Former Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Joseph Joe Edghill has passed away. Edghill, a pharmacist by profession, represented the Barbados Labour Party in …
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The 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew remains in effect but Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw this evening announced that the Cabinet of Barbados, the Emergency Organisation Committee and the …
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The Records Section of the Registration Department is offering select services as a result of Barbados’ Stage 3 COVID-19 National Preparedness Plan. Parents of newborn babies are asked to …
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Antigua and Barbuda’s National Festivals Minister Daryll S. Matthew has announced that Antigua’s premier Summer festival, Carnival 2020 has been cancelled. Minister Matthew in a statement issued on Sunday said …
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Four more people will be released from isolation today after testing negative for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Wellness today disclosed. In addition, for the …
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The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) says customers in northern parishes may continue to be impacted by water outages triggered by intermittent power cuts that occurred on Sunday evening and …
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SOURCE: JAMAICA GLEANER: The proposal by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to use School-Based Assessment (SBA) and multiple-choice examination, possibly to be administered online, as its 2020 examination has not …
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Digicel Group Ltd has announced the results to-date of its offers to exchange existing debt for various new securities, pursuant to the two confidential offering memoranda dated April 1, 2020, …
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Harrison Point isolation facility receives first patients
by Sandy Deaneby Sandy DeaneBarbados’ newest isolation facility for COVID-19-positive cases, located at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, received the first patients today. Minister of Health and Wellness Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, speaking to the …
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UN travel organisation says global tourism sector will recover
by Sandy Deaneby Sandy DeaneSOURCE:CMC: The United Nations’ World Travel Organization (UNWTO) has noted the tough times that Caribbean and tourist-dependent countries are undergoing amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but predicts that the industry …