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Stay at home during the day and during the night unless you are doing business with an essential service, are an essential worker or there is an emergency.
That is the word from Attorney General Dale Marshall, who on Thursday announced the changes in the Emergency Directive No. 4 which will govern the lockdown period until February 28, 2021, including the Stay At Home Weekend.
This gives legal teeth to the recommendation by Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic that the weekend be added to the national pause to curb the number of people on the road as Barbados continues to fight the community spread of COVID-19.
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Key points and live updates from the February 18, 2021 COVID management press conference featuring Attorney General Dale Marshall, Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith and Dr Chaynie Williams, consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Attorney General Dale Marshall
We are now at Directive #4 which became effective at midnight last night and will expire at midnight February 28, 2021.
There is a current curfew in Barbados from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
A number of people are moving around and Barbadians are not understanding what is expected of them.
It seems they feel they should only be home during curfew and can do as they please.
For the two days between when Barbados’ emergency directive ends and the newest lockdown begins, the island will not be allowed to mirror the “wild wild west” Attorney General Dale Marshall told the country last night. The current emergency directive finishes at 5 a.m. on January 31, but Marshall said it continues until February 2 and Barbadians should stay in their houses, as advised by the Prime Minister. Speaking during …
Prison officers claiming defamation of character against Govt authorities
Article by January 12, 2021
Three prison officers are in the process of filing two separate lawsuits against the Government of Barbados over COVID-19 related issues.
Industrial Relations Advisor to the Prison Officers Association of Barbados (POAB) and trade union leader Senator Caswell Franklyn disclosed today that the first action is one of defamation of character against the men whom Government officials had publicly said could not be found for testing for the virus.
On New Year’s Day, Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs Wilfred Abrahams made a call during a ‘live’ television and radio broadcast for the three to come forward for testing and urged anyone who knew of their whereabouts to encourage them to do so.
There is an indefinite ban on bus crawls in Barbados. This is among the measures announced by Attorney General Dale Marshall on Saturday evening when he provided an update on the Special Curfew Directive in place as part of the COVID-19 emergency management plan. The directive took immediate effect on January 2 and will continue through January 15 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Marshall said during those hours, “no …