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Mccain. We obviously have an investigation under way. That will determine what happened. The big question here for the 7th fleet is what is going on here with these ships. How on earth did this happen to one of the worlds most sophisticated warships. After months of deliberation, the president will address the nation on the path to afghanistan, the longest war in its 16th year. Once he announces what the strategy is, we can get more precise on afghanistan troop levels. The decision according to ...

April 11, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados TODAY Inc. by Jade Gibbons “Before COVID-19 if I needed to blow off steam, I would play a shooting game. My favourite weapon on Destiny 2 is any pulse rifle. I define adventure as doing something that is a little outside your box. An example: going to Off Road Fury with my friend Carolyn. We drove go-karts through cane fields in St. Phi...

Get the Apps COVID surge ‘could be tapering off’, as official eyes positivity rate Article by February 27, 2021 The numbers might not reflect it at a glance but the COVID-19 surge may be tapering off, one of the Government’s top COVID-19 fighters said Friday, as he eyed a key indicator of the virus’ likely spread. Senior Medical Officer Dr Anton Best said he had reached his conclusion based on decreasing positivity rates within the last two weeks. The positivity ra...

Article by Social Share People queued outside supermarkets earlier today ahead of the weekend lockdown. However, some of the shoppers in Bridgetown, Collymore Rock and Wildey, St Michael and some in St James who spoke to Nation News said they had anticipated the lines. Although there were long lines, most people followed social distancing protocols. Government had implemented an initial National Pause from February 3 to 17 to fight the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). During the pause s...

Article by Social Share People queued outside the post office at Welches, St Michael from as early as 7:30 a.m. today. Post offices opened today after being closed since the National Pause began on February 3. The initial pause was implemented from February 3 to 17 and has been extended in order to curb the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Post offices are open to allow people such as pensioners to cash National Insurance Scheme cheques. All businesses are closed except those ident...

BERT watchdog wary of lockdown impact Article by February 18, 2021 The business and labour power blocs that sit on the committee monitoring the Government’s fiscal austerity programme have voiced concerns about the impact of now-extended COVID-19 lockdown and its effect on the economy. Declaring it is “particularly concerned”, the seven-member watchdog on the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) that is co-chaired by the head of the Barbados Private Sec...

Days after Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced the extension of the National Pause to fight the spread of COVID-19, a weekend curfew will also be added to the list of restrictions. Dissatisfied with the number of people on the road as the country continues the war against COVID-19, Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic said he recommended the weekend curfew to keep more people at home. “Many persons in this country …

Social Share Barbados will lose about $150 million in economic activity for February and while this will hurt, the economy will not collapse, says Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs Mia Mottley. She was speaking during Monday’s address to the nation and COVID-19 media conference from Ilaro Court, where she announced the National Pause would be extended until February 28, 2021. Mottley said she was aware of the concerns raised by health officials and the Barbados Association of...

Social Share Barbados’ National Pause to fight the spread of COVID-19 was extended until February 28, 2021. The provisions of the emergency directive, including the 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew remain in place. Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced the extension during an address to the nation on Monday afternoon. Even as the time is extended, there are a few concessions being granted. Minimarts, which were not allowed to operate under the current directive, can now do so from Monday to Friday. ...

Prime Minister Mia Mottley showing how she weighed the options to decide on the pause extension. The National Pause will be extended from February 17 to February 28, and the economy will not die. With this assurance from finance advisors, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, who is the Minister of Finance, has said that though it would be "rough", Barbados economy can survive another two weeks of pause. The pause is being extended by 11 days. She said that the decision has not been taken lightly. "...