One of the displays at the Barbados Conference Services Limited’s first ever open day and showcase forum at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Barbados Conference Services Limited (BCSL) held its first ever open day and showcase forum, under the theme: Together Again, last Friday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC). The event was […]
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Three visitors, two British and a Colombian, are the latest COVID-19-positive cases in Barbados. The British, a five-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, are known contacts of an earlier case confirmed on August 18. They tested positive yesterday and were transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. The 31-year-old male Colombian visitor […]
Continue ReadingMinister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, John King, delivered the remarks at the opening of the Rock Hall Freedom Park, Rock Hall, St. Thomas. A very large crowd turned out at the Freedom Village to take in this historical event which included a varied bit of Afro-centric entertainment before the official […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill in the drivers seat turning the key to start one of the buses. Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill has said that Barbadians will now be able to experience the comfort of thirty-three new electric buses imported by the Government as […]
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Three passengers who arrived on a Jet Blue flight yesterday tested positive for COVID-19 and have gone into isolation. The three Barbadians, a 57-year-old woman and two men, aged 64 and 76, are all asymptomatic. Meanwhile, six people will be discharged from the Harrison Point, St. Lucy facility today, after recovering from the viral illness. […]
Continue ReadingPictured – Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Ian Gooding-Edghill pointing out something in the distance whilst surrounded by Media and BWA staffers at one of the informative stops. According to Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Ian Gooding-Edghill, Government is fully committed to the waterworks project being carried out at the Vineyard […]
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A 27-year-old visitor, who arrived on British Airways yesterday, was the only positive case of COVID-19 among the 304 tests done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The British woman, who is asymptomatic, is now in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. Meanwhile, one person will be discharged from the isolation facility today after […]
Continue ReadingThe monument at Rock Hall, St. Thomas. (FP) The long-delayed Rock Hall Freedom Park in St. Thomas will be officially opened on Sunday afternoon to mark the end of the 2020 Season of Emancipation, however, the planned removal of the statue of Lord Nelson on that day has been delayed. Minister in the Prime Minister’s […]
Continue ReadingInformation Minister, Wilfred Abrahams, greets Information Officer, Joy-Ann Gill, during a tour of the Barbados Government Information Service yesterday. Looking on (left to right) are Senior Information Officer, Eyvette McClean; Permanent Secretary, Sandra Phillips; Director of Public Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister, Pat Parris; and Chief Information Officer, Sharon Lynch. (C.Pitt/BGIS ) […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams and Director of Public Affairs, Pat Parris, listen attentively as Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard, explains the equipment on the fire tender. (GP) The Barbados Fire Service (BFS), particularly its Arch Hall Fire Station and the Fire Academy, have come in for high praise from […]
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