SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG . ——– BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) One student at a secondary school in Barbados has tested positive for COVID-19, as the island returned to face-to-face classes this week. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, during a COVID-19 update and press conference this evening at Ilaro […]
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MAY 6, 2021 SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG . BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, has disclosed that there are currently 50 positive cases in the cluster at the Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. George stated this during a COVID-19 update and press conference this evening at Ilaro […]
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MAY 6, 2021 By Joy -Ann Gill — BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) Although a student has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, and another student at the St. George Primary School has been placed in quarantine, awaiting a second COVID-19 result, Health Minister Lieutenant […]
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URGENT LIVE COVID -19 UPDATE AND PRESS CONFERENCE.
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(Stock Photo) Persons are being urged to stick to the appointment times allotted for their COVID-19 vaccinations. Co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme, Major David Clarke, said that some people with appointments for their second doses were arriving at the designated sites way too early. He further added that in some instances, those who were […]
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MAY 6, 2021 – BGIS Fourteen new positive COVID-19 cases – six males and eight females – were recorded on Wednesday, May 5. They were identified from the 733 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Four of the new positives are male clients of the Psychiatric Hospital. Meanwhile, 10 people recovered from […]
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Staff WriterMay 5, 2021 Prime Minister, Hon. Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, yesterday announced that the communities of Whitewater and Kamwatta, of Barima – Waini (Region One), will receive electricity before the end of the year. The Prime Minister made these remarks during the simple sod-turning ceremonies at the construction sites where power generation facilities will be […]
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Staff Writer May 5, 2021 I greet all Guyanese on the occasion of Arrival Day 2021. This special day is commemorated as a public holiday on May 5th each year. It celebrates the contributions to the national development of our African, Indian, Chinese, Portuguese and European ancestors and their descendants. The declaration of May 5th […]
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Government has offered a helping hand to just under 100 displaced Barbadian workers of the regional airline LIAT. (FP) The Government has offered a helping hand to just under 100 displaced Barbadian workers of LIAT, who will get some relief by early next week. During an hour-and-a-half-long Zoom meeting with dozens of the former employees […]
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MAY 5, 2021 By Julia Rawlins- Bentham – BGIS Ongoing efforts to reduce the excess of 70-feet of metal at B’s Recycling will not reduce the possibility of combustion, but it will increase the ability of officials to manage or fight a possible fire. Chief Fire Officer of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS), Errol Maynard, […]
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