Free City WiFi ‘sometime after March’
The Smart Bridgetown project, which includes free public WiFi, has been delayed another three months, the Government’s information technology chief has told Barbados TODAY. The free WiFi, which is the...
View ArticleLabs get up to speed on COVID-19
Virus experts from the Pan American Health Organization have been training laboratory technicians here and elsewhere in the Caribbean to identify and respond to potential imported cases of the new...
View ArticleEx-nurse’s 39-year-old injury drags on
Former Government-paid nurse Coral Wilkinson says she has had enough of her attorney-at-law Sir Richard Cheltenham,QC, claiming he has been tardy in completing her injury settlement case with the...
View ArticleEducation Ministry warned about ignoring union
The “stench of physical rot and infrastructural decay” at Vauxhall Primary is bad. But it’s not the worst case of environmental issues affecting learning institutions across the island, the Barbados...
View ArticleCave said all he can do is to pray for his son trapped in China
Like a parent sending their child to war, this is how Andrew Cave sums up his feelings of powerlessness and fear each passing day his son remains trapped in Wuhan, ground zero for the deadly...
View ArticleKidney transplants the way to go – specialist
One kidney specialist is suggesting that the amount of money being spent on dialysis in Barbados could be put to use elsewhere in the health system. Nephrologist and Consultant with the Queen Elizabeth...
View ArticleGroom-to be remanded after pleading guilty to charges
A young Barbadian who does contract work in Canada and goes between that northern country and home, may have to put his planned wedding on hold. Despite his pleas for a second chance and an opportunity...
View ArticleDrug accused on bail
A 40-year-old unemployed man this afternoon denied four drug-related charges brought against him by the police for the alleged offences which occurred yesterday. When Sherman Danny Green of 3rd Avenue,...
View ArticleChoo does service for $12 in pot
One hundred and twenty hours of community service was the sentence today handed down by the District “A” Criminal Court No 2 magistrate on a first-time drug offender. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant...
View Article‘Interpret Bible in modern context’
Jamaica’s dean of the Anglican cathedral, the Very Reverend Sean Major-Campbell, has suggested it is humorously ridiculous to suggest that the only intimate union be between a natural born man and...
View ArticleLandmark Transgender ‘discrimination’ case filed
For the first time on record, the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) is being asked to address an allegation of unfair termination on the basis of gender identity. The development follows failed attempts...
View ArticleBay Street beachfront enclosure affects area bars, shops
Bay Street businesses are already feeling the impact of the closing up of open space which for years has been used as a parking lot and an open access point to Carlisle Bay. Many of the owners,...
View ArticleBishop Atherley says there is no money to do the work
Though constitutionally tasked with the responsibility of holding the Government to account, the Opposition Leader is claiming that his office is being starved of the vital financial resources that it...
View ArticleCloser monitoring of plastics policy coming
Government is cracking down on importers and manufacturers who are still flouting the ban on petroleum-based, single-use plastic, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey has...
View ArticleOfficial funeral for Kamau Brathwaite
Literary icon the Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB is to be accorded an official funeral on Friday, the Government announced today The service to take place at 10 a.m. at the James Street...
View Article‘Pass minimum wage, anti-exploitation laws’ – Senator
As the Senate moved to amend the rules governing the free movement of skilled CARICOM workers, opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn called on Government to enact strict laws – including a minimum wage –...
View ArticleRed hot sales
Bridgetown came alive with red and white today as Barbadians did their last minute Valentine’s Day shopping. When Barbados TODAY visited The City, some people were buying teddy bears, roses,...
View ArticleOnline investment guide launched
The drive to ease doing business in Barbados received a boost on Friday, as an online one-stop-shop was launched for existing and potential investors to source up-to-date information about the country...
View ArticlePost mortem says woman was manually strangled
Murder victim Onicka Gulliver was manually strangled, Consultant Pathologist Dr Corinthia Dupuis has disclosed. The doctor, who is attached to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), gave that evidence in...
View ArticleProbe criminal ‘cases deeper’ – Justices
More “searching” investigations and prosecutions must be done in the region when it comes to criminal cases, and especially capital cases, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has said. The CCJ made...
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