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Social Share People who fall into Category One for COVID-19 swabbing will be accommodated at the Branford Taitt Polyclinic and the Best-dos Santos Testing Facility from January 11, 2021, starting at 8:30 a.m. It was previously announced that the Glebe Polyclinic would be one of the two testing facilities for Category One. People in Category One are: medical officers, primary contacts, Royal Barbados Police Force personnel, Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds staff and inmate, Barbados Defence Force personnel, all medical personnel, immigration officers, border security, Barbados Port Inc., cust...

By Ansray Thomas An appeal is expected to be filed for a Jamaican man in Barbados who was sentenced to six months in prison last Thursday for breaching the eastern Caribbean island's COVID-19 protocols when he left a quarantine facility to purchase juice. The sentence has been described by many as unjustifiably harsh. Dean Scott, a 49-year-old mason, reportedly pleaded guilty to contravening Paragraph 14 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew (No.4) Directive 2020. He was unable at the time to pay a fine of BAD$6,000, and was immediately sentenced to six months by Chief Magistrate I...

By Ansray Thomas An appeal is expected to be filed for a Jamaican man in Barbados who was sentenced to six months in prison last Thursday for breaching the eastern Caribbean island's COVID-19 protocols when he left a quarantine facility to purchase items. The sentence has been described by many as unjustifiably harsh. Dean Scott, a 49-year-old mason, reportedly pleaded guilty to contravening Paragraph 14 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew (No.4) Directive 2020. He was unable at the time to pay a fine of BAD$6,000, and was immediately sentenced to six months by Chief Magistrate I...

January 6, 2021 With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at HMP Dodds, some prisoners have expressed concern for their safety and the speed at which their cases will be heard. Attorney-at-law Lalu Hanuman told Barbados TODAY two of his clients who are on remand at the St Philip penal institution, reached out to him in a “distressed state” and following the revelations of the 161 positive tests at the prison with 113 of them being inmates. He said to make matters worse, the two men were facing capital offences which had created additional anxiety as they were hoping for their cas...

Mandatory wearing of bracelets coming as COVID cases spike Article by January 2, 2021 In the wake of a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, Barbadians and visitors in quarantine will be mandated to wear bracelets to allow health authorities to effectively track their whereabouts. Speaking during a press conference today, Minister of Health Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic said the new bracelets, which will be placed on persons in quarantine from next Wednesday, will make it more difficult for individuals to breach quarantine. “The bracelets that we are speaking about are tracking bracelet...