Despite Barbadians being permitted to resume Sunday shopping, some of the major supermarkets kept their doors shut yesterday. While the automarts at gas stations were bustling with customers, some supermarket operators said they wanted another week to get ready for the resumption of Sunday business. Due to COVID-19 protocols, supermarkets and shops had been closed on Sundays for months but two weeks ago, Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams announced …
June 12, 2021
Officials from the Barbados Fire Service and the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) are reporting significant progress in averting a potentially disastrous situation unfolding at the B’s Recycling Centre.
Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams is however insisting that the facility remain closed until further notice as he downgraded the site from a “potential disaster”.
During a press conference on Friday at the Cane Garden, St. Thomas facility, Minister Abrahams revealed that 4,552,722.084 pounds of metal had been removed since April 27th, when officials started moving tonnes of “white waste” to the metal disposal facility at Bagatelle, St Thomas.
In April, officials from the Ministry of Health and Wellness ordered Paul Bynoe, the owner of B’s, to close the facility and gave him 21 days to reduce the volume of discarded material to an acceptable level. Chief Fire Officer Errol Maynard later expressed concern that the conditions at the site
The wait is over as Government announced supermarkets, minimarts, village shops and automarts will reopen for full service on Sundays. In the latest COVID-19 management update on Saturday evening, Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams announced a new directive (NO. 11) would go into effect on Tuesday until June 29. In addition to the existing conditions, the long awaited cry for Sunday shopping to resume was heard and will commence …
All of the metal waste that Government has ordered B’s Recycling to remove by late May has not been cleared. However, Chief Fire Officer Errol Maynard says he is pleased with the progress made at the Cane Garden, St Thomas recycling facility. On May 4, Government officials, led by Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams, gave B’s 21 days to reduce the mounds of metal to ensure the site was …
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)