COVID Update: 175 new cases, 1037 in isolation Barbados Today26/09/2021157 views Eighty-six females and 89 males are the latest COVID-19 cases. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 2,085 tests on Saturday, September 25. Of the 175 new cases, 43 persons… Read more
68 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Barbados Barbados Today26/09/2021266 views Two more persons in Barbados have died from COVID-19, bringing the number of deaths to 68. A 50-year-old woman passed away last night on arrival at the Harrison’s Point Isolation… Read more
Distinguished keynote speaker for UNCTAD 15 Gender and Development Forum Barbados Today26/09/2021065 views Distinguished feminist economist, Dr Mariama Williams, is the keynote speaker for the opening ceremony of the inaugural Gender and Development Forum, which forms part of the UNCTAD 15 Conference. The… Read more
Vaccination schedule for September 26 Barbados Today26/09/2021126 views The vaccination centres which will open today Sunday, September 26, are: Building No. 2 Harbour Industrial Park, St Michael, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Mile-and-a-Quarter Seventh Day Adventist… Read more
Fogging schedule for September 27 – October 1 Barbados Today26/09/2021068 views The Vector Control Unit will continue its fogging programme in St James this week. The communities to be sprayed on Monday, September 27, include Waterhall Land, St Silas Heights 1… Read more
International aid coming to help with pandemic Barbados Today25/09/2021046 views Ghanaian and Cuban nurses, as well as a medical team from North America, are heading to Barbados to assist in the fight against COVID-19. Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed this… Read more
Statement on National Vaccination Fund coming soon Barbados Today25/09/2021028 views A full statement is to be prepared on the National Vaccination Fund, and it will be laid in Parliament next Tuesday. This disclosure came from Prime Minister Mia Mottley on… Read more
Sunday curfew moves from 6 pm to 9 pm Anesta Henry25/09/2021141 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced Saturday that the Sunday curfew will be moved from 6 pm to 9 pm from September 26. After a few weeks of Barbadians being mandated… Read more
Mottley chides DePeiza over comments about non-existent vaccine scam Anesta Henry25/09/2021051 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has chided Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Leader Verla DePeiza for publicly asking Government to come clean about its involvement with Barbadian company Radical Investment Limited (RIL)… Read more
Barbados records 66th COVID-19 death Barbados Today25/09/2021137 views Another Barbadian woman has succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the recorded deaths to 66. The 66-year-old, who was in primary isolation at Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility for three days, died this… Read more