Several people were left nursing injuries following two motor vehicle accidents late yesterday. The first accident, involving a motor car and a motor van, occurred around 6:25 p.m. along Searles Road, at its intersection with Lead Vale, Christ Church. Police said the motor van was driven by 41-year-old Melinda Christain of Bird Eye Ridge, St Patricks, […]
Several people were left nursing injuries following two motor vehicle accidents late yesterday. The first accident, involving a motor car and a motor van, occurred around 6:25 p.m. along Searles Road, at its intersection with Lead Vale, Christ Church. Police said the motor van was driven by 41-year-old Melinda Christain of Bird Eye Ridge, St Patricks, […]
The Pan-African Coalition of Organisations (PACO) and the Grantley Adams Secondary School have teamed up to raise awareness about the ongoing needs of Haiti and how Barbadians can provide assistance that country. The Haitian project will include a reforestation initiative and the provision of 200 solar cookers over the next two years. The Grantley Adams […]
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health will continue its fogging exercise in several parishes across the island this week. On Monday, February 6, districts to be fogged in St Peter will be Skeete’s Road, Rose Hill, Apple Grove, Benn Hill, Mile and a Quarter, Maynards Development, Valley View, Convent Drive, Sunset Heights […]
Barbadians will be paying more for gasoline, diesel and kerosene from midnight tonight. The price of gasoline will move from $2.78 per litre to $2.98 per litre, an increase of 20 cents per litre. The price of diesel will rise by two cents from $2.15 to $2.17, and kerosene will now retail at $1.13, up […]
The operators of public service vehicles (PSVs) are sending a strong word of warning to the major political parties here that their approximately 7,000 votes will not be given away cheaply come the next general election. President of the Association of Public Transport Operators (APTO) Morris Lee said the ZR and minibus operators intend to […]
The members of a Grenadian family who alleged that they had been subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) last October are carrying out their threat to sue the force. Attorney-at-law for the Gilbert family Ruggles Ferguson said the final details of the lawsuit were being worked out and […]
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is repeating its call for Government to end its agreement with private waste haulers. Government last October outsourced its waste collection services in four parishes to the private truckers as it sought to come to grips with mounting garbage and a reduced fleet at the Sanitation Service Authority […]
History teacher Reverend Charles Morris may not agree, but Minister of Education Ronald Jones is insisting that sabotage has definitely been at play, amid the bothersome environmental woes ––including a nasty odour –– that have been pervasive at Combermere School for over two years now. Delivering a detailed report on investigations and work carried out at the […]
The current state of Barbados’ capital city, Bridgetown, is the result of years of neglect, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth Stephen Lashley has charged. However, speaking in Parliament today, he said the Freundel Stuart administration was prepared to fix the problems. Contributing to debate on a resolution for the vesting of approximately 534.5 square […]
Local ice cream maker BICO is defending the importation of 900 cases of coconut water from Guyana, saying not only is there a shortage of high quality coconut water on the island, but that not everyone was satisfied with the hygiene practices of local roadside vendors. Asked by Barbados TODAY Tuesday afternoon to confirm reports that […]
If Opposition Member of Parliament for St Michael South East Santia Bradshaw had her way it would not be ‘one rule for the Jews and another for the Persians’ in terms of access to tax exemptions and duty free concessions under the Cultural Industries and Development Act. Speaking in the House of Assembly this afternoon […]
A number of property owners at Enterprise, Christ Church are pushing for a halt to the construction of a four-storey apartment hotel being erected in their residential district. The Barbados High Court has already issued an order to the developers –– Accra Beach Limited –– restraining it from carrying out building operations and/or construction works […]
A 44-year-old man was granted bail Tuesday afternoon after appearing before a Bridgetown Court on an assault charge. Don Alvin Blackman of Field’s Gap, Greenfield, St Michael is accused of unlawfully assaulting Corey Knight on July 12 last year. He told Magistrate Douglas Frederick he was not guilty of the charge. Police prosecutor Sergeant Martin Rock […]
Political activist David Comissiong is accusing Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of treating him with nothing but “contempt”, scant respect and even racial bias in the controversial Hyatt hotel matter. The attorney-at-law said he had written to Stuart as far back as August last year, expressing concern about plans to construct the 15-storey, multi-million dollar property […]
Minister of Social Care Steve Blackett wants to know why “town hall meetings are needed now for every project. “Were there town hall meetings when they imploded the Hilton Hotel?” he asked in reference to the Opposition Barbados Labour Party. His comments came in the wake of a recent call by former BLP representative for […]
The struggling regional airline LIAT has announced the first two routes that it will cut “as part of its efforts to achieve greater profitability and improve efficiency”. In a release issued today, the airline said it would stop servicing the United States Virgin Islands beginning March 1, when it ends flights to St Croix. Service […]
A growing number of Barbadians are offering their homes to visitors as short-term lodging through the online marketplace, Airbnb. An official of the global accommodation facilitator today said some 1,100 Barbadian homeowners had listed their properties on Airbnb’s website, where people list their homes or apartments for easy online booking. Public policy head in Latin […]