German/Canadian New BTMI CEO

German/Canadian, Jens Thraenhart, has been confirmed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated. A statement from the agency says that after an intensive global search, the Board of Directors of the BTMI selected  Mr. Thraenhart, as CEO  of the island’s destination marketing agency, effective November 1st. Mr. Thraenhart, a tourism […]

Booster shots as covid-19 vaccines wane

Barbados health authorities have commenced administering covid-19 booster shots to some categories of people as they rush to use up all the vaccine does before they expire and as immunity from earlier doses wanes. In fact, officials admit that the declining effectiveness of some of the vaccines administered earlier might be leading to break through […]

Dems remedy

President of the Democratic Labour Party, Verla  De Peiza, has called on government to implement stricter measures to halt the surge of covid-19 cases. Speaking at a DLP news conference this morning, Miss De Peiza said action was needed to control the spread before Christmas… Ms. De Peiza is also calling for community testing sites.