PAHO gives more kits for COVID fight Anesta Henry22/04/20200100 views The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has boosted Barbados’ COVID-19 testing capabilities with a donation of 11,000 testing kits. Accepting the kits and 782 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) packages from… Read more
eLearning begins at colleges, private schools Barbados Today22/04/2020087 views Online teaching is underway at all tertiary institutions and most private schools, the Ministry of Education has declared, even as it is yet to declare if and when the third… Read more
Another round of Clap Barbados Barbados Today22/04/20202115 views As Barbadians are being invited to join others elsewhere in the world to applaud health care workers and first responders on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more
Insurer General Accident enters Barbados market Barbados Today22/04/20200224 views A Jamaica-based general insurance company with an operation in Trinidad is set to enter the Barbadian market following regulatory approval here, the firm said. General Accident Insurance Company (Barbados) Limited,… Read more
#BTEditorial – Crop Over and NIFCA cancelled. A chance to reboot. Barbados Today22/04/20200117 views Over the weekend, Crop Over, “the sweetest summer festival”, and the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) became the latest casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. An official release from… Read more
Three on serious bodily harm charge Barbados Today21/04/20200230 views Two tree trimmers and a soldier were today granted $9,000 bail each on a joint criminal charge. They are 48-year-old Rene Orlando Pilgrim and 24-year-old Raheem Akeem Grimes both, of… Read more
Alleged arsonist remanded Barbados Today21/04/20200225 views An alleged arsonist has been remanded to prison until May 19. Christopher Stephen Licorish, of no fixed place of abode, appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today accused of… Read more
Thief ‘picks’ prison stay Barbados Today21/04/2020082 views Scaling the walls of another man’s residence twice in a bid to steal limes during the Covid-19 curfew has landed a 45-year-old man in jail for the next six months.… Read more
No new cases, two patients to be released from isolation Barbados Today21/04/2020080 views For the sixth consecutive day, there were no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Barbados. However, two more persons will be released from isolation today after testing negative twice within… Read more
Update: Delayed Trinidadians make final preparations to leave Barbados Emmanuel Joseph21/04/2020096 views After being delayed by another round of testing, Trinidadians anxious to head home are now making final preparations to board their chartered flight. The group of 33 Trinidadians had… Read more