Work to be done to dispel myths surrounding COVID-19 vaccine
Karen Josiah, Head of the School of Nursing at the UWI Five Island Campus.Health officials may have an extremely difficult time trying to convince their populations of the safety of the COVID-19...
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Cave Hill Law Society Launches President’s GrantAwardee Karenna Nicholson, left, and Deputy Dean Faculty of Law Ms. Nicole Foster. The Cave Hill Law Society has launched the President’s Grant to...
View ArticleReverend Hugh Sandiford: God is with us
One religious leader is reminding society that God is with all of us.Reverend Hugh Sandiford emphasised this during his sermon at St. Matthias Anglican Church on Sunday. In his brief contribution, he...
View ArticlePandemic can’t dampen Christmas Spirit
Shoppers at Woolworth looking through the wide selection of flowers. Although the coronavirus has put a damper on sales and commercial activity so far this year, some of this island’s oldest retailers...
View ArticleBostic delivers pre-Christmas address
Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Barbados over the past two days bringing the total for the month, thus far, to 46. These details were revealed last night as Minister of Health and...
View ArticleKiwanis Club hosts Sip, Paint Fund-raiser for QEH Neo-Natal Intensive Care
Twenty persons attended the Kiwanis Club charity event, ‘Christmas Sip & Paint and Christmas Social’ at the UWI staff lounge on Saturday. Donations from the event will go towards supplies for Queen...
View ArticleFacelift for Bushy Park Cricket Pavilion
Patrick Haynes and Millard Clarke started work inside the Bushy Park Cricket PavilionA Barbadian living abroad continues to make an impact in the St. Philip community where he lived.Recently making a...
View ArticleBL&P brightens Christmas for two groups of seniors
RPB’s performance at the Good Citizens Nursing Home caused everyone to get up and dance!THE Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P) recently descended upon two senior citizens homes to share joy...
View ArticleSix Roads location full of potential
President of the City of Bridgetown (COB) Cooperative Credit Union Limited, Adlai Stevenson.ADLAI Stevenson, president of the City of Bridgetown (COB) Cooperative Credit Union Limited, has given a vote...
View ArticleUse credit cards wisely
Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Barbados, Carlon Walkes.BARBADIANS have used their credit cards to accumulate debts totaling just under $300 million up to March this year. That amount is...
View ArticleAngels shower Gold on Red for Christmas
Working with the Angels in public service and CSR advertising, Red Advertising’s Managing Director, Jevan Jutagir, is seen here with Red’s collection of 2020 Angel Awards from the American Advertising...
View ArticleDialogue is key
Regional governments are being told that social dialogue is critical if Caribbean countries are to successfully deal with the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.That is according to President of...
View ArticleBARP and RBPF spread Christmas cheer!
President of BARP, Marilyn Rice-Bowen (left), and Vice President of BARP, Dame Billie Miller (second left), enjoying the musical renditions of the Royal Barbados Police Force Band during the Christmas...
View ArticleFamilies get help
As of today, as many as 900 families are expected to receive assistance from the Government through the Adopt a Family Programme, just in time for Christmas.That’s the word from Special Advisor to the...
View ArticleSpeightstown supermarkets, stores remain hopeful it will be busier
Cashier, Ingola Griffith checking the items being purchased by Dana Bailey, while in Eddies Supermarket.By Marsha GittensAs Barbadians continue Christmas Day preparations, management at some...
View ArticleTwo charities benefit from cancellation of staff party, share $100k donation
Director, Barbados & the OECS, Donna Wellington, right, presents the Salvation Army with a donation which is received by Divisional Commander for Barbados and St. Lucia, Brenda Greenidge. Advisory...
View ArticlePandemic causes Trail of unemployment in region
Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Vinícius Pinheiro.We are entering 2021 with employment in intensive care, warned Regional Director of the International Labour...
View ArticleInsignia presented to four recipients of National Honours
Brigadier General Rudyard Lewis, GCM, CVO, JP was conferred the Knight of St. Andrew for his extraordinary achievement and meritorious service to the military in Barbados. Here, he kneels before...
View ArticleBump in the road
Highway 1 rehab project still on budget, but forced to slow downA section of the work being carried out on Highway 1.THE loss of 14 days of work due to rainfall and the volume of hard rock encountered...
View ArticleMore to come
Dr. Sharon Johnson, Senior Cultural Policy Officer in the Division of Culture Prime Minister’s Office (right) taking a close look at the face masks created by Roslyn Mings-Neblett of Disrmings.By:...
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