As a result of an investigation into the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), emails and WhatsApp messages between Donville Inniss and Alex Tasker were seized. This was revealed by FBI supervisory special agent Stephanie Krug, who said the information was gathered by the US Department of Justice after it opened a “full investigation” into […]
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Former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) Kamante Millar today admitted to writing two fraudulent invoices for monies to be paid to former government minister Donville Inniss. However, Millar, who has turned State’s witness in the case being heard in a Brooklyn, New York court, said while she felt […]
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Five months into the life of new legislation to allow the cultivation of medicinal marijuana, investors can start applying for a grower’s licence from as early as next month, Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir has revealed. But the price of licences to be issued by the new agency created by the law is likely to […]
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Barbados’ education system will need to be dismantled if authorities wish to thoroughly address the country’s troubling social issues. So says Democratic Labour Party (DLP) President Verla DePeiza who believes plans by Prime Minister Mia Mottley to abolish the longstanding Common Entrance Exam are merely tackling “low hanging fruit”. Instead, she’s hoping to see a […]
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A rum academy, suggested by a prominent distiller has received backing from Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds. Symmonds, who gave his support for Mount Gay Distilleries Managing Director Raphael Grisoni’s suggestion, noted Barbados’ international reputation as a historic rum producer. He said his ministry was willing and ready to partner with Mount […]
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Artistes on Sunday were urged by the Minister responsible for the arts to join a campaign against crime and violence. As he ended his speech at the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Awards Ceremony at the Sir Garfield Sobers Complex, calypsonian-turned-culture Minister John King made an plea as he invoked the memory of […]
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What is Darwin Dottin doing for the people of Barbados? That was a key question on the lips of Democratic Labour Party (DLP) officials as they lambasted the government-appointed crime-consultant whose tenure last year coincided with Barbados’ bloodiest year on record. Attorney General Dale Marshall since then has defended the appointment claiming that Dottin has […]
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For the first time in its history, the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has made the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Winning Words Anthology available on the world’s largest e-commerce website, Amazon, NCF Chief Executive Officer Carol Roberts-Reifer has announced. In an announcement that was greeted by resounding applause, she told the NIFCA Awards […]
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It is a sobering but vitally important issue facing the entire nation. Our capital city, nearly 400 years old, is dying. This is no hyperbole. The exodus from The City of Bridgetown of businesses and consumers following on the four-decades-long flight of residents has left Bridgetown nearly hollowed out. Urban blight, once restricted to fringe […]
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Police are on the scene of a shooting incident at New Orleans, St Michael. There are no reports of injuries. More details as they come to hand.
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Renico Dadrian Murray, of no fixed place of abode, has been remanded to Dodds prison in connection with the December 21, 2018 death of Oscar Hamblin. The 27-year-old murder accused was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before Magistrate Douglas Frederick this afternoon. He is also charged with using a […]
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Barbadians will get an opportunity to share their ideas with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley about how to transform this island. The Ideas Forum, which is part of the We Gatherin’ 2020 initiative, will start this Wednesday, January 15, at the St. Lucy Rectory, Benthams, St. Lucy, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Residents from St. […]
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Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joseph Atherley wants the assurance that the $64 million dollar bill for services to White Oak will not increase. The head of the People’s Party for Democracy and Development was speaking during the debate for a Supplemental of $12,011,453 million which is to be paid for a “legal liability” associated […]
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Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur has been handed yet another assignment by his successor, Prime Minister Mia Mottley when he was named to head a global commission. Minister of Foreign Trade Sandra Husbands today disclosed that Arthur will be at the helm of the newly-formed Global Commission on Trade and Development Options 2020 Common Cause. […]
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A constitutional amendment was among a pair of short items taken up by lawmakers as the House of Assembly brought its first session for 2020 to a close. First, the Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson piloted a constitutional amendment to change the retirement age of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Auditor General […]
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The island’s newest judge has joined the High Court as the Government moves to clear the logjam of outstanding cases. Justice Shone Griffith took the oath of office at Government House before Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson, Acting Prime Minister George Payne, Attorney General Dale Marshall, Justice Cicely Chase, Griffin’s […]
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Ministers today pleaded to anyone who knows of corrupt practices to come forward and blow the whistle to the authorities. As the House of Assembly resumed from its Christmas break, lawmakers made the call as they took up the Integrity in Public Life Bill. Pointing out that relating legislation is to be introduced shortly, Minister […]
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Barbadians want blood and they will get it soon. This promise has come from Attorney General Dale Marshall, who disclosed that the Mia Mottley administration had engaged the services of the London-based law firm Fulcrum Chambers Ltd., and that investigations into a number of state entities were well advanced. Leading off debate on the Integrity […]
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The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and the Grantley Adams International Airport have reached a deal to end a six-month dispute over the workers’ exclusion from the five per cent increase that Government granted public servants in 2018. The workers have accepted management’s offer of 4.5 per cent, NUPW president Akanni McDowall told Barbados […]
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Barbados’ cruise tourism sector continues to grow, with 853,200 passengers arriving here via that route in 2019, up from the previous high of 826,267 cruise ship visitors recorded in 2018. The numbers, according to the Barbados Port Inc., can be attributed to the re-routing of vessels following the major hurricanes recorded in some of the […]
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