The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners is encouraging people to go back to the basics in order to protect themselves from Covid-19.
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Monitoring unit to be increased
The Covid-19 Monitoring Unit is to get a significant boost in numbers to help ensure the protocols are followed.
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Cuban nurses get extended stay
An agreement has been signed between Barbados and Cuba to extend the stay of the Cuban nurses who have been on the island helping in the Covid-19 fight.
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Housing coming to Todds, St George
Work on more than a dozen affordable homes in a rural community could begin as early as this week.
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Two remanded for death of popular nut vendor
A teenager is one of two people remanded to prison on Tuesday in relation to the shooting death of popular nut vendor, Randy Selman.
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DEM Urges Caution; Island Under Flash-Flood Warning
The Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has urged residents and visitors across Barbados to brace for heavy rainfall over the next few hours and has issued a flash-flood warning for the island until 6:00 p.m.
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Health Ministry: No Testing Exemptions For Diplomats
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has denied that diplomats entering Barbados from countries deemed medium or high risk are exempted from taking a second COVID-19 PCR test.
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Decline in substance abuse among primary school students
There has been a slight decline in the prevalence of substance abuse among Barbadian primary school children.
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People’s Assemblies to embrace everyone
Having a criminal record may not necessarily disqualify someone from serving on the proposed People’s Assemblies.
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Prime Minister writes German Chancellor and EU on issue of blacklisting
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Union (EU), on the issue of plans to blacklist the country, stating that “it is wrong and disproportionate.”
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