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The COVID 19 virus is wrecking havoc on the Barbados landscape based on the number of infections experienced in recent days. Our worse fears are being realised with 92 reported infections listed in the recent dashboard. During a press conference yesterday authorities advised current trajectory if left unchecked could see 500 cases of Covid 19…
@David An economy in this state of recession needs the opposite to increased taxation. What government needs to do is discount its receivables like land tax arrears and get in cash. They increased land taxes I think 2 years ago based on no logic at all. What you think for example a building in town where no one goes to shop even in good times is worth today? Government needs a serious reality check in several areas. Look Friday I went to pay import duty at customs in the harbour. Line outside the building with one cashier working. I left there and went to pay my drivers license at Oistins....
By Stop hiding! Come out and get tested! Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic did not mince words yesterday, as he urged members of a northern church to stop dodging public health officials who are conducting contact tracing into a cluster of COVID-19 cases. He said public health officials had been hamstrung this week as they attempted to find people associated with the church. Earlier this week in a story broken by the Midweek Nation, it was revealed that 19 members of the World Harvest Ministries International Church, based in Speightstown, St Peter, had tested positive for the...
Posted by Lyall Small to the Covid 19 Update blog in response to commenter Critical Anlayzer and the Blogmaster to concerns about new strains of the virus. I think that the difficulties that Barbados has been experiencing in dealing with the new clusters over the last 3 weeks or so is going to be very…