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Barbados to implement real-time banking

By November next year, banking institutions will be able to transact business in real-time in Barbados. Ryan Straughn, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, made...

Barbados Partners With Medical Firm for Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test

Barbados’ government is partnering with a Virginia-based medical services firm to provide an “end-to-end” COVID-19 testing process designed to enable travelers to provide approved...

Barbadians march against same-sex unions

(Barbados Nation) The protest action by some churches against the recognition of same-sex civil unions appears to be gaining steam as hundreds took part...

Wax image of `Mighty Sparrow’ to be unveiled in Barbados

To add to his long list of accolades, Slinger “Mighty Sparrow” Francisco will now be immortalised at the Caribbean Wax Museum in Norman...

Barbados extends state of emergency until 2021

(Barbados Nation) The state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados has been extended until March 27, 2021. Attorney General Dale Marshall made the...

Barbados PM Mia Mottley says there’s no truth to illness rumours

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley last night rubbished rumours she had fallen ill and collapsed at Government Headquarters, on Bay Street, St Michael. The Government...

EU adds Barbados, Anguilla to tax haven list

European Union finance ministers added Anguilla and Barbados to the EU’s blacklist of tax havens on Tuesday and removed Cayman Islands and Oman after...

Barbados: Cluster of COVID-19 cases found in one family

A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been found in a single family in Barbados, Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic has...

A week without new COVID cases in Barbados

(Barbados Nation) For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Barbados, there were no new cases confirmed within a one-week period. For the...

Three shot dead in Barbados

Family members have identified the three people who were shot and killed at River Land, St Philip early yesterday morning. They are 42-year-old Daile...

Barbados: SOL Caribbean axed 47 employees

SOL Caribbean axed 47 employees here at the end of March, but maintains it is committed to Barbados and cites the BDS$9.2 million...

Caribbean coronavirus confirmed cases, death and recovered cases update as of 05/02/2020

As of 05/02/2020 the following are the confirmed cases, death and recovered from the caribbean Dominican Republic: 7,578 cases 326 death 1,481 recovered Cuba: 1,611 cases...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...