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by Bajan Reporter / April 16th, 2021
Barbados’ national cleanup campaign is about to get bigger.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley revealed yesterday she would be upsizing the complement from the Ministry of Transport and Works which has been hard at work the past four days, by hiring around 1 500 temporary workers to hit the highways and secondary roads in the coming week.
The Ministry of Transport and Works will also be doing its due diligence to make sure that it can procure the tools and equipment to get the job done. While applauding all Barbadians for their role in helping to drive the number of positive cases down, Bostic warned that though he is pleased with the efforts so far he remained very cautious.
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Volcano Continues to Wreak Havoc
Airports on the Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and Barbados remain closed, and scientists say eruptions could go on for weeks.
April 2021
Airports on the Caribbean countries of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados remain closed after La Soufrière, a volcano on Saint Vincent, roared to life for the first time since the late 1970s, blanketing the island’s lush landscape in a layer of ash and blocking out the sun.
Argyle International Airport on St. Vincent, as well as Canouan Airport, which serves other islands in the Grenadines, remain closed, hindering relief efforts including the delivery of fresh water, which is in desperately short supply due to interrupted flow and the contamination of reservoirs.
Team Bahamas ready for battle
National cricket team on track for World Cup qualifying tournament Members of Team Bahamas are shown during a training session at Haynes Oval. They are preparing for competition in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier Tournament.
It may be a few months out, but The Bahamas’ Senior Men’s National Cricket Team is ready for battle, training for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Twenty-Twenty (T20) World Cup Americas Qualifier Tournament, set for July 17-23, in Toronto, Canada.
The tournament is the first qualifier for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 Word Cup. The top two teams will progress to one of two global qualifiers. The tournament was originally set for August 2020 but was postponed due to the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic.