Barbados’ COVID-19 cases now at 80
Another employee of the National Assistance Board (NAB) has tested positive for COVID-19. This was the only positive case among 88 tests completed yesterday by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory….
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UPDATE: Accident at Collymore Rock
Two first responders were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) for treatment after the ambulance in which they were travelling overturned on Monday. They are Paul Payne, 52, of Marchfield, St…
Police seeking family of 83-year-old
The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating the family or relatives of Cuthbert Leon Knights. The 83-year-old resides at 1st Avenue, Goodland, St Michael. …
No new COVID-19 cases today
All 117 staff members at the National Assistance Board (NAB) who were tested for COVID-19 yesterday were negative for the viral illness and tests are on-going. Their results were included in the 161…
Bermuda confirms ten cases of viral illness
HAMILTON – The Ministry of Health has confirmed a newspaper report that ten residents from the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home had tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the island’s…
Deaths from COVID-19 pass 200 000 worldwide
Washington – More than 200 000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus (COVID-19), figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of novel coronavirus…
Youth dies after being shot in New Orleans
Police today launched an unnatural death investigation in the shooting of 20-year-old Jeremiah Jamilla Grannum of Woodland, St George. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Royal Barbados Police Force,…
Talks over future of Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic is still talking with the British government about a bailout package to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus outbreak on travel as well as focusing on private sector funding,…
Two women from NAB test positive for COVID-19
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Barbados increased to 79 today with two more persons testing positive for the virus. The two women, aged 60 and 64, are the latest staff members of the…
St John youth pleads not guilty
An 18-year-old St John youth was granted bail when he appeared in the District D Magistrates Court on Friday charged with breach of curfew and robbery. Mario Hakeem Riley of Henley pleaded not guilty…