Decline in ridership
Public Service Vehicle Operators have been reporting a decline in ridership as general business activity slows and schools close amid the COVID-19 threat. Meantime, Barbadians are having their say on how Government has been handling the COVID-19 threat and also what preventive measures they personally are taking.
Union advises Airport Staff against PPE waiver
Frontline workers at the Grantley Adams International Airport are refusing to sign a COVID 19 infection waiver until their union gets some answers from management there. Keith Goddard reports.
Police probe unnatural death
Police have identified the man found dead in his car at Checker Hall pasture, Checker Hall, St Lucy this morning. He is 44-year-old British national Dean Butler, of #2 Heron Court, Porter’s, St. James He was discovered lying in his car with wounds on both arms and other areas of his body. Starcom Network News […]
Barbados records three more COVID-19 cases
Barbados has now recorded a total of five positive tests for the coronavirus (covid-19) after three more people are confirmed with the virus, one a man on a cruise ship who never set foot in Barbados. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the announcement during a news conference at Ilaro Court, disclosing that the new […]
‘School term ends early’
Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw has announced that the school term has officially ended. This announcement follows teachers earlier refusing to accept the government’s previous decision to keep schools open amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Teachers want schools closed
Teachers are refusing to accept the government’s decision to keep schools open and cabinet is to discuss the issue again tomorrow in order to decide whether that position needs to change. This follows an online forum between teachers and education and health officials in which the educators voiced concern about having schools open while government […]