Entrepreneurs deliver new service
As more residents engage in social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least two entrepreneurs are seeking to deliver food and pharmaceuticals to those staying at home. E-commerce entrepreneurs...
View ArticleSSA introduces COVID-19 mitigation measures
The Sanitation Services Authority (SSA) has introduced measures to safeguard sanitation workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Public Relations Officer with the SSA Carl Alff Padmore announced: “Now...
View ArticleQEH says no shortage of protective gear
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has an adequate supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for staff who will be working on the frontline to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. This assurance came from...
View ArticlePSVs take precautions against virus
The spread of the coronavirus in Barbados has forced the immediate implementation of new protocols on all privately-owned public service transport, including restrictions on the number of passengers...
View ArticleCOVID nurses call for more proactive protection
As Barbados prepares to ramp up its response to the coronavirus outbreak, come the first indication that those on the frontline of the battle against the viral illness are wary of the level of...
View Article‘All quiet on the Canadian front’
No Bajans have reported coming down with the Coronavirus disease, the Barbados Consulate in Toronto said today as it stands by to assist Bajans, even in the midst of a state of emergency in Canada’s...
View ArticleSt Lucy man missing at sea
The search is continuing for a St Lucy man who went missing at sea today. Police said they received a report just after 2 p.m. that the man said to be in his 30s from Josey Hill, St Lucy went swimming...
View ArticleHavana medics, medicine may join virus battle
Barbados could soon be getting several specialist nurses and doctors from Cuba as Government ensures it is able to adequately treat victims of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. At the same time, in what...
View ArticlePort of Spain backs barring citizens entry
PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government Tuesday defended its decision not to re-open its borders to accommodate 35 nationals stranded in Barbados, insisting that the measure is part of an...
View ArticleUp close with the downturn in tourism
The visible lull in activity at the Grantley Adams International Airport this afternoon was enough evidence that COVID-19 had indeed put the brakes on the trade of taxi operators. “I was waiting for...
View ArticleFrom the Editor’s Desk
On yet another crucial news day during some of our nation’s most critical times, while the Barbados Today News Team was busy gathering stories that you can trust, a malicious act was brought to our...
View ArticleBCC Temporarily Suspends Payment Services
The Barbados Community College has advised that effective Wednesday, March 25, the receipt of all fees payable to the College will be suspended, until further notice. Fees include application fees for...
View ArticlePolice have identified the man who went missing at sea on Tuesday
He is 40-year-old Julian Maurice Clarke of Josey Hill, St Lucy who went swimming in choppy waters at Little Bay in the same parish yesterday. A search by the Police Marine Unit and other personnel,...
View ArticleJune 2 is new date for Common Entrance Examination
The Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (BSSEE) commonly known as the 11-plus, has been postponed until June, Education Minister Santia Bradshaw has announced. “It is our intention to...
View ArticleGovernment appeals to businesses to facilitate welfare clients
Government is calling on businesses to allow clients of the welfare department to carry out transactions with their cheques ahead of the usual schedule in light of changes made in response to the...
View ArticleWanted: Gabriel Shando Hayde
Police are again seeking the public’s assistance to locate Gabriel Shando Hayde, alias Sheriff or Red Man, who is wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. His last known address is Colleton...
View ArticleWandering teen remanded
A 14-year-old girl charged with theft and who “keeps wandering away” from home is now at the Government Industrial School until her next court appearance. The child who is from the north of the island...
View ArticlePollard sick, case on hold for two weeks
The murder trial of Andrew Harclyde Pollard has been adjourned again. When Justice Randall Worrell called the case against the Mahaica Gap, Green Hill, St Michael resident in the No. 4 Supreme today he...
View ArticleFired employees want outstanding monies now
COVID-19 and alleged bad behaviour have left two employees and their former boss in a dispute over unpaid wages. Twenty-one-year-old Aricia Cheltenham and her former colleague Danielle Ross, 24 are...
View ArticleAutomatic loan stop – bank
There will be no need for customers of one commercial bank to come in and explain why they should be given a break on their mortgages, car loans or credit card balances for the next three to six...
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