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REGIONAL: Cuban doctors nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Source CMC – A proposal to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to a contingent of Cuban doctors who specialise in disaster situations and serious epidemics, has been endorsed by four members of the...
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Police investigate Old Year’s Night shooting in St Thomas
Police are carrying out investigations into reports of a shooting incident, which occurred about 11 p.m. on Thursday December 31. The Old Year’s Night shooting reportedly happened in the area of Allen...
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St Vincent puts Barbados on COVID ‘high risk’ travel list
Source Searchlight Newspaper – Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, travellers from Barbados will be categorised as arriving from a high risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for 10...
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Antigua PM sends letter of solidarity to PM Mottley
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Sunday sent a letter of solidarity to Prime Minister Mia Mottley, as Barbados grapples with a spike in COVID-19 cases. Below is the full text of...
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REGIONAL: Grenada records its first COVID death
Source Grenada Now – The Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health confirms that Grenada has regrettably recorded its first COVI-19- related death. The deceased individual is a 72-year-old male,...
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Three staff members of West Bar test positive for COVID-19
West Bar has confirmed that three members of staff have tested positive for COVID-19, all asymptomatic, and are currently being facilitated at Harrison’s Point. In a statement on its Facebook page, it...
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REGIONAL: Lawyers fighting for Jamaican imprisoned in Barbados for breaking...
SOURCE: Jamaica Gleaner – In what has been tagged an unduly harsh sentencing, a Jamaican man has been imprisoned for six months in Barbados for breaking quarantine; while influential tourists flouting...
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QEH reschedules out-patient clinic appointments
The public is kindly asked to note that the Out-Patient’s Clinics of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the hospital’s Pharmacy Department will be closed on Monday, January 4, and Tuesday, January 5....
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Health Ministry denounces misleading Instagram page
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has denounced an Instagram (IG) page, started by a visitor who stayed at the Harrison’s Point Isolation facility last month, as inaccurate and misleading. The...
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Fuel prices to increase from midnight, January 3
Consumers will pay more for fuel, effective midnight, January 3. The retail price of gasoline will be adjusted from $3.26 per litre to $3.31; diesel from $2.52 per litre to $2.66; and kerosene from...
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SSA to collect garbage on Monday and Tuesday
Workers from the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) will be making their usual rounds on Monday and Tuesday. According to SSA Public Relations Officer Carl Alff Padmore, teams will be conducting...
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DLP: Gov’t has failed citizens; time to lockdown
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) president Verla DePeiza Sunday charged that the Government of Barbados has failed to protect its citizens and has recommended a national lockdown and closure of borders so...
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Brit star Zara Holland to appear in court Wednesday
Source The Sun – Love Island star Zara Holland will appear in court in Barbados on Wednesday charged with breaching COVID-19 laws. The former Miss Great Britain, 25, could be fined up to £18,000 and...
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Canadian politician says ‘sorry’ for vacation in Barbados
Canadian Television (CTV) News – Quebec Liberal MNA Pierre Arcand is sorry, but he won’t resign from office. The member of the National Assembly for the Mont-Royal-Outremont riding returned to Pierre...
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REGIONAL: Experts predict growth of new volcano dome
SOURCE: CMC – One of the scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano, which began erupting effusively one week ago, says residents should remain on high alert, but not panic about the situation. “…...
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RBPF confirms British star to appear in court on Wednesday
The Royal Barbados Police Force has confirmed international media reports that Zara Holland, 25, of Great Britain will appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Holland, who was...
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Bayview Hospital limits visits
Bayview Hospital is tightening restrictions for patient visitors in light of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Barbados. Hospital administrator Julie Reid said in a statement that effective...
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Christ Church man suffers minor injuries in accident last night
Tramaine LaMario Jordan, 26, #51 Ealing Grove Park North Stage, Christ Church suffered minor injuries in an accident that occurred around 7:30 p.m., on Sunday. Jordan was travelling in a southerly...
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QEH says voice notes are “false and malicious”
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has rubbished voice notes making the rounds on social media suggesting the Accident and Emergency Department has been “struck” by the coronavirus. “The contents of...
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COVID-19 briefing at 6
Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Health and Wellness Minister Lt. Col. the Hon. Jeffrey Bostic, Home Affairs, Information, Broadcasting and Public Affairs Minister the Hon. Wilfred Abrahams and COVID-19...
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