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Government working swiftly to secure vaccines...four recipients may receive...
Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley says her government is working to expedite access to COVID-19 vaccines for about four key frontline workers and by this weekend these could be administered...
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New Tiers Set Up For Testing
With an upsurge in local spread of COVID-19 in Barbados, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been forced to implement a new system for testing. Speaking during an address to the public yesterday,...
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Barbados to get additional assistance in handling pandemic
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.The nation of Barbados via its Foreign Affairs arm, will be getting some key assistance from other countries, in better handling the current COVID-19 pandemic.Prime...
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BSTU: Call a meeting!
President of the BSTU, Mary Redman.The Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) is calling for a meeting with the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training without delay to discuss...
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Make COVID-19 testing system efficient
Covid 19 testing now to be done at all polyclinics including the St. Philip Polyclinic at Six Roads (pictured here) and and the Edgar Cochrane Polyclinic in Wildey.As government moves to open all...
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‘No time for blame or finger-pointing’
Mark A. Haynes, Communications and Marketing Officer for the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT).As Barbados continues to record a rise in COVID-19 cases on account of “local transmission” after...
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BMCLA hosts first Application Clinic to help those interested in applying for...
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight.The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) the island’s regulator for the medicincal cannabis industry, just completed its first...
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Live good and wholesome lives
Rev Dr Cumberbatch, District General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Holiness Church of the Caribbean.Rev Dr Joel Cumberbatch has called for the church and the people of Barbados to make a serious...
View ArticlePharmacy Pains
Local pharmacies in need of vital drugs are reaching a crisis stage as one major pharmaceutical distributor awaits the COVID-19 results of employees.This precarious situation was disclosed during a...
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Isolation facility not full, assures Walcott
The isolation facilities at Harrison’s Point, St. Lucy.CHAIRMAN of the COVID 19 subcommittee Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott has refuted “stories” that the isolation facilities at Harrison’s Point in the...
View ArticleBarbados Film and Video Association focused on growth
By: Marsha GittensThough the past year was extremely challenging, the Barbados Film and Video Association (BFVA) is focused on improving and growing as an organisation.BFVA President, Kirk Dawson, told...
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Government not at odds with BAMP
Chairman of the COVID19 Subcommittee, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott.CHAIRMAN of the COVID-19 Subcommittee Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott has given the assurance that the Barbados government is not at odds...
View ArticleCall for protocols to be reconsidered
First Vice-President of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP), Dr Adanna Grandison, would like government to reconsider its COVID-19 testing protocols for persons coming to...
View ArticleReal Estate remodel
Agents adapting to new normal during pandemicCOVID-19 has not stopped the business of buying and selling within the local real estate industry. Many of the real estate agents have adapted by working...
View ArticleRecent increase in rainfall affecting crops
The recent increase in rainfall is harming the local agricultural sector. This change in climate is causing low yield and poor product quality from water damage.Recently, The Barbados Advocate spoke to...
View ArticleTrafficking Warning
A Senior Lecturer of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus has warned that the practice of deportation does nothing more than punish victims of sex trafficking.Dr. Joan Phillips is...
View ArticleGroups ready to rebuild
THE Barbados Association of Event Professionals (BAEP) and the Entertainment Association of Barbados (EAB) are collectively looking forward to the establishment of a direct strategic dialogue and...
View ArticleAtherley addresses new strain concerns
The uncertainty surrounding the presence of the new strain of COVID in this island is worrying to Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley.The more virulent strain, which was first detected in the...
View ArticleBHTA awaiting clarity from Government
THE Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) still awaits clarity on how Government intends to pay the accommodation cost for guests impacted by results delay.BHTA Chairman, Geoffrey Roach, in a...
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Stretched, but not broken
Government trying to contain the situation: BosticMinister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic.Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, explained that the island’s capacity...
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