COVID-19 Update: Six New Cases, Three Recovered APR 5, 2021 BGIS Six women were identified as COVID-19 positive on Sunday, April 4, from the 354 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Meanwhile, three people recovered from the virus and were discharged from isolation. There are 109 persons in isolation. Barbados has recorded […]
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Press conference hosted by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – March 31, 2021. (PMO) VIEW IT HERE …… While the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been the first to be administered to Barbadians, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley indicated that Government was looking at procuring other brands of COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. Those being considered include […]
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(BDF) BY PUBLIC RELATIONS | APR 3, 2021 The Barbados Defence Force’s maritime unit, the Barbados Coast Guard (BCG), participated in a recent joint counter narcotics operation with the Royal Barbados Police Force and the Regional Security System. The interdiction seized a quantity of illegal drugs (cocaine and marijuana) of an estimated value of $4.9 million […]
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APR 3, 2021 — BGIS A 70-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities is the latest COVID-19 fatality, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 43. He passed away on Friday, April 2, after spending 29 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, 19 of which he spent on a ventilator. Additionally, three women tested […]
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(Stock Photo) Cabinet today confirmed the members of the new Advisory Board for the Government Industrial School (GIS). The members are: Reverend Dr. Lucille Baird, Chairman; Dr. Carl Ward, Deputy Chairman; Stephanie Chase; Reverend Lennox Boyce; Cheryl Moore; Kwame Bradshaw; Christaneisha Soleyn; the Chief Magistrate or his nominee and the Superintendent of Prisons or his […]
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(Stock Photo) In a reimagined tourism development model, destinations must adapt to communities and not the other way around. Founder/President of Countrystyle Community Tourism Network/Villages, Diana McIntyre-Pike, emphasised this point in her presentation on ‘Inclusive Community-Led and Owned Tourism’ during the final day of the ‘Re-Imagining Tourism in Barbados’ online consultation. She made reference to the community-led […]
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS | APR 1, 2021 | TOP STORIES (Stock Photo) The public is advised that an exemption has been granted to bakeries, bread depots and bread vans to operate on Friday, April 2; Sunday, April 4; Monday, April 5, and Sunday, April 11, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. each day.
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APR 2, 2021 ——- BGIS The island recorded six new positive cases of COVID-19 – two females and four males – on Thursday, April 1, from among the 664 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twelve people recovered and were discharged from isolation. There are 110 persons in isolation. Barbados’ confirmed cases of […]
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(Stock Photo) A joint tourism initiative has been undertaken between Barbados and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the tune of US$20 million. It is aimed at repositioning the tourism sector through the implementation of key tourism initiatives. One of these key initiatives is the National Tourism Programme. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa […]
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COVID-19 Update: 10 New Cases, 18 Recovered MAR 31, 2021——- BGIS Barbados recorded 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 30. The four men and six women were identified from among 369 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Eighteen people recovered from the virus and were released from isolation. There […]
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