If more Barbadians considered the number of institutions and businesses who are in possession of detailed personal and sensitive information about us, they would take the matter of cyber-attacks more seriously.This week, we learned from officials of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), our primary health care institution, that it had been attacked by hackers, who succeeded in crippling some aspects of the hospital’s operations.If that was not bad enough, we later learned that the attack had also impacted operations of the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, which was established to care for the sickest patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.The attacks have not been limited to the public sector.
A mixed-use development off Route 28 in Harrison is expected to move forward in the spring after several years sitting dormant. Brian Clark, consultant for R&Z Harrison Properties, said site work and infrastructure are scheduled to begin on Harrison Point, a 162-acre development near the Tarentum interchange of the expressway
A team from the European Investment Bank (EIB) is already on the ground in Barbados checking out the healthcare system first-hand before the monitoring mission next week.
They met with officials from the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Que
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Government is extending the current COVID-19 protocols for another three months.Today, the House of Assembly passed a resolution under the Proclamation of Emergency Powers Act, which will see the current protocols, which expire on September 22, remain in effect from September 23 to December 21 this year.Minister of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for St. Michael West Central Ian Gooding-Edghill in his introductory comments said, “The pandemic is presently on a downward trajectory. We have moved from a positivity rate of 41 per cent in July to one of 15 per cent this week. However, we are concerned about the death toll in the over 70 age group, and even though our numbers may be trending downwards, we must be careful not to erase all the gains we have made thus far.”He stated that, “Government is committed to relaxing all the protocols, and before we make these decisions we look at local, regional and international trends, but we act on the advice from internal and ex