Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic says that a lack of adherence to COVID-19 protocols after school, is posing some challenges for Government’s effort to control the spread of the virus. Bostic disclosed yesterday that one student at The Lester Vaughan Secondary School, linked to an emerging family cluster, tested positive for COVID-19. Bostic further explained that students attending another school had also been exposed and that contact tracing …
Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, will host a media conference at 4 p.m. today. He will be joined by Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic and Senator Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism and International Transport. Join us for live coverage here on the website, and on our social media channels The Nation Barbados (Facebook and Twitter) and nation246 on Instagram. (PR)
Updates from Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams; Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic and Senator Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism and International Transport. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFQ87n1ywI Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams Current directive (No. 10) expires on June 7 New directive (no. 11) runs until June 29 Supermarkets, mini marts and village shops to reopen on Sundays Automarts to also resume full service on Sundays …
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Last year, residents in Chapman Lane, The City, were singing the Government’s praises when work got under way to rectify the flooding problems they had been experiencing for decades.
However, these days, they are voicing a different tune – one of frustration.
The work, which involved installing a new drainage system to allow water to flow through the canal, has not been completed and the area has been flooding almost daily, even though there is no rainfall.
On Tuesday, several pumps installed by the Drainage Unit were pumping off the water which had flooded the nearby Murphy’s Pasture and created large, dirty pools in different areas throughout the close-knit district.
Some residents in St Joseph are querying why the St Joseph Outpatient Clinic is not in operation. Their concerns follow a reopening ceremony for the Horse Hill medical facility on May 10 that was attended by Government officials including Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic. When the DAILY NATION visited the area on Tuesday, some residents wanted to know why 17 days after the reopening …