Two deaths have been recorded as a result of the current dengue fever outbreak. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported that there was one confirmed case, a 70-year-old male, …
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Motorists and residents are encouraged to take note of the changes at the Wynter Crawford Roundabout in Six Roads, St. Philip. A team from the road marking section of the …
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Work starts this weekend on Highway 4, from Constant roundabout to Salters, St George
The Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) advises road users that Highway 4 from Constant Roundabout to Salters in St. George will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, January 13, and Sunday, …
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A regional tri-nation ferry service involving Barbados is still a way off, despite Trinidad and Tobago’s announcement it would assign a ship to the service and upbeat pronouncements from the …
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By Emmanuel Joseph Canada-based Barbadian economist Carlos Forte has given a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for Barbados’ economic fortunes in 2014. “I am cautiously optimistic about the prospects for 2024, both …
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‘Hundreds of millions’ in losses for gov’t at Portvale Sugar Factory while private firm reaped sweets
by Shamar Bluntby Shamar BluntAs the government exits the sugar industry, divesting its farms and factories to the cooperative movement, one of its top economists revealed more than a dozen years of massive losses …
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Despite opening its doors nearly 60 years ago, then with about 460 beds, a leading administrator at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) said he did not believe a new hospital …
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New sugar firms to begin operations on Monday under ‘different’ environment
by Shamar Bluntby Shamar BluntBy Shamar Blunt The two new companies running the sugar industry, the Agricultural Business Company Ltd. (ABC), and Barbados Energy and Sugar Company Inc. (BESC), are due to begin operations …
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Although acknowledging that a cyberattack over a year ago disrupted services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), a senior official has stressed the importance of transitioning the healthcare facility into …
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The World Bank is expecting the Caribbean and Latin America to see a “gradual recovery” this year with projected economic growth of 2.3 per cent and 2.5 per cent next …