Pedal Cyclist Killed In Road Accident
Yet another pedal cyclist has been killed in a road accident, the third such fatality over the past two months. The police confirm a 21 year old man died in a collision with a motor car at Eastbourne, St. Phillip about 9:20pm yesterday.
Barbados Records Another COVID 19 Death
The number of covid-19 deaths in Barbados now stands at 40. The latest covid victim is a 61-year-old Barbadian woman who passed away on Saturday at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. A government statement says the deceased suffered from non-communicable diseases and had been a patient at the facility for 25 days during which time […]
More GIS Horror Stories
Yet another parent has raised serious concerns over what she considers harsh and inhumane treatment of children at the government industrial school, A caller to VOB’s Brass Tacks call-in program said that for more than a decade she has been trying to get attention paid to the conditions at the institution follow the harrowing stories […]
Nurses Pay Demand
The Barbados Nurses Association wants a pay hike for this country’s nurses. President of the association Valarie Francis-Miller, in statement today, said she welcomed some of the announcements from the health minister such as a financing overhaul and a strategic plan for public health as well as restoring the stipend for student nurses. But she […]
Mottley: COVID BLOW
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told the House of Assembly of covid-19 delivering a catastrophic blow to the Barbados economy which lost 2 billion dollars in activity forcing the government to borrow a billion dollars to help the country get by. Miss Mottley, who is the minister of finance, economic affairs and investment, was […]