Bostic not contesting next general election
Member of Parliament for the City of Bridgetown and Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has reportedly signalled his intention to bow out of elective politics at the end of the current term. Usually reliable sources tell Starcom Network News that Colonel Bostic has informed his Barbados Labour Party City Branch during […]
Companies mandate vaccination
Local companies have started mandating covid-19 vaccination for staff, with one supermarket warning that those who refuse to comply will be terminated. Hill Milling and Lionel C. Hill Supermarkets have issued a memo to staff reminding them of an instruction issued in July that they be vaccinated by September 30th . The memo states “please […]
COVID 19 UPDATE: Seven deaths in two days, one fully vaccinated
Health authorities report a total of seven covid-19 deaths over the past two days – five yesterday and two more so far today including Barbados’ first fully-vaccinated covid fatality. This brings the total number of covid fatalities here to 76. In addition to two deaths previously announced for yesterday, three more fatalities were recorded, one […]