PICTURED ABOVE : L-R : Neil Weekes, lawyer; Sen. Caswell Franklyn; Shamar Bovell, lawyer. THIS FEATURE FIRST APPEARED IN barbadostoday.bb ……… There is a “very real possibility” that a class action suit could be brought against Government for the manner in which it has enforced its COVID-19 directives. That is the word from attorney-at-law Neil […]
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PICTURED ABOVE — Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland ( at right ) and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall pose beside the tractorvator used for the groundbreaking. ( All images – C.Pitt – BGIS ) Community centres are viable resources which can be used to empower communities and […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | MAR 4, 2021 | TOP STORIES New Senior Manager of Markets, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Eric Lewis. (GP) The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy (MMABE) welcomes Eric Lewis as its new Senior Manager of Markets. Mr. Lewis brings a wealth of experience to […]
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COVID-19 update and press conference – March. 3, 2021. (PMO) – VIEW HERE….. The National Insurance Board (NIB) has submitted a Board Paper to the Ministry of Finance, seeking approval to become a statutory board. Chairman of the National Insurance Board, Leslie Haynes, made the disclosure during a COVID-19 update and press conference entitled COVID-19: Your […]
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BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | FEB 26, 2021 | TOP STORIES Barbados has two new CARICOM Youth Ambassadors – Meghan Theobalds and Java Sealy – who will serve for the period February 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022. As part of their duties, Ambassadors Theobalds and Sealy will engage in advocacy, outreach and peer-to-peer education locally, with support from the Division […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – February 25, 2021. (PMO) —VIEW HERE …….. There will be a phased reopening of Barbados from Monday, March 1. In an address to the nation on Thursday night, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said the gradual reopening was the method Government had been advised to […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Health Minister, Lt. Col Jeffrey Bostic watch as the COVID-19 vaccine is administered to a patient during a visit to the Maurice Byer Polyclinic today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Over 25,000 people in Barbados have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, since the roll out of the National Vaccination Programme. Prime Minister Mia […]
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FEB 24, 2021 BGIS The island recorded 55 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, February, 23. They were diagnosed from among 677 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twenty-nine people recovered from the virus, bringing the number of active cases to 783. One person died, a 68-year-old woman, who passed away […]
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The Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). (FP) Visitors departing the island on scheduled flights for February 20 and 21 will not be affected by the upcoming imposed weekend curfew. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, has indicated that visitors who are scheduled to leave the island on Saturday, February 20, and Sunday, […]
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PICTURED : Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. BY NYA PHILLIPS | FEB 17, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES VIEW IT HERE .…COVID-19 update and press conference – February 17, 2021. (PMO) Government will be introducing a weekend curfew, as part of efforts to further restrict unnecessary movement, which has been […]
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