Minister of the Environment and National Beautification Trevor Prescod is thanking the workers of the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) for the important role they have been playing during the COVID-19 …
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The nation’s oldest trade union has issued a caution to employers whose staff is required to be on the job during the current COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Amid confirmed cases of …
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As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic deepens, utility companies are reporting tremendous take up of several payment options by customers. Both electric and telecommunication companies told Barbados TODAY they …
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Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Cleviston Haynes is to deliver the first quarterly review of the economy for 2020, the first comprehensive assessment since the job-crushing global pandemic. …
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The new school term is to get underway next Monday – without students in their classrooms. They are to receive their tutoring online using the Ministry of Education’s Google-driven eLearning …
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With thousands jobless as the economy reels from the global pandemic, scores of Barbadians are to leave the island soon to head to Canada for jobs in farming, Minister of …
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It has cost two men $7,000 each for their “reckless” disregard of the nation’s curfew law, which requires all persons to remain indoors. The sum is the highest imposed on …
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Six months in prison was the sentence handed down on a 32-year-old man who was outdoors on Heroes Day during the national curfew without a reasonable explanation. Shane Alexander Drakes, …
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Having reportedly received a bit of neighbourhood justice, a 31-year-old will now spend three months in prison for breaking the COVID-19 curfew. With his two arms heavily bandaged and in …
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There are many side stories and debates on the COVID-19 pandemic emanating from Barbadians. And there is relevance to some specific discussions, even if the eventuality of a few suggestions …