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WORLD: Obama tells young people to stay angry on climate fight
SOURCE: BBC- Barack Obama has called for young people to “stay angry” in the fight against climate change, but warned that they “can’t be too pure” for politics. The ex-US president said “the US is...
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COVID-19 Monitoring Unit investigating bus crawl
The COVID-19 Monitoring Unit and the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) are investigating a report of a suspected bus crawl. The investigation comes after recent photos and video clips surfaced on...
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Minister of Health to outline when safe zones will take effect
Healthcare institutions across Barbados have started preparations for the roll-out of the COVID-19 Safe Zones designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the island. But while the amended...
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Unvaccinated patients cancel visits
There appeared to be much confusion regarding today’s rollout of safe zones that resulted in scores of Barbadians cancelling their appointments with health professionals, medical practitioners have...
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Green energy lobby opposes ‘closed-door’ dealings on new BL&P licences
The entity representing players in the renewable energy sector here has lodged a formal protest to government against issuing any new licences to the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited...
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Unfair practices driving more people toward entrepreneurship, says minister
The minister for small business chided the construction industry for retaining workers’ earnings as the unfair business practice of “modern-day robber barons”, even as he acknowledged that several...
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Outpouring of grief, fond reflection as ‘Morning Mayhem’ host Jon Doe dies
Listeners to HOTT 95.3 FM on Monday morning were mourning the absence of the familiar voice of broadcaster Jon Doe after two decades, the day after he died suddenly at the station. Doe whose real name...
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‘Don’t just come and say we must get a GI
The state export promotion agency has challenged the nation’s rum producers to use science rather than “historical value and sentiments” as Government develops a potentially lucrative geographical...
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Union looking at its options on safe zones
The largest public sector trade union in Barbados is considering what course of action it will take to address “the adverse impact” which the new COVID-19 Safe Zones will have on its members in the...
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Former Governor gives Barbados an “F” on control of the pandemic
A former Central Bank Governor of Barbados has given strategies by this country and other nations a failing grade with respect to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Dr Delisle Worrell said in...
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Farm workers happy with new facilities
Agriculture workers on state-owned farms are overjoyed that they are now able to use mobile lunch rooms and sanitary facilities. During a media tour of two farms managed by the Barbados Agricultural...
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Vaccination site at Sharon Moravian Church closed
The Immunisation Unit advises that the vaccination centre at the Sharon Moravian Church Hall, Sharon, St. Thomas, is closed today, Tuesday, November 9, due to a staffing issue. The Unit apologises for...
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Cannabis licensing authority, BNSI partner to ensure quality
The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) and the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI) announce a strategic partnership for the development of quality standards for the...
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Report of bus crawl being investigated
The COVID-19 Monitoring Unit and the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) are investigating a report of a suspected bus crawl. The investigation comes after recent photos and video clips surfaced on...
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Elderly, children benefiting from iProvide
On October 30, students from the University of the Southern Caribbean iProvide Ministries, travelled to four nursing homes across Barbados on a food and toiletries drive. These four nursing homes, Body...
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UK to require COVID vaccination for health workers
SOURCE: LONDON (AP) — The British government says all health care staff who work with the public will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus starting in April, despite concerns the move could...
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Guyana says only fully vaccinated passengers will be allowed into the country
SOURCE: CMC: The government of Guyana has announced that only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into the country. “After the end of November, the mandate will be fully implemented. So, unless...
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Elderly woman succumbed to COVID-19 Sunday, death toll moves to 183
A third COVID-19 death was recorded for Sunday, November 7. The 90-year-old Barbadian woman died while at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility. She was unvaccinated. The COVID-19 death toll now...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: 411 new cases
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 2,255 tests and recorded 411 new COVID-19 cases, 185 males and 226 females, on Monday, November 8. Of this number, 98 persons were under the age...
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Boosters for Pfizer and Sinopharm
The public now has more options as the Immunisation Unit will be administering boosters for two more COVID-19 vaccines – Pfizer and Sinopharm – effective immediately.A booster is currently being given...
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