‘800 per cent’: DePeiza repeats call for explanation of Maloney firm’s jab ‘buy’ Barbados Today28/09/2021274 views Verla DePeiza has zeroed in on an “800 per cent mark-up” on the price of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine under the failed deal to buy the jabs involving a local… Read more
St James woman dies suddenly at bus stop Barbados Today28/09/2021082 views A 65-year-old woman collapsed and died at a bus stop located opposite Trents Playing Field, St James this morning. According to police, she has been identified as Pamela Medford of Fitts… Read more
‘Don’t preach falsehood as fact’ – US-based physician-pastor Barbados Today28/09/20210132 views A Christian cleric and medical doctor Dr. Philip Bonaparte has suggested it is unchristian for people of faith to ignore science and fact put their personal interest above others, amid… Read more
Fernandes is chairman of BNOCL Barbados Today28/09/20210131 views Vic Fernandes is the new chairman of the Board of Directors of the Barbados National Oil Company Limited, a company statement issued Tuesday said. “Mr. Fernandes took up the post… Read more
BYDC redoubling efforts to encourage vaccination among youth Anesta Henry28/09/2021055 views The Barbados Youth Development Council (BYDC) is exploring its options on how to convince the island’s youth to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, COVID-19. President Roshanna Trim told Barbados TODAY… Read more
Association urges resolution in Advocate pay delay Anesta Henry28/09/2021056 views The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) wants the parties involved in the Barbados Advocate legal wrangling to work toward a speedy resolution so that affected staff can… Read more
‘Give workers legal aid to fight vaccine bullying’ Randy Bennett28/09/2021177 views Marginalized employees being bullied by their employers to take the COVID-19 vaccine should be afforded the facility to take legal action. That is the view of Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley,… Read more
Maloney gets extension to re-file in ‘vaccine scam’ lawsuit Emmanuel Joseph28/09/2021186 views Local developer Mark Maloney and his company Radical Investments Limited have been given more time by a Florida District Court to try to avoid a possible dismissal of his lawsuit… Read more
Hospitals begin to run out of oxygen across Eastern Caribbean as ‘Delta wave’ sweeps region, says PAHO Barbados Today28/09/2021079 views Hospital oxygen supplies are being pushed to the brink across the Eastern Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has warned, as a wave of the highly infectious Delta COVID-19… Read more
Dependents compounding space limitation problem at isolation centres Barbados Today28/09/2021145 views The increasing numbers at isolation facilities across the country are being compounded by accompanying minors who test negative for COVID, but are dependent on their infected relatives. According to Minister… Read more