(Stock Photo) BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | MAY 4, 2022 Barbados’ Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) saw a fall-off in the number of routine immunizations for children, including that of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this is a cause for concern, Senior Medical Officer in the […]
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President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados, Edwin O’Neal. (Picture by David Crichlow – CARIBPIX IMAGES.) Feature below first appeared in another publication. Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) president Edwin O’Neal is serving notice on those he said are seeking to bring the continuity of […]
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University Lecturer Dr Ronnie Yearwood ( smiling as he is being interviewed – picture above ) is the new President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) He was elected at today’s Extraordinary Conference held at the party’s George Street, Belleville, St Michael headquarters. Yearwood captured 273 votes compared to the 205 secured by former government […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | APR 29, 2022 (Central Bank of Barbados) Barbadians will get their first look at the new polymer banknotes that will go into circulation at the end of the year when the Central Bank of Barbados hosts an official launch event for the new series on May 4. The event will be […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | APR 28, 2022 While they might not be deemed as National Heroes, those who were on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight were today hailed as heroes in their own right by Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill, during the Humanitarian Awards held at Kensington Oval. The Minister was delivering […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | APR 27, 2022 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Photo: QEH In the continuing effort to keep the public informed on matters related to COVID-19, management at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) advises that within the past week, the Hospital’s Infection Prevention and Control Department has identified 13 […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | APR 25, 2022 The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) will be relocating its primary cruise operations to Miami. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, made this disclosure today, during a press conference to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Royal Caribbean International. “We are moving our primary […]
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BY FABIAN BELGRAVE | APR 25, 2022 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir (left) and Owner of West Indies Rum Distillery Limited, Alexandre Gabriel, pointing at the plaque which signals the official opening of Barbados’ newest sugar mill, the Harper Sugarcane Mill, at Groves, St. George. (F. Belgrave/BGIS) The local rum industry […]
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PICTURED ABOVE —– BTMI Chairman, Shelly Williams; CEO of Royal Caribbean International, Michael Bayley; and Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, pose for a photograph following the signing of a MOU between the BTMI and Royal Caribbean International to recruit locals for various posts on Royal Caribbean cruise ships. (PMO) SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG […]
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BY SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG | APR 25, 2022 Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Chad Blackman (left) and Acting Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kirk Humphrey (right), chatting with Bollywood film producer, Rakesh Sabharwal, who arrived on the island yesterday to explore the possibility of shooting […]
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