By now, it has become an inescapable fact that COVID-19 has irrevocably changed life as we know it, even as we try to come to grips with the daily twists …
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Barbados’ main corporate regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), is keeping a close eye on some businesses but has temporarily relaxed its rules on the filing of audited financial statements, …
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Predicting a severe shock to the Barbados economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) warned today that the country should expect tourism to grind to a halt, …
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Undocumented non-nationals can access medical care, if they become ill, without the fear of being deported, Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson said today. He gave this assurance to those …
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With some 14,000 people having already claimed unemployment benefits since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Barbados on March 17, the head of the island’s main business organisation is forecasting more …
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A minimum of over 100 Bajans could die from COVID-19, said Czar Richard Carter tonight, quoting a best-case scenario model developed by University of the West Indies epidemiologists. The coronavirus …
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Dozens of CARICOM nationals including sex workers and some employed in cosmetology are said to be among those hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis. And they are pleading with diplomats …
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President of the Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) Alister Alexander is warning members that it is not going to be business as usual when they are given …
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A 19-year-old found with a quantity of marijuana over the weekend said he had it for relaxation. Jadiah Malik Marcus Barton, of Lucas Street, St Philip pleaded guilty to a …
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A 29-year-old man accused of placing the lives of four people in danger when he discharged a firearm in a public place almost three years ago, appeared in court for …