COVID-19 UPDATE: 108 new cases
The Ministry of Health today reported more than a hundred new covid-19 cases from the tests conducted yesterday and almost seven hundred people in isolation. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory has identified 108 new cases of COVID-19, comprising 51 males and 57 females from one thousand 582 tests. Of these new cases, 83 peope […]
Oistins Bay Garden closed due to covid-19 cases
Stall owners at the Oistins Bay Garden in Christ Church have been ordered to close their businesses until further notice after at least 2 workers there allegedly tested positive for Covid-19. A memo issued by the National Conservation Commission (NCC) to the President of the Oistins Bay Garden Committee and Stall Owners states that people […]
COVID-19 CLAIMS ITS 52ND VICTIM
Another life has been lost to COVID-19. A 66-year-old Barbadian woman died in the early hours of Friday, September 10, while in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. She had an underlying condition and spent 14 days in primary isolation before passing away. She was unvaccinated. Her death brings to 52, the number […]
BARJAM awards certificates for volcano coverage
Eight media workers have been rewarded with certificates from The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM), for their gallantry in their coverage of the Volcanic eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in April 2021. The certificates were presented to them during a brief ceremony at The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday September […]