If you aren’t practising social distancing yet, now is the time to get started, Dr Sheena Weekes, a general practitioner, has suggested, as authorities treat the first two patients infected …
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As the cruise ship business grinds to a temporary halt and vessels continue to be denied entry into several countries, Barbados could welcome more than 15 of them, bringing in …
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Barbadians are being urged to keep faith in the Government’s COVID-19 surveillance system at the ports of entry, even as Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic revealed …
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Accused Seth Ashad Michael Straker said he went home to get a condom after having a conversation with a woman but when he returned where he had left her on …
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Officers were called on to lift an accused from the precincts of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court today after he appeared to fall as he was being escorted out and …
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Barbados woke up to the dreaded but inevitable news this morning. The coronavirus, COVID-19 had made its unwelcomed visit to our shores. And it didn’t only capture one patient, but …
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The announcement of two confirmed cases of COVID-19 caused the Estimates debate in the House of Assembly to be postponed until Friday, at 10 a.m. Leader of Government Business Santia …
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A medical doctor with offices in Speightstown, St Peter has been ordered to pay a former employee tens of thousands of dollars in compensation for unfair dismissal. The decision was …
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As visitor numbers dwindle in the wake of COVID-19, Barbadians should now become their own country’s tourists, Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds has suggested, declaring that now is the time …
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The Barbados Reggae Festival has been postponed “to a date later in 2020”, its organiser FAS Promotions has announced via social media. The four-event festival was scheduled to run from …