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A team from the European Investment Bank (EIB) is already on the ground in Barbados checking out the healthcare system first-hand before the monitoring mission next week. They met with officials from the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Que
Government is extending the current COVID-19 protocols for another three months.Today, the House of Assembly passed a resolution under the Proclamation of Emergency Powers Act, which will see the current protocols, which expire on September 22, remain in effect from September 23 to December 21 this year.Minister of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Michael West Central Ian Gooding-Edghill in his introductory comments said, “The pandemic is presently on a downward trajectory. We have moved from a positivity rate of 41 per cent in July to one of 15 per cent this week. Howeve...
Amid concerns of a shortage of cough suppressants following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, at least two pharmacies have reported that some of the more popular cough syrups are back on the shelf. President of the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society, Yolande Pantin, had told Starcom Network yesterday that some cough suppressants were out of stock and the supply of others was fast diminishing. “For sure what is most widely used, …
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) could be facing a lawsuit over its dismissal of Head of Security Ian McIntosh.McIntosh, who received his termination letter last Wednesday indicating he was being let go for underperformance, among other concerns, told Barbados TODAY his attorney was in the process of drafting a letter to the QEH objecting to its decision.“We will send an appeal to them and await their decision, and according to what their decision is we will move forward with a lawsuit,” he said.McIntosh is also being advised by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW). Although confi...
The prison population in Barbados has dropped significantly since the move to the newer Dodds Prison in 2007. Prior to that, the inmates numbers hovered around 1 187 at the historic HMP at Glendairy which was subsequently burnt during rioting before a makeshift prison was created at Harrison Point. However, today there are around 769 inmates (743 males and 26 females) at Dodds in St Philip which has a capacity …