COVID-19 UPDATE: FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF NEGATIVE TESTS
Thirty-five persons tested negative for COVID-19 yesterday, including two who will be released from isolation today after two negative test results within a 48-hour period. This is the fourth consecutive day that Barbados has recorded no new cases of the viral illness. The tally of infected persons remains at 75 out of a total of […]
NO NIFCA OR CROP OVER FESTIVAL FOR 2020
As reported by Starcom Network News last week, there will be no Crop Over this year. The Crop Over Festival and the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) are the latest casualties of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which is affecting over 200 countries and territories across the world. Cabinet has approved a recommendation by […]
Man injured in car crash
A 31-year-old man has been seriously injured in a car crash in St. Philip. The police say that Demar Bend of Emerald Park West, St. Phillip suffered internal injuries and a compound fracture to his left leg when the car he was driving ran off the road and struck a wall at Kirton’s main road […]