SOURCE: CMC: A shipment of medical supplies to help the British Virgin Islands territory fight the COVID-19 pandemic, has been released by the United States. This was revealed by the …
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The new alphabetic-based shopping system applies to gas stations, COVID-19 Czar Richard Carter confirmed today. Members of the public have expressed concern that they have not been able to fill …
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Primary and secondary school students who are having challenges coping with the COVID-19 pandemic may access the services of a trained counsellor. This resource was available from Wednesday, April 15, …
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A new system of shopping aimed at reducing numbers at supermarkets, fish markets, banks, and hardware stores appears to have yielded the same results that policymakers were hoping to avoid. …
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A lot of Barbados’ economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic will depend heavily on financial institutions and how soon construction projects can get started, says economist Jeremy Stephen. Giving an …
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COVID-19 has crushed the tourism industry, accounting for 5,000 hotel worker’s jobs lost and shuttering nearly nine out of ten hotels in the industry’s worst crisis, according to the Barbados …
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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 …