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Red Advertising wins awards for breast cancer work Article by December 22, 2020 The Angels have smiled on Red Advertising this Christmas with the leading Barbados-based agency copping a major Gold Angel Award for its breast cancer-related work, among a total of three Gold and six Silver Awards won in the 2020 American Advertising Federation Angel Awards. Red was recognized with a special Gold Award for its body of work on breast cancer awareness across multiple clients, with two additional Gold Awards for its work on the Sagicor Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Emerging...

Man charged with rape Article by December 22, 2020 A 27-year-old conductor charged with three counts of sexual intercourse with a child was remanded to HMP Dodds over the weekend. Jamar Akeem Nathaniel Powlett, of Block 2A, Bottom Close, Wildey, St Michael is accused of committing the act on the 13-year-old girl, on August 16, November 2 and November 16. He could not plead to the indictable charges when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes on Saturday and the prosecutor objected to his bail on several counts. He was remanded until January 15 to reappear in the Di...

December 22, 2020 Businesses are continuing to enforce strict COVID-19 protocols as hundreds of Barbadians rush to The City to do their last minute shopping. And managers of several of the larger stores told Barbados TODAY that while they expect the foot traffic to increase over the next few days, they won’t be ignoring or adjusting any of their strict protocols. Some businesses said they have no choice but to enforce the measures implemented, since members of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit are out in their numbers visiting establishments, even advising where loop holes need to be ...

December 19, 2020 It is becoming increasingly apparent that the global jostle for COVID-19 vaccines will be another battle of might and wealth over the needs of the world’s most vulnerable and at risk. Recently leaked documents have exposed deep concerns that countries like Barbados and other developing nations could find their access to the vital vaccinations stalled for another three years, thus stymying any chances of a smooth pathway out of the health and economic crisis now gripping their economies. It is being reported that the global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to p...

Their tests were among the 915 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The new cases are a 75-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on British Airways; a 54-year-old male visitor, who came in on American Airlines on December 11; a 23-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on American Airlines on December 12; and a 60-year-old male visitor, who came into the island on British Airways on December 14. Also adding to the tally of confirmed cases are a 32-year-old female visitor, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on December 14; a 29-year-old female visitor, who travelled to t...