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Curfew extended until January 31
Government has decided to extend the existing curfew from January 14 until January 31. COVID-19 Communications Unit Coordinator, Elizabeth Thompson said in brief statement,” The curfew was implemented...
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Gov’t clearing land debt
Government is looking to settle over three decades of debt in land and building acquisitions and is currently in negotiations with owners for the best deal. Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance...
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Diaspora leaders: Come with a plan so we can help
Political leaders in the Caribbean Diaspora have urged tourism officials in Barbados and the rest of the region to come up with a viable plan for post-COVID Caribbean tourism and development and...
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Results system flawed
As health authorities continue to grapple with a backlog of COVID-19 cases, a plea has come from one Barbadian for priority to be given to persons who are sick. Monique Archer is contending that the...
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Westjet clips Barbados from schedule
Just over a month after resuming flights to the island, an airline partner from one of Barbados’ main source markets has announced that it will stop flying to Bridgetown at the end of this month. The...
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Two to pay fines for breaking curfew
Caught on the streets “in the dead of night” during COVID curfew hours, two young men will have to pay the court a combined $10 000 fine. They are 24-year-old Akeem Venice Jones, of Hindsbury Road, St...
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Lawyer’s test sample ‘likely tied up in backlog’
One of this country’s leading attorneys-at-law has revealed that the swab taken from him for COVID-19 analysis has gone missing. Queen’s Counsel Barry Gale, who was making a case for an adjournment in...
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Security beefed up at COVID-19 facilities
Police officers have been stationed at the Harrison’s Point and Blackman and Gollop isolation facilities to protect frontline workers who are attending to steady increases in COVID-19 cases. Executive...
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Trust and DLP support restoration of former PM’s residence by British charity
President of the Barbados National Trust (BNT) Peter Stevens and President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Verla De Peiza are welcoming news that the dilapidated official residence of Barbados’...
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Lawyers warned that regional court frowns on adjournments
This country’s final court of appeal today warned a team of Barbadian lawyers who appeared before it in a property transaction matter that it will not be tolerating adjournments and late filing of...
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Bosses ordering quarantining workers back on job
Employers are continuing to pressure workers to return to work even as they await results of their COVID-19 tests, a prominent attorney-at-law has claimed. Michael Lashley QC described the trend as...
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NUPW advises civilian staff at HMP Dodds to remain at home
The National Union of Public Workers has advised its civilian staff at the Prison not to report for work today. In announcing on the radio today, President Akanni McDowell said the union was invoked...
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Alleyne dumps Dems, offers himself to Bees
Declaring he has no interest in standing on the sidelines of Barbados’ development, Democratic Labour Party hopeful Simon Alleyne on Wednesday resigned from the DLP and has offered himself to the...
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SSA appeals to Barbadians to clean up their act
The Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) has again pleaded to Barbadians to desist from illegal dumping, promising to get tough as officials discover dumping grounds in north and south of the island....
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Two murder accused remanded
Two men charged with murder have been remanded into custody at St Ann’s Fort. Jaidan Malike Millington, 21, of Bath Land, St John and Selwyn Richard Maurice Maynard, 23, of Garden Land, Country Road,...
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QEH’S paediatric patients and siblings treated
Patients in the Paediatric Ward of the QEH had at least two reasons to smile over the Christmas holiday. First, they were treated to an unexpected gift of toys from New York. Additionally, toys were...
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Parris first Mega 6 winner for 2021
Barbados Lottery players have ushered in the new year with back-to-back Mega 6 jackpot wins totalling over $700,000. And Andrew Parris is the first Mega 6 jackpot winner of the year with a prize of...
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New process for release of asymptomatic people in quarantine
Health authorities today rolled out a system which is likely to ease scores of tourists and locals who have been held up in quarantine while waiting on their second COVID-19 test results. The system...
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UK may take Barbados off of travel corridor list
Source: Daily Express – Barbados has seen a spike in coronavirus cases, sparking fears it will imminently be added to England’s quarantine list. The Caribbean island currently has 1007 confirmed cases...
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WATCH LIVE: COVID-19 Press Conference Update
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