COVID-19 UPDATE: NO POSITIVES TODAY
For the third straight day, the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory reported no positive cases of COVID-19. The laboratory performed 100 tests yesterday. No one will be released from isolation today. The numbers therefore remain the same – 92 confirmed cases, 71 recoveries, 14 persons in isolation and seven deaths. The public health laboratory has […]
Police make more arrests for breach of curfew
(PR)- Police, have arrested and charged several individuals for several offences including breaches to the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew 9 (No.5) Directive, 2020 which occurred on the 24th day of May 2020 at Lears, St Michael. These accused are: Ean Antonio Lowe, 25, Savannah Road, Bush Hall, St Michael Tristan Herbert, 31, of No 112 […]
PDP wants Oral Williams to pay up before he retires
The Opposition People’s Party for Development says it will not support the appointment of Oral Williams as a second Deputy Commissioner of Police. It’s calling for all remuneration paid to him, to be repaid to the treasury before he demits office next year. Spokesperson on Law and Order, Maria Phillips told the media that while […]
ONE PERSON LEAVES ISOLATION; NO NEW COVID-19 POSITIVES
One person will be released from COVID-19 isolation today. This brings the total number of recoveries from the novel coronavirus in Barbados to 71 and reduces the number of persons in isolation to 14. Fifty-six tests were conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday, and to date the lab has completed 4,788 tests. […]
Unions have until end of June to decide on Government’s “National Meeting Plan”
Labour leaders have been given until the end of next month to get back to government’s proposal on whether they will accept a ‘National Meeting Plan’ for public servants. This followed more than three-hour meeting between the two sides at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre earlier today. President of the National Union of Public Workers, […]
Wickham reacts to Weir,Wood split
A political analyst does not believe that the public fallout between Former Representative of the Constituency of St. Philip South, Anthony Wood and Agriculture Minister, Indar Weir will have any major impact on the Barbados Labour Party public image. More from our Tonisha Rock-Yaw.
Layoffs at Massy Stores
Massy Stores has reportedly cut staff amid a pandemic induced economic downturn. Starcom Network News understands that temporary staff has been laid off spanning a range of categories from supervisors to merchandisers and check out workers across all branches of the supermarket chain. Some other employees have been asked to take vacation leave or be […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: TWO WOMEN TEST POSITIVE TODAY
Two women, aged 57 and 56, are the latest COVID-19 positive patients in Barbados, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 92. The 56-year-old is the fifth member of a Bridgetown church to test positive. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said today that it had now completed the testing of 30 people whose names […]
PM’s tribute to Dr Wendy Marlene Griffith-Watson
The following statement was issued by Prime Minister Mia Mottley on the passing of Wendy Griffith-Watson. Today, Barbados lost one of the finest Chief Education Officers we’ve ever had, and I lost a cherished colleague and a friend. Although I had known for some time about the decline of her health, her passing demonstrates that […]
Fire officers find body at Strathclyde, no foul play suspected
Fire officers responding to a report of a rubbish fire discovered the body of a man at Strathclyde, St. Michael this afternoon, but the police say no foul play is suspected. The police say the deceased is a man in his 50’s who resided at Brittons Hill, St. Michael and who formerly worked at Strathclyde. […]