News Paula Lindo 34 Minutes Ago CEO of the ODPM, Rodney Smart, speaks with participants at the disaster relief simulation exercise. PHOTO COURTESY THE ODPM – Photo courtesy ODPM The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) carried out a blended national level disaster simulation exercise of a Category 4 hurricane on Friday last week. […]
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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 228 tests yesterday,160 of them at the request of cruise ships anchored off Barbados. They were allnegative for COVID-19. As a result, the statistical information for Barbados remains the same today. No one will be released from isolation, so seven people remain at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. Ninety-seven […]
by Kareem Smith The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)’s first-ever Chief Executive Officer has promised that the heavily indebted state-broadcaster will “do better” as it moves toward a more efficient operation. Sanka Price made the declaration as he entered the Pine, St Michael radio and television station for the first time with warm greetings from members […]
Principals, teachers and ancillary staff at primary schools across the country are well equipped to ensure the safety of thousands of students returning to the classrooms, Acting Chief Education Officer Joy Adamson has assured. The 10 and 11-year-olds will be returning for four weeks to prepare for the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) […]
News Clint Chan Tack 2 Minutes Ago Barry Padarath – UNC Princes Town MP Barry Padarath has applied to the National Security Ministry for an exemption to be able to return to TT. Padarath left TT in March before the borders were closed to prevent the spread of the covid19 pandemic. He told Newsday he […]
(CAL) Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago, June 14 2020: Caribbean Airlines advises that the airline has held talks with the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority regarding proposed operations to repatriate Guyana nationals who have been stranded across the region since the closure of borders due COVID-19. Caribbean Airlines supplied the Government of […]
Barbadians who are fortunate to have retained their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are being urged not to enter pay-cut arrangements, with no specific end-date, with their bosses. The caution has come from two leading human resource and labour management specialists Brittany Brathwaite and Sheena Mayers-Granville as they addressed a recent discussion on Labour Relations […]
A female resident of the Palms Geriatric Home who is 105 is among three residents of the home who have recovered from COVID-19. A release today from the Ministry of Social Protection said that the female is one of three who have fully recovered and will be reintegrated with other residents at the institution. The […]
Roman Catholic (RC) churches will reopen to the public this weekend, after being closed for almost three months, church officials announced. The churches were closed on March 19 when Barbados recorded its first cases of COVID-19. Fr Andy Nyga, Co-Delegate of Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon, said the Church was reopening with great joy […]
Four people who returned to Barbados on Tuesday’s repatriation flight from the United States have tested positive for COVID-19, Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has revealed. He told a news conference that the new cases included three women, ages,53, 25, 20 and a 39-year-old man. Below is the full statement issued […]