Police investigate break-in at church
Lawmen are investigating a break-in at the St Barnabas Anglican Church this morning. Barbados TODAY understands that the church office and altar were ransacked and a computer stolen. When worshippers...
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Barbados and Guyana ink trade MOU
Guyana and Barbados have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at establishing trade missions between the two countries. The MOU was signed by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for...
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Unions needed, says BWU boss
If ever there was a time that Barbados needed God and workers needed a voice, it is now. That was the position of new General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore as she addressed...
View ArticleSt Lucy man and woman charged with drug offences
Two people are facing cocaine charges following an operation executed by the Drug Squad in the north of the island on Friday. Joy Lorette Graham, a 55-year-old housekeeper and 28-year-old Shane Michael...
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Job drama
What started out as an exciting opportunity for thousands of jobseekers this morning quickly turned into a day of confusion and frustration for some and disappointment for others. From as early as 6...
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Pay day
The wait will definitely be over by Friday for thousands of pensioners and other Government beneficieries who have been affected by a recent computer hardware malfunction at the National Insurance...
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NO MORE JONESING
The Barbados Labour Party is calling on Minister of Education Ronald Jones to resign. Failing that, the Opposition wants Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to kick him out of the Cabinet. Shadow Minister...
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Out caught!
Five days after his grand theft conviction in the United States was made public, Jefferson Miller has been sacked from the position of chief executive officer of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA)....
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Job fair numbers no negative reflection
Acting Minister of Tourism Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner has dismissed suggestions that having approximately 4,000 job seekers show up for the Sandals’ job fair at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre...
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Miller’s fall
Jefferson Miller had only just passed his honeymoon period as chief executive officer of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) when his past caught up with him. Less than a week after Barbados TODAY...
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The people’s say on BCA’s decision to fire Miller
A Barbados TODAY team took to the streets of the City this afternoon to get feedback about the BCA’s decision to fire CEO Jefferson Miller. Mark: “When hiring people for top positions, you should do...
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Fixing the issue
As students of the Grazettes Primary School settle in their new classrooms at the Ebenezer and Breath of Life Seventh Day Adventist churches, education officials say they are fixing their attention on...
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Marshall: More heads may have to roll
Former BCA president Tony Marshall says recent events at the BCA are “unacceptable” and may merit some more sackings. Former BCA president Tony Marshall. Reacting to news of the pending departure of...
View ArticleChurches urged to be more secure
The Royal Barbados Police Force is calling on churches to step up their security and implement precautionary measures to prevent sacrilege, following the latest break-in at the St Barnabas Anglican...
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Ellerton Primary closed early
First it was environmental problems that disrupted classes at the Grazettes Primary School. Now, it is Ellerton Primary School students who will have to stay away from classes for a few days. School...
View ArticleThe way of the IMF, or not
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has broken his silence on the recent debate over whether Barbados should go the route of a formal International Monetary Fund (IMF) structural adjustment programme....
View ArticleBCA statement on fired CEO still pending
Two days after the board of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) took a decision to sack Chief Executive Officer Jefferson Miller, lawyers for the two sides today agreed the final terms of the...
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On the mend
As police continue the hunt for the gunman who pumped multiple shots into Cyprian Payne’s body as he helped extinguish a fire at the home of his girlfriend’s mother, the 28-year-old sportsman is...
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Too much tax
Cabinet has taken no decision on any formal programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler would sooner give the nod to the IMF’s recommendation for a...
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INDICT HIM!
One of the island’s prominent political scientists is suggesting that both the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and public are failing to do what is necessary to hold Government to account for...
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