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Two more people succumb to COVID-19
Barbados recorded a total of four COVID 19 deaths yesterday. COVID-19 Public Advisor Davis Ellis said a 79-year-old woman died yesterday afternoon and an 81-year-old man died late last night. The...
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Many poor and displaced people are out of work and meals
Some of the country’s leading non-profit organisations are pleading with Government to dedicate more of the country’s resources to fight a looming crisis of poverty, hunger and homelessness...
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Pandemic could provide chance for growth in tourism
COVID-19, the most disruptive event in Barbados’ modern economic history, has also laid the foundation for desperately needed growth opportunities and technological investments in tourism, Minister of...
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Police probe fire in Belleville
Investigations are continuing into a fire that occurred around 5 a.m. at 3rd Avenue Belleville, St Michael that damaged the building housing the Pine Dispensary. Police and fire officials report no...
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Regional observatory on sexual, reproductive health and rights ‘aims to...
A Caribbean observatory on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was launched on Thursday in a bid to not only monitor but act on gender-based violence(GBV), the United Nations Population Fund...
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FLOW says customers holding on to its services even in hard times
Telecommunications company FLOW says Barbadians are still holding on to their services, albeit on a scaled back basis, even though many of them have become unemployed or underemployed as a result of...
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Disabled still excluded
Representatives for people living with disabilities in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean are not convinced that the authorities are doing enough to include them in various aspects of the political...
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Bajan soldier in UK offers book that informs and inspires
By Kimberley Cummins Time and again, Corie Mapp has proven that one’s limitations, whether they be social, educational or even physical, should not be a deterrent for a strong heart and a tough mind....
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Payne offers bereavement care
She is in a business that caters to everyone at any time. Tahirah Payne is the managing funeral director of Bereavement Care Funerals. The company which provides pre-planning, burials, cremations,...
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Wanted: Lemario De-Coursey Gill
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a man wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. He is Lemario De-Coursey Gill, whose last known address was Clinketts Gardens, St. Lucy....
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COVID-19 update: 228 new cases, four deaths, 1,080 in isolation
There were 228 new cases (103 males and 125 females) of COVID-19 recorded by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, September 30. The facility conducted 2,531 tests....
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Government testing sites for COVID-19
The public is advised that there are three government COVID-19 testing sites. They are the Wildey Gymnasium, Wildey, St. Michael; the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic, Warrens, St. Michael, and the Branford...
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Barbadian urged to pray for the nation this weekend
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Cynthia Forde, is making an impassioned plea for persons to pause from their activities and bow reverently during a weekend of pray for the nation, as...
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Hill Group advised to withdraw memo to staff
A decision by the Hill Milling and Lionel C. Hill Supermarket group of companies to mandate that its employees be vaccinated by September 30 or be terminated, has now turned into a standoff between the...
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City MP lauded as worthy representative by constituents
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic’s imminent departure from representative politics will leave a gaping hole in the hearts of many residents in the nation’s capital who are disappointed to see him go...
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Tailor messages to those with pre-existing conditions
President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) Marilyn Rice-Bowen is urging officials to tweak their COVID-19 messages to also appeal to those with pre-existing health conditions such...
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Criminal charges laid against two brothers
Two brothers are expected to appear in the District A Chief Magistrates’ Court on Saturday on criminal charges. Police personnel from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Southern Division...
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Union acting against court’s order, says McDowall
Former President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), Akanni McDowall has hit back after an apparent decision to expel him from the organisation’s dwindling membership. In a statement issued...
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Oistins Bay Garden getting back on its feet
Oistins Bay Garden customers are slowly returning after it shut shop for a week over a COVID-19 scare, vendors reported hours before the popular Friday fish fry. Chairman of the Oistins Bay Garden Inc...
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Kenyan president coming back to Barbados
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to return here next week as part of efforts to strengthen South-South cooperation between the East African nation and the Caribbean. The president’s second visit to...
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