Barbados News

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic today confirmed Barbados lost its first health care worker in the battle against COVID-19.

(Barbadis Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be rolled out over the next few days.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados will be ready to roll out the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine late this month.

(Barbados Nation) Former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Ezra Moseley died tragically in a road accident here this morning.

(Barbados Nation) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s (CIBC) plan to sell most of FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) for $1.6 billion has been rejected by regulators.

(Barbados Nation) Around 50 000 Barbadians could start being vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus “in the very near future”.

(Barbados Nation) The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4: Very High Level of COVID-19 alert in Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian students will be taking their issues with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and its controversial 2020 revised testing and grading methodology to court.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said yesterday that she is among eight people who recently received a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19).

(Barbados Nation) Dr Corey Forde, Barbados’ lone infectious diseases specialist, will be the first person to receive a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine if Government is able to secure at least four by this weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) The Barbados health ministry yesterday issued a public apology to Sandals Barbados, saying that three people detained by the police for alleged breaches of COVID-19 protocols had no connection with the resort chain.

(Barbados Nation) Effective yesterday to January 14, Barbados will be under curfew from midnight until 5 a.m.

(Barbados Nation) Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George has delisted Sandals Barbados Resort and Spa as a designated quarantine hotel effective January 5, 2021, and three tourists have been held for questioning by police, according to a media statement on Tuesday.

(Barbados Nation) Residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines were warned to stay away from La Soufriere volcano after increased seismic activity was detected in the dome over the weekend.

(Barbados Nation) The management of Arawak Cement Plant yesterday issued a statement in relation to the death of employee Brian Moore on Monday.

(Barbados Nation) Flights from the United Kingdom (UK) will not be banned at this time.

(Barbados Nation) The days of having an Auditor General’s report that highlights a myriad of accounting inconsistencies and financial irregularities in Government departments, may soon be at an end.

(Barbados Nation) By April next year, Barbados could, for the first time, have a national minimum wage along with fixed amounts for different sectors.

(Barbados Nation) Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd, conch shells were blown and the sound of drums reverberated across The City yesterday when the 207-year-old statue of British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was finally hoisted for its departure from Bridgetown.

(Barbados Nation) Police are still on the lookout for Sherwin Parks and Shanice Wickham.