One new virus case, one recovery
The Ministry of Health and Wellness said there was one new case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) recorded among the 204 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
The…
Stricken bulker Wakashio breaks in two off Mauritius
Authorities plan a towage operation but most oil already removed from grounded capesize
COVID cases in Barbados now at 150
Two more people recorded positive COVID-19 results yesterday after being tested a second time.
They are a 41-year-old female visitor and a 55-year-old Barbadian woman who arrived on a Virgin Atlantic…
Thorne Commission to speak with St John residents
The Thorne Commission on Local Governance will engage St John residents on Sunday about the establishment of community-based People’s Assemblies.
Anyone interested in participating may register for…
US scientists to make strain of COVID-19 for trials
Chicago – United States government scientists have begun efforts to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that could be used in human challenge trials of vaccines, a controversial type of study…
Trinidad records another death related to COVID-19
Port of Spain – Health authorities Friday confirmed that an “elderly female” had become the latest victim of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pushing the death toll to nine.
In a statement, the Ministry…
PAC to meet on August 17
The tenth Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting will be held on Monday, August 17, at the Parliament of Barbados, Worthing Corporate Centre, Worthing, Christ Church, beginning at 2 p.m.
It is expected…
Daily Briefing August 17 2020
Daily Briefing August 17 2020
Free to read: Pandemic impact ‘definitely not over’, says Hapag-Lloyd chief | US seizes Iranian gasoline on Greek-owned tankers |…
Free to read: Pandemic impact ‘definitely not over’, says Hapag-Lloyd chief | US seizes Iranian gasoline on Greek-owned tankers |…
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Charges against Guyana’s president dismissed
Georgetown – Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan Friday dismissed 19 fraud-related charges against President Irfaan Ali over the sale of state lands in the “Pradoville 2” Housing Scheme.
The charges against…
Saying farewell to a ‘gentleman’
Scores of people waited in the early afternoon heat before the hearse bearing former Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur’s casket passed en route from St Peter’s Parish Church in Speightstown to Mount Pleasant…