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When you are flying high and all is going well, there will be friends a plenty. People will always want to be associated with a winner because she or he will be in the spotlight.However, it is when one is faced with adversity, trials, doubt, and without prestige, then one discovers the people who are truly friends and those who were simply hangers-on.We in the Caribbean are not rich nations. Except for our reasonable rankings on the Human Development Index of the United Nations, our natural beauty, hardworking and friendly people, Caribbean countries face enormous challenges.The nation of Cuba...

Members of Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade, the medical team which responded to Barbados’ call for assistance at the outbreak of COVID-19 here, have returned to Cuba after completing their two-year assignment. The cohort of 126 medical doctors, nurses and lab technologists flew out of the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday and were showered with praise and words of appreciation by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Minister of Health Ian …

The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) launched a new initiative to sustain its charitable endeavors which assist two worthy causes. Minor survivors of deceased BDF soldiers and the BDF's adopted charity - The Precious Touch Foundation, are the ben

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Dr Sonia Browne is supporting Government’s move to impose a pandemic contribution tax on some financial institutions. Delivering her contribution yesterday to the Budget debate in the Lower House, Browne did not mince words about how she felt about the imposition of the tax. “I think it is right that the institutions mentioned –  the banks – and I have …

The Best Dos Santos Public Health Lab and the Isolation Facility at Harrison Point, St Lucy, which surged to the forefront of health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, have been identified as potential moneymakers for the Government. Minister of Health and Wellness Ian Gooding-Edghill singled out the two facilities as “potential for revenue generation” Wednesday during his time before the House of Assembly where debate on the Estimates continued yesterday. …