Former employees of bankrupt construction firm Black Bess Quarry Limited are slowly losing hope of ever receiving any of the thousands owed them since January when the company started to …
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A Jamaican woman who disobeyed the national nightly curfew imposed by the Government has been remanded to Dodds pending sentence. Christean Bridgette Beacon, who has no fixed place of abode, …
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The head of the Pan American Health Organisation has urged Barbados and its regional neighbours to move urgently to shore up their health care systems to cope with the COVID-19 …
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Employees temporarily left on the breadline by the ongoing national shutdown are again being advised that they cannot be forced to take vacation without 14 days notice. Word of this …
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“Isolation”, “social distancing”, “self-quarantine”, “lockdown” and “curfew” have become buzzwords all over the world since the beginning of the year when the COVID-19 outbreak sent the whole planet into a …
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In the absence of a definitive position from Government, at least one major fete promoter has pulled the plug on its event for this year’s Crop Over celebrations and …
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All government day nurseries, under the auspices of the Child Care Board (CCB), will close their doors, effective tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1. Director of the CCB, Joan Crawford, said …
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In light of the coronavirus outbreak several local insurance firms say they are expecting more companies to show an interest in obtaining business interruption insurance coverage in the coming …
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Many Barbadians are old enough to remember the primary school axiom often applied when an entire class was punished for the sins of a handful: “Peter pays for Paul. And …
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Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anton Best is recommending funeral homes end open casket services, out of an abundance of caution, as the COVID-19 cases in Barbados rise to …