COVID-19 UPDATE: TWO PEOPLE LEAVE ISOLATION TODAY
Two of the seven people currently in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, will leave that facility today after recovering from COVID-19. No one tested positive for the viral illness yesterday out of the 134 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Seventy-eight tests were done at the request of the cruise liners […]
Party cruises to resume the end of this month
This country’s once-booming party cruises sector reports its has taken a big hit from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown but looking forward to a resurgence with boat cruises due to resume towards the end of this month. John Moore, one of the owners of the M.V. Dream Chaser tells Starcom Network News promoters are already calling […]
LIAT: NUPW not recognised bargaining agent for its employees
The Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, has brushed aside concerns being raised by the Barbados-based National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) saying that the union is not a recognised bargaining agent for any of LIAT’s employees. LIAT said it had taken notes of recent media reports quoting the NUPW with regards to its employees and felt […]
Night club owners thankful for reopening
Night clubs are among the businesses reopening this week for the first time since the shut down went into effect. The owner of the Cove night club in St. Lawrence Gap, Herman Maloney says the last three months have been tough for the operation but he will see how patrons respond on Thursday night. He […]
MOTTLEY: BOSS is optional!
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has tabled in the House of Assembly the Barbados Optional Savings Scheme bill which she says is to help create jobs during a time of record-high unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Mottley told the House the BOSS program allows public servants to opt-in or out of a deferred […]
Commercial traffic resumes July 1st
This country’s air and seaports are set to reopen to commercial traffic from July 1st. Starcom Network News understands that there was general support for the reopening when key stakeholders comprising the social partnership met yesterday under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. A special sub-committee was meeting this morning at the ministry […]
LIAT employees complain of being laid off without pay || NUPW calls on the Barbados Government to address issue
Some Barbados-based employees of regional airline LIAT complain they have been laid off for three months without pay and have recently been told they will be out of work for a further three months. And they are seeking answers from the Barbados government, the majority shareholder of the Antigua-based intra-regional carrier. The National Union of […]
Barbados looks set to resume commercial flights next month
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley was today chairing a meeting of the social partnership with a key issue being plans for a full reopening of the country, including the resumption of commercial flights which seems set for early next month. Highly placed sources in local aviation confirm that a UK charter operation Caldonia Jets […]
COVID-19 UPDATE: ONE NEW CASE TODAY
A 49-year-old Barbadian woman, repatriated from a cruise liner on which she worked, is the island’s latest COVID-19 positive patient. Hers was the only positive test among 174 done yesterday. The woman, who arrived home on a charter flight last Saturday, was swabbed on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport and immediately went into […]
PRICE APPOINTED CEO AT CBC
Veteran journalist and talk show host, Sanka Price, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). His appointment takes effect on Monday, June 15, 2020. He was selected after two interviews with a committee comprising members of the corporation’s Board of Directors. Their recommendation of Mr. Price for the position was […]