The Barbados Workers’ Union has announced today that several job cuts are looming as companies continue to point to dwindling commerce as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. General Secretary of the BWU Senator Toni Moore and her team made the disclosure this morning as they spoke to a range of labour-related issues affecting […]
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Business Julien Neaves 4 Hrs Ago In this July 24, 2020 file photo, Trinidad Innovation technicians sanitise inside Ramish and Leela supermarket, San Juan after a report a customer had covid19. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS – WITH the onset of the covid19 pandemic and a spike in cases in TT, the issue of cleaning and […]
Barbados has recorded one new case of COVID-19 even as seven people prepare to leave the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, today, after recovering from the virus. The 29-year-old British visitor, who tested positive yesterday, is a known contact of another British visitor who was diagnosed with the viral illness on August […]
Features Marshelle Haseley 4 Hrs Ago At left Angela and John after they first met and Angela at a beach lime in Granville, Trinidad in the late 60s. – Photo courtesy: The Cropper Foundation The Cropper Foundation is celebrating 20 years of making a positive impact. It’s known for educating communities and agriculturists on the […]
Three visitors, two British and a Colombian, are the latest COVID-19-positive cases in Barbados. The British, a five-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, are known contacts of an earlier case confirmed on August 18. They tested positive yesterday and were transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. The 31-year-old male Colombian visitor […]
(Barbados Nation) The then 20-year-old, who pumped three bullets in Colin Forde as the popular Baxters Road proprietor struggled with another assailant, begged Forde’s family for forgiveness. In addition, Eddisa Deon Mitchell said he hoped society would not judge him harshly on his release from prison. Mitchell, now 24, of 2nd Avenue, Thomas Gap, President […]
Features Rachael Espinet 2 Hrs Ago Author of The Millennial Mind Daniel Francis poses with his book at the Full Bloom Coffee Roasters in Woodbrook. – Ayanna Kinsale DANIEL FRANCIS was going to be a doctor. The 29-year-old Fatima old boy was considered “bright,” and filtered into the sciences classes, streamlined to practise medicine. A […]
Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he is still awaiting results of a coronavirus test, noting that he has not had any official communication from the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Bolt, the eight-time Olympic champion and world record holder in the 100m and 200m, reportedly took the COVID-19 test on Saturday ahead of a business […]
(Jamaica Gleaner) Self-taught chef and event promoter Omar Walters, who was born in New York to Jamaica parents Maxine Greaves and Paul Walters, brought visibility to Brand Jamaica. He was prominently featured on ABC TV Channel 7 last Friday evening and Saturday morning as the station presented mouth-watering Jamaican and Caribbean dishes that were specially […]
Tobago Newsday 3 Hrs Ago FLASHBACK: Shakeil Jones in full flight at the opening of last year’s Tobago Heritage Festival at Shaw Park Cultural Complex. – KINNESHA GEORGE-HARRY While all in-person activities and events scheduled for the Tobago Heritage Festival 2020 have been postponed, the event is in full swing virtually, says THA Assistant Secretary […]