Shut-offs by the Barbados Water Authority to continue
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is reminding the public that the shut-offs implemented during 2019 still remain in effect into this year 2020. This action of periodic shut-offs is being taken in...
View ArticleNo new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Barbados today
Barbados has recorded no new cases from COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Wellness this evening reported. In a statement issued by the Barbados Government Information Service it said 11 people...
View ArticlePenalties For Breaching Self-Quarantine
Persons who have been ordered to self-quarantine in their homes but fail to do so are guilty of an offence under the Health Services (Communicable and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations. Under the law,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Critical Stock List
The Ministry of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce has advised that a Covid-19 Critical Stock List was tabled by the Ministry last week and agreed upon by the Barbados Chamber of Commerce...
View ArticleSafe haven – Trinis, denied return home, kept in quarantine here
Just as it came to the rescue of stranded cruise ship passengers turned away from several seaports in the COVID-19 crisis, Barbados today became a safe haven for a group of 35 elderly Trinidadians now...
View ArticleWoman racks up more theft convictions
Known thief Keisha Melissa Clarke has been sentenced to nine months in prison on two charges. The 32-year-old, of Quarry Road, Arthur Seat, St Thomas pleaded guilty before Magistrate Kristie...
View ArticleYouth on gun and ammo charges
An automatic 28 days on remand at Dodds Prison was what a young St Michael man received when he appeared before one of this island’s courts on two indictable charges at the weekend. Rackeem Shaquille...
View ArticleAll hands on deck, says Minister of Health
Retired doctors and nurses and members of the private sector healthcare system will be asked to assist with the national COVID-19 response. In a press briefing over the weekend, Minister of Health and...
View ArticleHyatt a go, says Maloney
After five years of controversy and legal challenges, a US$175 million revamped Hyatt Ziva Barbados Resort will finally get off the ground next month. Developer Mark Maloney told Barbados TODAY this...
View Article#BTEditorial – The bitter medicine of truth
The Greek playwright Aeschylus once observed: “In war, the first casualty is truth.” And in the thousands of years since, those words have come true repeatedly in conflict after conflict. Aeschylus’...
View ArticleImmediate Suspension Of Visiting Hours
Due to the ongoing threat posed by the coronavirus, COVID-19, the public is advised of the immediate suspension of visiting hours at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Visits will only be allowed for...
View ArticleUrgent Public Notice
The Barbados TODAY Inc has just learned that a fake article on the number of coronavirus cases, using our logo, has been circulating via Whatapps. This is NOT Barbados TODAY. This is a serious...
View ArticleCOVID- 19 Update: Only one new case today
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported only one new case of COVID-19 in Barbados today, after 16 suspected cases were tested by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. This...
View ArticleMan missing at sea
Police from the Crab Hill Police Station are currently at Little Bay, St Lucy where a man went missing at sea just after 2 p.m. The man, said to be in his 30s, from Josey Hill, St Lucy was seen...
View ArticleAbsalon admits to stealing money from jobseeker
An eight-month prison sentence “hurt” a conman today who was convicted for swindling a young jobseeker out of $600 last year. “Eight months ma’am? This hurting me ma’am, I got heart problems, I can’t...
View ArticleTwo on remand
Two young men appeared in court today on similar charges. One pleaded guilty while the other denied the allegations and both are now on remand at Dodds. Teriq Kaareem Linton, 21, and Tariq Carlisle...
View ArticleBCCUL credit unions announce concessions
The island’s major credit unions have agreed to offer “significant eases” including a payment holiday in a bid to free up more cash to their members during the COVID-19 crisis, their umbrella body said...
View ArticlePanic not, says counsellor
A local sociologist is urging Barbadians not to allow the uncertainties of the COVID-19 threat to cause them to panic and live in fear. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Supreme Counselling for Personal...
View ArticleRBC branch closes in ‘COVID-19 strategy’
RBC Royal Bank has announced that it will temporarily close its Hastings, Christ Church branch on Thursday, as part of a virus-fighting strategy that will affect other RBC branches in the Caribbean. At...
View ArticleSmall businesses told to relax rules
Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Association (SBA) Senator Dr Lynette Holder is calling on members of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) sector to prepare for the worse...
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