COVID-19 UPDATE: NO NEW CASES TODAY
There were no new cases among the 18 tests for COVID-19 conducted by the Best-Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. The number of cases of the viral illness, therefore, remains at 84 – 44 females and 40 males. No one was released from isolation today so that number remains at 20. There have been 57 recoveries […]
Two men, charged with serious bodily harm get bail
Forty-one year old, Roland Layne has been placed on $5,000 bail after appearing in the District “D” court on a charge of serious bodily harm. Layne, a regular caller on VOB’s Down to Brass Tacks programme under the name, “Mr. Agriculture”, along with his Great uncle, David Tyrone Layne, were jointly charged with committing serious […]
Nurses demand stop to sporadic salary payments
The local association representing nurses across Barbados says there must be no return to the inadequate treatment of nurses in a post-COVID-19 environment. The position from President of the Barbados Nurses Association, Joanna Waterman , comes as the sector celebrates International Nurses Week, from today. She told Starcom Network News that the COVID-19 pandemic has […]