Belle, Wickham say details needed from police and businessman
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Two of the country’s leading political scientists have concluded that Prime Minister Mia Mottley did not act outside her legal authority during a highly-publicised interaction with a Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) officer that has raised questions about potential abuse of power from the highest office in the land.
Retired Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies Dr. George Belle however contends that even if Mottley was not legally at fault, her actions could be interpreted as a show of intimidation toward law enforcement officials.
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8.1.2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says that a few vaccines will be made available to Barbados.
14.1.2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley told Barbadians in an address that she received her first dose of a COVID vaccine. She along with the Attorney General Dale Marshall, the Health Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic and some frontline workers.
9.2.2021 - Barbados receives a donation of 100,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as Covishield. The doses were a grant from India.
10.2.2021 - St Lucia received 1,000 doses of the vaccine from the Government of Barbados.
11.2.2021 - Governor General Dame Sandra Mason received her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine today.
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Governor General Dame Sandra Mason received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in front of rolling cameras on Thursday morning.
The Barbados Government Information Service was on hand to capture Dame Sandra and her household staff get vaccinated against COVID-19 by a team from the Maurice Byer Polyclinic.
Calling the experience “effortless” and “amazing”, the Governor General urged Barbadians to follow suit.
“In instances like these, it is a question of personal decision. But if I had to give anybody advice, I would say for your personal protection and for your future wellbeing, it might be a very good idea if you were to take the vaccine,” she emphasised.
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Barbados’ latest centenarian Edna Lewis, was showered with birthday greetings and gifts yesterday when she reached that milestone. Here, an elated Lewis being presented with a floral arrangement by Aide-de-Camp Major Julia da Breo while granddaughter Judith Searles looks on. (Picture by Gercine Carter) Social Share
EDNA LEWIS has been described as “a true patriot and stalwart” by Governor General Dame Sandra Mason.
She celebrated her 100th birthday at her Westmoreland, St James home yesterday surrounded by generations of her family, with Skype calls from the Governor General and relatives in Barbados and abroad.
On the day that Dame Sandra also celebrated her 72nd birthday, she extended thanks to Lewis and her generation for the wisdom they have imparted and for their contribution to Barbados.