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Doc’s advice for those isolating at home

COVID-19-positive individuals have been warned against failing to check and document their symptoms regularly. That caution came yesterday from consultant manager of the Home Quarantine...
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Too many vets, frets Wallace

Former Barbados captain and West Indies opener Philo Wallace believes the decision to include several experienced players in the Windies squad for the ICC...
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Credit union ‘hampered by old laws’

Archaic legislation is holding back the credit union movement from offering a wider range of financial and investment services to citizens, says Anthony Pilgrim,...
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‘Full fibre coverage’ for Barbados

Barbados has gained a powerful edge in its quest to improve its ease of doing business, as the country can now boast of being...
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Dame Sandra honoured

The success story of Governor General Dame Sandra Mason is inspirational and proof that extraordinary people can come from humble and ordinary backgrounds. This was...
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UN secretary general arrives for UNCTAD 15

Barbados will be making history on Monday when it becomes the smallest nation to ever host the United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development...
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30 000 Sinopharm doses arrive from China

Barbados boosted its supply of COVID-19 vaccines with a second shipment of Sinopharm vaccines from the government of the People’s Republic of China. The consignment...
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COVID death No. 79 in Barbados

A 52-year-old Barbadian woman is the island’s 79th COVID-19 casualty. She passed away on Saturday afternoon after spending nine days in isolation.  She had comorbidities...
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Police investigating suspected hanging

Police are investigating the unnatural death of an Irish visitor at Maresol Apartments, St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church. The woman was staying at the apartments...
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Vaccination Schedule for October 3

Vaccines will be administered at a few sites this Sunday, October 3.  The venues and operating times are as follows: Vaccination Centres: Building No. 2...
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183 new COVID cases on Friday

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 183 new cases – 89 males and 94 females – of COVID-19 on Friday, October 1 from...
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British rapper jailed on drug charges

British rapper Nines has been jailed for importing 28kg of cannabis into the UK from Spain and Poland. The chart-topping musician, real name Courtney Freckleton,...
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