Flow and Digicel customers have been experiencing disruptions to their services. Flow Barbados explained that there is “ an ongoing issue affecting mobile data, broadband, landline and television services. “We are treating this matter as a priority and our engineers are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible,” the company said. In […]
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The Trinidad-based University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) has dismissed documents being circulated on social media linking current disruptions in internet service in Port of Spain to activity at the Kick-‘em-Jenny Volcano. The Unit has advised that “no unusual activity has been detected” at the underwater volcano located north shore of […]
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SOURCE: CMC – Opposition Leader, Tobias Clement, Monday chained himself to his table in the Parliament as he made a statement in response to the EC$1.2 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) that Finance Minister Gregory Bowen had presented to legislators last Wednesday. Clemwnt was originally due to begin the debate in the 15-member Parliament last […]
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The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating 39-year-old, Kerry Lawrence who has no fixed place of abode. Lawrence is 5 feet 11 inches tall, slim built, light brown complexion with a scar on one of his ears. He is bald at the top of his head with a receding […]
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Both of the islands main telecommunication service providers are back online after outages this morning. In a brief statement, Flow said on its social media pages, ” We are happy to advise that connectivity has been restored to all impacted customers.” Meanwhile, Digicel said the outage was due to submarine cables being damages. However, it […]
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“Reckless” accusations by new Transport Authority chief Ruth Holder that the association of public service vehicle owners is encouraging its members to break the law have been sharply rebuked, prompting the body to demand an apology. Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael said the AOPT has been going all out […]
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A cohort of officials recently trained in the identification of mosquito breeding sites, along with the arrival of spanking new fogging machines are the latest steps in an attempt to fight a troubling suspected outbreak of dengue. Officials are awaiting the results from approximately 250 to 300 suspected cases that occurred over the last six […]
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A rare Internet blackout struck Barbados and across six Eastern Caribbean nations on Monday morning, as a fault in the region’s mainline connection to the internet triggered outages and bothersome delays on mobile and broadband internet services. The region’s two largest telecoms, FLOW and DIGICEL, each confirmed “an ongoing issue affecting mobile data, broadband, landline […]
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At least one attorney-at-law agrees that inmates who behave badly at HMP Dodds should not be rewarded with discounted sentences. Queen’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim told Barbados TODAY that he fully agrees with Deputy Director of Prosecution Alliston Seale, who has blasted the decision to award all inmates a three-month discount off each year regardless of […]
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Barbadians should have no reason to fear any COVID-19 vaccine that reaches our shores and has the approval of local health officials. This is the message of Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic who promised that none of the emergency vaccines being rolled out in the United Kingdom and parts of the […]
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Corruption could reverse the development gains in the Caribbean if it is not tackled head on the Caribbean’s top development banker warned on Monday. And the COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus the thorny and constantly evolving nature of corruption, said Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) president Dr Warren Smith as he inaugurated a joint […]
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There are still options on the table for Barbados to fight blacklisting by the European Union, which has branded the island non-compliant for tax purposes, exposing its global business sector to sanctions and exclusions. Trade experts with the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy & Services (SRC) of the Cave Hill Campus of […]
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Amid growing impatience at its failure to provide an update on a promised remarking of this year’s exam scripts, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) said today the “process would be completed shortly”. The examining body provided no clear timeline, only saying that it would “provide a further update next week via a media briefing”. CXC […]
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Fearing they may be falling behind in their studies, pupils and students from all the nation’s primary and secondary schools, both public and fee-paying, told Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw on Monday they want to go back to school. The minister met with students on the way forward for classes in a COVID-19 environment to […]
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The Prime Minister on Monday did not break the deadlock between the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and G4S Secure Solutions (Barbados) Limited on their ongoing pay dispute but has thwarted a strike – for now. The union has been asked to hold strain on a planned strike for at least the next 36 hours as […]
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For most of her childhood she was surrounded by big trucks and equipment. Small wonder then that Kimberley Maynard found herself behind the wheel of some of the most powerful, imposing vehicles on the island’s roads, commanding the admiration of onlookers and the respect of her male colleagues. The 39-year-old mother has been grabbing the […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey is the newest champion behind the Childhood Obesity Programme being hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB). And, he is encouraging all residents to make good use of the island’s beaches for physical exercise, noting that they could engage in a myriad […]
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SOURCE: BBC A UK grandmother has become the first person in the world to be given the Pfizer Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination programme. Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it was the “best early birthday present”. She was given the injection at 06:31 GMT – the first of 800,000 […]
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Ensuring that senior members of Barbados’ population are comfortable with changing technology and increased use of computerised processes is the aim of president of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP), Marilyn Rice-Bowen. The retired insurance executive, who is now at the helm of the non-governmental organisation, is firmly of the belief that if seniors […]
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Many Barbadian families are faced with challenges directly related to COVID-19, including paying utility bills, repairing a leaking roof or buying food. As a result of conversations with customers at the Channell and Trimart supermarkets, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the group Tony Catlyn conceptualised a programme to contribute three cents from every […]
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