kerry Hinds; Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Dr Leo Brewster; and sponsors, Arawak Cement Administrative Officer (PR), Wilma Gibson; IDEAs Transformation Content Manager Autumn Inniss-Harris; and Republic Bank (Barbados) Ltd Manager of Marketing and Corporate Communications Sophia Allsop-Cambridge, pose beside the newly unveiled Tsunami Smart […]
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(FP) The additional buses purchased by Government, augmented by the use of “non-traditional operators”, will be adequate enough to meet the increased demand for public transportation when school begins in a few weeks. Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw, said her Ministry had already started “very productive” discussions with the Ministry of […]
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There was one positive case of COVID-19 among the 259 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. The 26-year-old Jamaican female arrived from Jamaica aboard Caribbean Airlines yesterday. Her case brings the number in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, to 18, and the total number of cases recorded in Barbados to […]
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(Stock Photo) Officers of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit closed two St. James bars for the night yesterday, after citing operators for non-compliance in respect of the COVID-19 protocols. The Red Door Bar in Holetown and the Drift Bar in Sunset Crest were both sanctioned for a number of infractions, including some bar staff not wearing […]
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(Left to right) CEO of the Barbados Port Inc, David Jean-Marie chatting with the BPI’s new Chairman, Peter Odle during a tour of the Bridgetown Port on Wednesday. (NP/BGIS) The Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) has been weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic well, despite a slowdown in activity. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, speaking with the media, following Wednesday’s tour of the Bridgetown Port. (NP/BGIS) Progress is being made in a one-billion-dollar master plan to enhance port operations in Barbados, over the next 10 years. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, gave an update […]
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(L to R) Dwaine Paul, BWUs Deputy General Secretary; Rudy Grant, CEO BHTA; Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins and Avinash Persaud Special Envoy to the PM of Barbados made up the panel who met with tourism workers yesterday. (SFC/BGIS) Government has proposed a plan to workers in the tourism sector, which, […]
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(Stock Photo) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised the public that it has tightened the definition of a villa for quarantine purposes, in respect of COVID-19. People arriving in Barbados with a negative COVID-19 PRC test from countries categorised as high risk are required to quarantine at a government facility free of charge, […]
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A major fire in Speightstown causes major destruction to buildings. Fire officials are on the scene of a fire at Jumas Restaraunt and other buildings in Speightstown.
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(Stock Photo) It is with sadness that I join Barbadians generally, and the calypso fraternity in particular, in paying tribute to Colin “Observer” Reid, who passed away at his home today. Colin was, without doubt, one of the shareholders of the local calypso competition, with a loyal following that respected him for his prolific song-writing […]
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