Public information session on novel coronavirus Sunday
The general public is invited to join other stakeholders at an engagement and training session on the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St...
View ArticleDemolition in The City to start on February 17
Demolition of the Old NIS Building, the Bridgetown Fire Service and the Temporary Market on Probyn Street will commence on Monday, February 17. The Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTI) has informed...
View ArticleBarbados denies entry to MV Caribbean Princess cruise ship
Barbados has denied entry to the cruise ship MV Caribbean Princess due to an outbreak of gastroenteritis on board. The ship, carrying in excess of 3,000 passengers and 1,000 crew, was scheduled to...
View ArticleExtended hours for David Thompson Health & Social Services Complex
From July 1, the operating hours at the David Thompson Health and Social Services Complex will be extended to 8:30 pm, Monday to Friday. This was disclosed by Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey...
View ArticleGov’t committed to fighting workplace violence and harassment
Government remains committed to fighting the scourge of violence and harassment in the workplace and in the wider world of work, and is encouraging others to do likewise. Minister of Labour and Social...
View ArticleErdiston Teachers’ Training College wants to attract more men
Erdiston Teachers’ Training College (ETTC) is exploring the possibility of introducing programmes that will attract more men, as records show they are being outnumbered by women in accessing continuing...
View ArticleGovernment lab to test for Novel Coronavirus
Barbados will soon have the capacity to do its own testing for the novel coronavirus at the Best-dos Santos Laboratory at Enmore. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is providing the testing...
View ArticleMinister Hinkson praises BFS, appeals for end to burning
Minister of Home Affairs, Edmund Hinkson, has praised the leadership of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) and all those government workers and private sector enterprises who came together to successfully...
View ArticleMinister Hinkson praises BFS, appeals for end to burning
Minister of Home Affairs, Edmund Hinkson, has praised the leadership of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) and all those government workers and private sector enterprises who came together to successfully...
View ArticleSex worker sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter
Jamaican Tedesha AnnJuliet Hayles who admitted to killing fellow sex worker Shockaya Boyd has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. However, the manslayer has just over three years left to serve on...
View ArticleMurder case to go to jury shortly
Justice Carlisle Greaves will tomorrow give the summation in the murder trial of Matthew Anderson Farley and Jefferson Tramaine Diego Broomes before handing over to the jury for deliberation and...
View ArticlePollard goes on trial for murder
Twelve jurors empaneled to hear a murder case against a St Michael man have been urged to focus only on the evidence given in the High Court. Principal Crown Counsel Alliston Seale made the appeal in...
View ArticleLand tax defaulters warned
The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) could soon be turning up the heat on delinquent landowners and other taxpayers who refuse to make good on their tax payments. In fact, Acting Revenue Commissioner...
View ArticlePM prescribes $30m in new equipment
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is in line for a $30 million loan to replenish some of its aged equipment, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced. The overhaul is one of three major projects that...
View ArticleFormer PM sued for defamation by current PM’s father
The High Court today ruled that former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Owen Arthur used words capable of defaming the father of Prime Minister Mia Mottley in the lead-up to the May 24, 2018...
View ArticleMinor car crashes ‘wasting police time’ – AG
The days of fender-benders occupying the time and personnel of the Royal Barbados Police Force are numbered, Attorney General Dale Marshall has announced, insisting that Government is determined to...
View ArticleBostic: Put lid on virus misinformation
As the latest strain of human coronavirus grows to pandemic proportions around the globe, the spread of misinformation about the disease in Barbados has itself gone viral, prompting Minister of Health...
View ArticlePM slams CARICOM nations over health, education
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Chair – Prime Minister Mia Mottley – has expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of some member governments to provide their citizens with “social rights”, which...
View ArticleLand tax can now be paid ‘through Cave Shepherd’
Land tax payers now have Cave Shepherd Card Services through which to make their payments to the Barbados Revenue Authority, the agency has announced. The revenue collection and tax administration...
View ArticleSex industry group wants entertainers work permits for sex workers
The Barbados-based Adult Industry Association (AIA) today submitted a proposal to Government asking for the issuing of Entertainers Work Permits to foreign strippers that could earn the economy up to...
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