PICTURED ABOVE Visitors in Barbados enjoying some tasty coconut water from a street coconut vendor. SEP 23, 2021 Barbados’ 12-Month Welcome Stamp Programme as at August 31, 2021, has received 2,953 applications, and of those applications 1,987 were approved. According to the data, the top five leading countries seeking entry under the programme are the […]
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UNGA76 General Debate: Prime Minister of Barbados
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PICTURED Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, as he addressed the celebrations to mark National Arbor Day at the National Botanical Gardens, Codrington, St. Michael. SEP 22, 2021 By Joy-ann Gill -BGIS “Trees Save Lives” – a maxim formulated by the Ministry of Environment and National Beautification – is intended to direct the […]
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SEP 22, 2021 – By Sharon Austingill-Moore – BGIS As the National Vaccination Fund received an injection of $20,000, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, is urging Barbadians to get vaccinated. Mr. Straughn was speaking today after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Co-operators General Insurance, Anton Lovell, made the donation at the BIDC Building […]
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Barbados’ COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 62 SEP 22, 2021 Barbados’ COVID-19 death toll now stands at 62. Three men, aged 61, 81, and 87, passed away during the night on Tuesday, September 21, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St. Lucy. They all had comorbidities and were unvaccinated. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant […]
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SEP 20, 2021 – By Sharon Austin – BGIS Thirty-four-year-old Salem Collector is one of the over 6,000 Barbadians who contracted and recovered from COVID-19. However, his story may be unlike most, as he spent one month at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility fighting for his life, a week at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), where critical […]
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Article by David Hinkson – September 21, 2021 – First appeared in Barbados Today Barbados is well stocked with supplies of the three main COVID-19 vaccines in use but the campaign to inoculate high school children has barely scratched the surface as only one in four high school children has received their first dose of […]
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SEP 18, 2021 By Fabian Belgrave — BGIS Press briefing with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley featuring Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col. Jeffrey Bostic – September 18, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, today announced that there was “widespread community transmission” of COVID-19, and that the country was […]
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