COVID-19 UPDATE: One new case
A 32-year-old Barbadian male is the latest COVID-19-positive patient. He was among 155 people tested yesterday. Of the 122 results returned so far by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, he is the only positive. His case is under investigation by the Ministry of Health and Wellness because he has no travel history, and no […]
Barbados’ Central Bank reports three percent contraction in first quarter
The Barbados Central Bank reports Barbados’ economy contracted by three percent in the first quarter of the year and could end 2020 with an overall decline of more than ten percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank’s governor Cleviston Haynes in his economic report for the first three months of 2020 states that while […]
Two men charged for burning monkey alive
Police have arrested and formally charged two men with the offence of cruelty to animals. They are Matthew Omar Downes, 36 years, of Pasture Lane, Lammings, St. Joseph, and Rico Jamar Maynard, 30 years of Airy Hill, St Joseph. Between the 3rd and 20th of April 2020 police said the accused wantonly and cruelly abused, […]
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PM announces phased reopening || New curfew hours
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced the phased reopening of businesses and the public service effective next Monday May 4th with strict guidelines for how entities and people operate. Those guidelines include : All people are asked to wear masks in public. Travel to workplaces wherever possible should be done alone or on PSVs […]