NO POSITIVE TEST AT CHRIST CHURCH FOUNDATION, SAYS PRINCIPAL
Acting Principal of the Christ Church Foundation School, David McCarthy says there has been no positive test of anyone associated with the institution.He was reacting to reports that staff there were uneasy over covid concerns.He stated that an event was held on December 30th at the school, stressing that all protocols were in place and […]
BAMP: SPREAD REQUIRES TOUGHER MEASURES
Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners is challenging government’s official position that there is no COVID-19 community spread in this country and say it’s time to level with the public. BAMP, President, Dr. Lynda Williams, urges the country not to panic but says there needs to be more transparency. She also believes the current situation may […]
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CXC?
Head of the Caribbean Coalition of CXC 2020 Redress, and local protest organizer, Paula Ann Moore says she is concern about the lack of consultation about the January 2021 CXC examinations. She notes given the controversy surrounding last year’s July/ August test results, there is worry about this grading method being used this time around. […]
QEH GIVES ASSURANCES
Management of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital reports that four staff members have tested positive for covid-19 but stress that the cases came from contacts outside the hospital including the boxing day bus crawl. In making the disclosure at a news briefing this afternoon, Executive Chairman of the QEH, Juliet Bynoe-Sutherland, stressed that no other staff […]
POLICE PROBE UNNATURAL DEATH
Barbados appears to have recorded its first homicide for the year.This morning the body of a man was found in a track at Fordes Land, White Hall, St. Michael by a member of the public who alerted a police mobile patrol. The body had what appeared to be a number of gunshot wounds. The victim […]