BHTA & Union to meet to discuss future of laid off tourism workers
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association reports the covid-19 pandemic continues to take a massive toll on the sector with revenues having declined by 96 percent, air traffic into the island at 5 percent of what it should be and only 15 hotels currently open. Chief Executive Officer of the BHTA Senator Rudy Grant says […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: NEW CASE
A Grenadian visitor who arrived on a British Airways flight on Tuesday is the latest COVID-19-positive patient in Barbados. The 38-year-old man was in transit to Grenada when he was tested for the viral illness on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport. He is now in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. No one […]
Newborns suffocated
Two-week-old twin babies have died after reportedly being suffocated by their mother who fell asleep while breastfeeding at a Christ Church residence. The police say that last night after ten o’clock they responded to a report at Rendezvous Terrace and on arrival discovered the bodies of two babies. The newborns lived at the residence with […]
Elderly man dies after fall from balcony
An elderly St. James man has died after falling from the balcony of his home this morning. The police say they received the report about 8 46 am. The 70-year-old man resided at 9th Avenue Durants Village. He was said to be trimming some trees from the upstairs balcony of his house when one of […]