Dukharan ‘upbeat’ about Barbados in 2020
Regional economist Marla Dukharan has given upbeat prospects for Barbados this year as the island continues its Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme. In her Caribbean Economic...
View ArticleRecommendations on Speightstown’s future ‘by mid-year’
The Speightstown Task Force is to be re-established and it is expected to make recommendations to Government by the end of June, Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared last night. She made the promise as...
View ArticleTwo vehicles crash into home of St Michael woman
A woman narrowly escaped injury this morning when a Transport Board bus and a black Suzuki Swift ran off a section of the newly paved Green Hill, St Michael road and onto her property. The occupant,...
View ArticleBarbados economy on track, says IMF
Barbados continues to make good progress in implementing its economic reform programme, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. At the end of a four-day visit to discuss the...
View ArticlePolice probe shooting incident
Police are investigating a shooting incident at Gittens Road, Government Hill, St Michael. Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss said the incident occurred around 10:30...
View ArticleAccused say police got it wrong
Two men charged with murder today denied any involvement in the death of 38-year-old Cosmo Alonza Hinds over six years ago. In fact in an unsworn statement from the dock Jefferson Tramaine Diego...
View ArticleFemale convicts sentenced
Two female convicts will spend time in jail for aggravated burglary after their wish to financially compensate their elderly victims for the 2010 crime was today denied by the High Court. “You have...
View ArticleXiusheng: ‘Be fair, calm, rational’ about virus
China’s ambassador to Barbados has cautioned against “over reaction”, “excessive measures” and “unnecessary travel restrictions” being imposed on travellers leaving the Asian country on route to other...
View ArticleNursery locked down as gun shots ring out
A gun-related incident at Gittens Road, Government Hill, St Michael, which resulted in Police discharging their firearms led to two men being detained and disruptions in the area. The incident has also...
View ArticleAt the Hart of climate action
Diplomat Selwin Hart has come in for high praise from his old boss – Prime Minister Mia Mottley – as he takes up an appointment as a United Nations Assistant Secretary General on climate action. The...
View ArticlePM says way clear for expedited murder trials
With the resources that Government has pumped into law enforcement and the judiciary, there is no “excuse” for persons on murder or gun-related charges, not to have their day in court within six to...
View ArticleRastas still bent on taking court action
Describing the Sacramental Cannabis Bill in its current form as offensive and problematic, President of the Afrikan Heritage Foundation (AHF) Paul Simba Rock says he is hoping to take Government to...
View Article‘Bats’ at Grantley Prescod Primary
The list of schools with environmental issues lengthened further today, as teachers and parents at the Grantley Prescod Primary complained about the apparent recurrence of bat droppings on the school...
View ArticleOld lady’s brush with bus and car
An elderly woman narrowly escaped injury this morning when not one but two vehicles – a Transport Board bus and a car – ran off the newly paved Green Hill road and slammed into her home. The occupant,...
View ArticleSome pensioners still not getting NIS payments
Two former Government employees are crying out to the Mia Mottley Administration to pay them their old age pension benefits which had been unceremoniously discontinued several years ago. The ex-public...
View ArticleDLP President: ‘More tax hikes, more problems’ for taxpayers
Any increase in taxes or user fees for services will be an additional burden on an already struggling population, leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Verla DePeiza has declared. Arguing that...
View ArticleMoreno: IDB will back new Bajan inventors, creators
The head of Barbados’ main development financier has thrown out a challenge to Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her fellow leaders to produce more inventors and creative minds to help solve lingering and...
View ArticleBarbadians in China doing well
Barbadian students stationed in The People’s Republic of China are doing “very well” and should continue to be safe from the Coronavirus once they heed the instructions of Chinese authorities and stay...
View ArticleChina students’ parents meet with authorities on coronavirus epidemic
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to trap Barbadian students in the stricken Chinese city of Wuhan, the Ministry of Education has begun meeting with parents and guardians of students in China to...
View Article#BTEditorial – A libation for Kamau
It It It It is not It is not It is not enough to be free of the whips, principalities and powers Kamau Brathwaite, The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy Over the long course of his storied career as one...
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