As soon as a safe vaccination for children becomes available, Government will move towards vaccinating that section of the island’s population. While Prime Minister Mia Mottley has acknowledged that Barbados …
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Rastafarian squatter questions bulldozing of his home and destruction of full-grown fruit trees
A local member of the Rastafarian community is blasting an apparent Government move to bulldoze, without warning, the place he has called home for more than 30 years. And the …
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COVID-19 claims woman’s life as in-person schooling hits bump
by Sandy Deaneby Sandy DeaneThe death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose by one Tuesday while health authorities closed yet another school after a student tested positive for the virus. The woman, a 66-year-old …
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Education officials have once again raised the ire of the country’s two teachers unions, amid allegations that COVID-19 protocols established before the resumption of school are not being implemented across …
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Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffery Bostic has confirmed that a sixty-six-year-old woman has succumbed to COVID-19. The minister also confirmed a secondary school student tested positive for …
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Road closure of Holetown from Rubis Service Station to the junction of Highway C and Highway 1
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources has advised that the section in Holetown from Rubis Service Station to the junction of Highway C and Highway 1 will be …
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Ministry of International Business and Industry working remotely due to COVID-19 case
The Ministry of International Business and Industry, located on the 8th Floor, Baobab Tower, Warrens, St Michael, has been closed due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19. The …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the Caribbean and the rest of the world squarely at the doorstep of the future of work. In the midst of global chaos many regional …
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Belizean Dr Carla Barnett, the first ever woman to have served as deputy secretary-general from 1997 to 2002 , has been elected as the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General …
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Four persons, all females, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, May 10, from the 436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.     There were …