(Barbados Nation) The High Court has thrown out the matters, brought by trade unionist and Senator Caswell Franklyn and two small businessmen, challenging the constitutionality of Government’s COVID-19 protocols.
(Barbados Nation) A former President of the Barbados Dental Association, Dr Vidya Armogan, who says his dental care facility will only be doing business with vaccinated patients, is calling on Government and the business community to get around mandatory vaccination by using strategic measures that encourage more Barbadians to get inoculated.
(Barbados Nation) Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and Isolation Facilities Manager Dr Corey Forde said healthcare workers on the frontline of the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Barbados were beginning to feel the physical and mental strain.
(Barbados Nation) – Former senior vice president of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Alex Tasker has been ordered extradited by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to stand trial in the United States on money laundering and conspiracy to launder money charges.
(Barbados Nation) The travel bubble, which exempted people from select countries from further quarantine or testing upon arrival in Barbados, has been discontinued.
(Barbados Nation) Convicted attorney Vonda Pile, already serving a sentence for theft of a client’s money, was committed to the High Court on another theft charge when she appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court.
(Barbados Nation) Demetrico Ricardo Layne was remanded to HMP Dodds until September 14 when he appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) – An acquitted former murder accused is asking for almost $900 000 in assorted damages after the Court of Appeal held his right to freedom was infringed at the conclusion of his trial.
(Barbados Nation) – A man is in police custody assisting with investigations into the death of Jamaican sex worker Odith Henriques, 44, whose nude body was discovered last week in the yard of an abandoned house in Beckwith Street, The City.
CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados, (Reuters) – Hurricane Elsa caused power outages, blew roofs off homes, toppled trees and caused flooding in areas of the island-nation of Barbados today.
(Barbados Nation) Washington – The World Bank board of executive directors approved yesterday a US$100 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Loan for Barbados. The