Fire destroys St. George home
An elderly woman was left homeless when her wooden house at Drax Hall, St. George was destroyed in a fire about 8:45 am today . Station officer Roger Bourne of the Arch Hall Station was among the fire service teams that responded to the blaze. Mr. Bourne says efforts are being made to find alternative […]
Barbados records another Covid-19 death
Another life has been lost to COVID-19. A 50-year-old St. Lucian woman, who resided in Barbados, died on Sunday, September 19, at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility. She spent eight days in primary isolation. She had co-morbidities and was unvaccinated. The death toll from the virus now stands at 59. The Minister of Health and […]
Virologist: Government needs a ‘plan B’
Virologist Dr. Brendan Larder is warning that Barbados needs a plan B to fight the increased rate of Covid-19 infections. Dr. Larder noted that with the current rate of vaccination, more will be needed to curb the spread. He was speaking on Vob’s brasstacks programme today. He also made recommendations on what should be done […]
Three more covid-19 deaths
Barbados has recorded three new covid-19 related deaths. A 97-year-old woman passed away on Wednesday, September 15, after spending four days in isolation. She was unvaccinated. Two males died today, Thursday, September 16. They are a 51-year-old, who had a co-morbidity, and a 93-year-old, who was in secondary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility […]
Barbados Records 53rd COVID-19 Death || 124 new cases
Barbados has recorded another COVID-19 related death. The deceased is a 60-year-old Barbadian man, who passed away yesterday, while at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Health officials said he had co-morbidities and was unvaccinated. His death brings to 53, the number of lives lost to the virus. … Barbados has […]
Franklyn: Workers in quarantine should be paid
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has chided Government for not putting measures in place to protect workers whose employers refuse to pay them while they are in quarantine due to covid-19 exposure. Senator Franklyn who is also the General Secretary of the Unity Workers Union said there is no law which mandates employers to pay workers […]
Drowning victim identified
Police have identified today’s drowning victim as 75-year-old Joseph Harris of Barbarees Gardens, Barbarees Hill St. Michael. The body was pulled from the sea in the area of the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex around 2:30pm. Police Public Relations Officer Inspector (ag) Rodney Inniss spoke to the media at the scene.
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 […]