Laboratory results from tests conducted on Monday, October 5, have shown that three women have tested positive for COVID-19 after their second tests. This brings the island’s total number of confirmed cases to 203. They are an asymptomatic 19-year-old Jamaican who arrived on a CAL flight on September 26; an asymptomatic 29-year-old Barbadian who arrived […]
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Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong. (FP) Statement by Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong – It Is Our CXC: Let Us Work Out A Solution In the interest of those 5th and 6th form students across our region who have been negatively impacted by the controversy surrounding the declared results of this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council’s […]
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Pictured Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George during a recent Press briefing. Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, has advised residents to remain calm in the wake of a COVID-19 cluster which includes two students at The Ellerslie School. The cluster is so far confined to members of one family. Dr. […]
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Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana and Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, lay wreaths at the Cubana monument during yesterday’s commemoration ceremony in Payne’s Bay. (S. Pilé/BGIS) Repeated calls for the Caribbean to remain a Zone of Peace were made during the 44th commemoration of the Cubana Airlines tragedy, held yesterday, Tuesday, October […]
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The Cuban contingent of nurses, who were assigned to help Barbados in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, will continue their work on the island for another six months. Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Barbados, Sergio Jorge Pastrana, made the disclosure this morning during the 44th commemoration of the Cubana Airlines tragedy, held at […]
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From left to right: BNSI Director (Ag), Haydn Rhynd; Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds; Managing Director of Courts, Trisha Tannis; and BNSI Chairman, Ryan Brathwaite, examine the Safe Business Verification Certificate which the company received today from the BNSI during a ceremony in the store. (GP) Minister of Energy, Small Business and […]
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(Stock Photo) Barbados challenges the EU’s decision to list the island as a non-cooperative Jurisdiction for tax purposes Prime Minister Mottley describes the action as unjustified and disproportionate Bridgetown, BARBADOS. October 6, 2020: Barbados is appalled at the unjust and disproportionate treatment meted out to two of the smallest countries in the world, namely Anguilla and […]
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Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic speaking at a Barbados Labour Party meeting in Glebe Land, St George on Sunday night ( 4th October 2020 ) in support of Senator Toni Moore’s candidacy in the November 11 by-election in St George North. View a pictorial of the Meeting here……. click this link. Within the next few […]
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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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Pictured above Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Santia Bradshaw speaking at yesterday’s press conference while The Ellerslie School’s Principal, Lt. Col. Errol Brathwaite looks on. (GP) The Ellerslie School, Black Rock, St. Michael, will be temporarily closed for the next 14 days after a student there tested positive for COVID-19. The student, a […]
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