CURFEW TIME EXTENDED, ALL GATHERINGS BANNED FOLLOWING SUPER-SPREADER EVENT

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley reports 45 new positive COVID-19 tests so far and climbing from a bus crawl on Boxing Day attended mostly by prison officers and Barbados Defence Force soldiers. All 300 prison officers are being tested and 200 have been tested so far. Last night 150 prison officers were placed in […]

BUS CRAWL PARTICIPANTS URGED TO VISIT EUNICE GIBSON POLYCLINIC TOMORROW

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised all persons who attended the bus crawl on Saturday, December 26, which was organised by Jason Gittens, to visit the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic at Warrens, St. Michael, for assessment and possible testing for COVID-19.They should do tomorrow, Saturday, January 2, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.In addition, […]

ELDERLY WOMAN DIES IN HOUSE FIRE

An elderly woman has perished in a house fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day.The police say the blazed occurred about 4 am and destroyed two houses at The Garden, St. James.The victim lived alone.Five people lived in the other house.The fire service responded with four tenders, and 17 personnel led by the […]