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Flow donates food vouchers to charities Article by December 23, 2020 Good tidings for Christmas and the New Year have arrived for families relying on the Barbados Cancer Society and the HIV Food Bank for assistance. In the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both organisations recently received $7, 500 worth of supermarket vouchers from leading telecommunications provider Flow as part of the company’s annual support for the two agencies. “Flow is committed to empoweri...

December 23, 2020 Former pilots of regional airline LIAT have renewed their calls for severance payments and other outstanding money’s due to them to be paid. Saying that nine months had passed since hundreds of workers had been laid off by the airline which has gone into administration, president of the Leeward Islands Airline Association (LIALPA), Patterson Thompson, said he believes it is high time his members receive whatever money they are owed. In a press release issued on Tue...

December 21, 2020 PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) said thank you to media recently, for their coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine. During a cocktail reception hosted for media houses, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth George, Permeant Secretary in the Ministry of Health Janet Phillips, PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the ECC Dr. Yitades Gebre and PAHO/WHO Advisors, gathered to salute the media. The PAHO/WHO Representative also pledged conti...

Red Advertising wins awards for breast cancer work Article by December 22, 2020 The Angels have smiled on Red Advertising this Christmas with the leading Barbados-based agency copping a major Gold Angel Award for its breast cancer-related work, among a total of three Gold and six Silver Awards won in the 2020 American Advertising Federation Angel Awards. Red was recognized with a special Gold Award for its body of work on breast cancer awareness across multiple clients, wi...

December 22, 2020 Businesses are continuing to enforce strict COVID-19 protocols as hundreds of Barbadians rush to The City to do their last minute shopping. And managers of several of the larger stores told Barbados TODAY that while they expect the foot traffic to increase over the next few days, they won’t be ignoring or adjusting any of their strict protocols. Some businesses said they have no choice but to enforce the measures implemented, since members of the COVID-19 Monitori...

Captain Sir Tom Moore happy to be in Barbados Article by Captain Sir Tom Moore has been “enjoying every minute” of his time here in Barbados. The 100-year-old British Army officer was able to tick an item off his bucket list, a trip to Barbados, when he arrived on island last week via British Airways. The trip was organised by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI). Sir Tom rose to international acclaim recently, when he raised over £33 million, for the National Health Servic...

Quartet making big waves Article by December 19, 2020 The future of swimming in Barbados looks bright as four outstandingly talented juniors of Pirates Swim Club continue to impress individually and as a quartet in the relays, during recent competitions at the National Aquatic Centre in Wildey. Heidi Stoute, Jaiya Simmons, Toria Alleyne and Fayth Jeffrey have all been amazing to watch during competitions held by the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association, and have developed a k...

Sights set on legal career Article by December 19, 2020 Janeil Odle may have lost her eyesight at the age of six, but her vision to become a lawyer never faded. Today, as she spoke on behalf of 16 new lawyers, admitted to the BAR, she encouraged others to “keep your eyes on the prize”. “Just to everyone, not just the disabled but everyone. If there’s a path that you want to take in life and you know it’s best for you, you can put your mind to it. Put everything you...

Harrison’s Point gets outdoor seating Article by by Anesta Henry Patients at the Isolation Facility at Harrison’s Point, St Lucy, now have an outdoor area where they can sit, relax and enjoy the breeze coming off of the Atlantic Ocean. Director of Isolation Facilities Dr Corey Forde said the space which was created through a donation from companies that worked on the infrastructural development of the facility is important for the preservation of patients’ state of mind since th...

Credit unions want better deal, minister promises support Article by December 18, 2020 Government intends to walk hand-in-hand with the credit union movement says Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn. His pledge has come amid charges that these financial institutions were being “hamstrung” in some cases”. Straughn’s comments came during yesterday’s official opening of the City of Bridgetown (COB) Co-operative Credit Union at Six Roads, St Philip. COB p...