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Established October 1895 Errol Barrow – Icon, Leader, National Hero Pages 4-6 Thursday January 21, 2021 $1 VAT Inclusive NOT HERE SO! ARTIST HEATHER-DAWN Award Barbados Charity. Wednesday while supported by Day,which will be celebrated on Onkphra Wells and I read and Scott has added her voice to She has even taken it a step members of the Pan African Thursday [today]. She said she my immediate reaction was that those who oppose the former further and has placed a ban- Coalition of Organisations wanted to stimulate discussion we cannot let this building go to official residence of ner which carries the message, (PACO) who were present. and cause Barbadians to think Duke of Edinburgh. It is Errol Barbados’ first Prime “Not here so, our mirror image Scott said the banner will be about the built heritage that we Barrow’s state home, it is his Minister, Errol Barrow, says no” out front the Lot 2, up for “two to three days” but have and what we can lose. residence. He chose to live here being leased to the Duke of Culloden Farm, St. Michael she wanted to ensure it was “This is my response to an ar- and to think that we can have Edinburgh’s International property. She did so on erected ahead of Errol Barrow ticle in the paper by Reverend BANNER on Page 2 Artist, Heather-Dawn Scott and John “Tifase” Howell stating why they oppose the former official residence of Barbados’ first Prime Minister, Errol Barrow being leased to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Barbados Charity. Gov’t willing to discuss hazard pay with unions WHILE the Government is open Government has to be responsi- beyond what we don’t have and gested to Minister of Health, Lt. are on the frontline of COVID to discussions with the unions ble, as every effort has to be I don’t think any of us wants to Col. Jeffrey Bostic, that there genuinely, with respect to swab- on the matter of hazard pay for made to keep the country stable, go back into a hole where we are has to be a distinction between bing, or with respect to medical various categories of frontline given the significant drop off in incapable of coming out,” the those who are literally on treatment, or with respect even workers, Prime Minister Mia revenue from tourism, the main Prime Minister said. COVID-19 frontline and those to the labs... But I am also say- Amor Mottley says the unions revenue earner. With that in mind, she working in the background to ing that the Minister of Finance must present their proposals in “I get it and I want to give frowned on workers taking in- help preserve our health system may have to later in the year, writing, and those will be some level of hazard pay, but I dustrial action without even and different aspects of our look and see how we are going to weighed against what the coun- am putting you on notice that putting their request on the economy,and do not necessarily close the gap between what we try can afford at this time. the quantum can only be what table, and called on the National face the same level of risk. are spending and what we are During a virtual press confer- the traffic can bear and the traf- Union of Public Workers, which “We are responsible people, if earning,” said Mottley who holds ence yesterday from Ilaro Court, fic at this stage has had a 90 has been representing workers the proposals are reasonable we the portfolio for Finance, Mottley indicated that while she percent reduction in tourism. We across the public sector, not to will look at them. But what I Economic Affairs and is “sensitive and sympathetic” will give more for the nature of cloud the issue. PM Mottley can say is that there has to be a Investment. to workers’ concerns, the hazard, but we cannot give went on to say that she has sug- distinction between those who DISCUSS on Page 3 2 • Thursday January 21, 2021 The Barbados Advocate Progress Tourism Ministry working to assist being made outbound travellers in getting tests Despite the recent surge suring that our visitors have been able to come to antigen test provided, if PRIME MINISTER Mia were completed. She said in COVID-19 cases, the and our travellers are able the Dos Santos Lab, to there were in quarantine Amor Mottley says sig- what remained to be done Ministry of Tourism and to benefit from getting able to benefit from a com- hotels. nificant progress has were samples from cate- International Transport is their test results, but we bination of PCR tests for Those persons whose been made with the gory three - second and committed to ensuring have also been focusing outbound travellers who businesses were closed as backlog at the Best-dos tertiary contacts and cat- safe, efficient and smooth since Tuesday, on dedicat- are moving out to Canada a result of positive cases Santos Laboratory re- egory four – persons who travel for travellers, espe- ing resources at the (Best- and for those travellers and who spent the requi- garding the processing have not been knowingly cially those who are out- dos Santos Public Health who are moving out to the site time in quarantine, of COVID-19 tests. exposed to the virus, but bound and in need of the Laboratory) to allow for UK and we are very ap- were also able to benefit Mottley made the dis- want to be tested. requisite negative COVID- persons to travel seam- preciative of the partner- from being released. closure in a press confer- “…I have spent five of 19 tests. lessly” Minister Cummins ship with our airline part- The Tourism Minister ence yesterday to update the last seven nights in Senator Lisa Cummins, revealed. ners” she further com- also indicated that addi- the country on the latest and out of the lab making Minister of Tourism and “We know that there mented, noting that trav- tional systems are being on the COVID-19 pan- sure that we can deliver International Transport have been some chal- ellers have been able to put in place for those who demic, as she revealed on these issues, this has gave the above assurance lenges. We know that benefit from rapid antigen will continue to travel in that Cuban doctors and been a difficult time for during a recent press con- there have been difficul- testing at the lab. the coming week. lab technicians who have the country. It’s challeng- ference, which saw key of- ties with persons still get- Cummins also revealed Travellers outbound on requested to help boost ing, largely because of the ficials giving a COVID-19 ting their test results on that of the 234 originally Caribbean flights and also the local complement of explosion in the numbers update. time and that it is still noted, there were 145 vis- Canadian flights, are medical staff, are set to ar- of tests… and we have “Since last Sunday as regetable, but we give you itors, including visiting meanwhile being urged to rive on island tomorrow, had serious difficulties you are aware, we stood up the commitment that as a Barbadians and returning make contact with the call and the virologist from the with some of them, but we a call centre and we have country and as a govern- nationals and in addition centre at 628-4150 or the Pan American Health have been able to respond received hundreds of calls ment, we are working to these, there have also Ministry,so arrangements Organisation (PAHO) who adequately,” she stated. at the call centre, since through those issues” she been 89 locals who as a re- can be made for them to fly will train additional staff The Prime Minister’s that time. Along with the added. sult of the introduction of out with a negative PCR for the lab, is expected to comments came as she Ministry of Health, we “Since Tuesday this additional testing support, test result and the re- arrive early next week. said Barbados has been have been working on en- week, over 234 persons have been able to have an quired certification. (RSM) “What has been good is working with local, re- that we have been work- gional and international ing with him [virologist] partners to address the over the course of the last challenges the country week, ten days and as a has been facing. She spoke result of that there have specifically of the been significant improve- PAHO/World Health ments in the efficiency Organisation which up to output of the lab, particu- early this week provided larly through pooling and rapid antigen tests and other mechanisms that personal protective equip- they have used,” she ment and Guyana, which stated. provided “significant vol- The PM’s comments umes” of tests and came as she spoke of the reagents. new four-tier system em- Going forward, PM ployed since Monday, Mottley said that the January 11th to prioritise country will as early as testing, which she said next week have in its pos- has been bearing fruit. session two new testing She referred also to efforts machines and plans are being made to release per- moving apace to have two sons from quarantine, new labs up and running. The banner which is out front the the former official through the use of the She indicated that the pri- residence of Barbados’ first Prime Minister, Errol rapid antigen test on vate sector labs, one of Barrow.