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December 31, 2020 We are at the penultimate day of 2020 and most of us are anxious to see the back of this year that has turned life upside down, inside out for so many of us. By now, for the most part, we have determined whether we want to bid adieu with a bang, or with quiet introspection. New Year’s Eve typically ranks high among celebrations, but like most things this year, we have to think twice. For while Barbados remains on top of its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and we have new hope with the distribution of vaccines now in the early stages, we simply cannot let our ...

December 31, 2020 The first female executive to ever lead the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC) is calling it quits after almost 35 years. Chief Executive Officer Sonja Trotman will officially go on retirement at the end of this month. She started her journey with the export promotion agency when she joined the then Barbados Export Promotion Corporation in March 1986 as a research officer. In 1988, Trotman took up the post of marketing advisor. When the agency became the BIDC in 1992, she was then appointed research officer in the Research Division. Trotman has ...

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.The 35-year-old Briton, whose paternal grandparents are Grenadians, sealed a seventh drivers’ title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November - equalling Michael Schumacher’s championships record.Rugby league legend Rob Burrow is made an MBE for services to rugby and his awareness campaign since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

Arawak probes fatal workplace incident Article by December 30, 2020 Officials at the Arawak Cement Company Ltd. (ACCL) have launched a “thorough investigation” to determine what caused Sunday’s accident at the St Lucy plant that led to the death of 22-year-old Brian Moore. The commitment to a probe was given in a statement issued by the company after Moore succumbed on Monday night to serious injuries he sustained on the job. ACCL expressed sadness at his passing and pledged continued support to his family. It said it would also provide counselling services for emplo...

T CELL An antigen-presenting cell tears apart the spike proteins and displays some of their fragments on its surface. A so-called helper T cell may detect the fragments. If a fragment fits into one of its surface proteins, the T cell becomes activated. Now it can recruit other immune cells to respond to the vaccine. Making Antibodies Another type of immune cell, called a B cell, may also encounter the vaccine nanoparticles. B cells have surface proteins in a huge variety of shapes, and a few might have the right shape to latch onto a spike protein. If a B cell does latch on, it can pull th...