Minister of International Business and Industry, Ronald Toppin. (FP) A pending move by the European Union (EU) to blacklist Barbados has been described as “heartless” by Minister of Industry and International Business, Ronald Toppin. Speaking via zoom during the Barbados International Business Association’s launch of Global Business Week 2020, Minister Toppin said “barring a miraculous […]
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Three more members of one family have tested positive for COVID-19 after three other family members tested positive in previous days. Among the 268 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday were three positives – the four-month-old baby and the 34-year-old husband of a woman who tested positive on Friday, and a […]
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PICTURED above Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic speaking to the press. STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS LT. COL. JEFFREYBOSTIC REGARDING CLUSTER OF COVID-19 CASESGood AfternoonAfter several days of aggressive contact tracing related to a positive COVID-19 case diagnosed on September 24, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has discovered […]
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Pictured above the Prime Minister Mia Mottley during the Press Briefing. All Photographs by David Crichlow. The people of St George North will go to the poll in a by-election on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Nomination Day is Monday, October 26, 2020. Prime Minister Mia Mottley made the announcement during a Press briefing this evening […]
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(Stock Photo) Government will be adopting a strategic plan as agreed to by other Ministers of Energy across the region, that would see the Centre for Renewable Energy partnering with Ministries of Education to assist with the development of a cadre of workers for the solar industry. Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie […]
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Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, and owner of the Crane Resort, Paul Doyle, during a tour of the facility. (C. Pitt/BGIS) The ‘strict’ COVID-19 protocols the Government of Barbados has implemented are beneficial not only for locals but for visitors to the island as well. This assertion was made by Minister […]
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(Stock Photo) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes workers in the tourism and travel sector should be given priority access to vaccinations and therapeutics when they become available. Ms. Mottley expressed this view today as she delivered remarks during the opening ceremony for the two-day virtual meeting of the 58th Directing Council of the Pan […]
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(Stock Image) Statement by the Ministry of Health & Wellness in response to an article in the September 30 Midweek Nation headlined ‘Doctors Send Urgent Letter To Bostic’. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has noted that BAMP has shared its concerns about the new travel protocols dated 24 September 2020. It should be noted […]
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(Stock Photo) Under guidance from the Ministry of Health, the Barbados Revenue Authority’s office in Holetown closed early on Wednesday to facilitate contact tracing and testing. This closure was necessary due to possible contact with a positive COVID-19 case. Fifteen members of staff associated with this location were tested. All of the tests results returned […]
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Three new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Barbados. Two of them are as a result of contact tracing related to a 24-year-old woman who arrived in the island on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 and who tested positive after a second test on September 24. The two are a 62-year-old Barbadian woman and […]
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