Update: BWA locates burst main at Fairview, Christ Church
Barbados Water Authority (BWA) crews have located the 16-inch burst main uncovered at Fairview, Christ Church yesterday after working throughout the night to drain water from the area. BWA officials...
View ArticleSecond murder charge for Greaves
Nineteen days after appearing in court on a murder charge Jamar Jamal Greaves was back today before the same magistrate in connection with a similar offence. The 33-year-old, of Grape Hall, St Lucy...
View ArticlePope adds to his convictions
A Dodds inmate returned to the High Court today and pleaded guilty to gun and ammunition charges. Leandro Renaldo Dominic Pope of Lower Holder’s Hill, St James, is also expected to return before Madam...
View Article#BTEditorial – Is alcohol testing enough?
On January 1, 2020, some 30 years after the now late Pastor Victor Roach began a one-man crusade advocating it, the Barbados Government finally introduced breathalyzer testing as one of the amendments...
View ArticleFrustrated mother seeks answers from education authorities
A 39-year-old mother of two is demanding answers from the Ministry of Education regarding why her requests to homeschool her children keep getting turned down. Shendor Menvarayzz said since 2018 she...
View ArticleCARICOM citizens to benefit from fixed roaming rate soon
Caribbean citizens using their cellphones while travelling throughout the region will soon be paying a fixed rate for roaming. Prime Minister Mia Mottley made the announcement as she addressed the...
View ArticleFormer minister stands with Stuart on DLP stewardship
Former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is receiving backing for his defense of the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) stewardship of the country in the ten years prior to losing all 30 seats at the May...
View ArticleRegional air travel gets heads’ attention
A proposition is being thrown out to members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to consider offering rebates or concessions to regular regional travellers in an effort to help ease the burden. Prime...
View ArticleNew funding model for CDF needed – Mottley
Prime Minister Mia Mottley is eager to see a new funding model for the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), suggesting that the ability of the Fund to be maintained at a certain level is at risk. “With the...
View ArticleLaw passed to support foreign exchange fee
Government has finally passed legislation to give authority to the two per cent Foreign Exchange Fee (FXF) that was implemented by the previous administration almost three years ago. The Exchange...
View ArticleMinister Prescod calls for sale of beachfront properties to be closely...
A recent incident involving the owner of a property in the Carlisle Bay area attempting to restrict access to Browne’s Beach has invoked the ire of Minister of the Environment and National...
View ArticleMinister suggests more Govt control of beaches
Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development George Payne has offered Government suggestions to address concerns about beachfront property developers blocking beach access to Barbadians, including...
View ArticleForeign exchange tax will hurt many
Leader of the Opposition Joseph Atherley is adamant that the two per cent foreign exchange charge, which was approved in the House of Assembly today, will hurt the average Barbadian and have an adverse...
View ArticleInvestigations underway into attacks on prison officers
Police and prison authorities have launched separate investigations into alleged physical assaults on warders by some inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds during the last year. This was revealed today...
View ArticleGovernment to spend more
The Mia Mottley Administration will increase its expenditure as it targets a six per cent primary surplus for the financial year 2020-2021 as outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue laid...
View ArticleFormer chairman makes impassioned plea to keep regional carrier in the air
Outgoing chairman of LIAT Dr Jean Holder is urging shareholder governments of the cash-strapped airline not to allow the carrier, which is critical to regional travel, to close its doors. He made the...
View ArticleRowley: Barbados and TnT to open joint embassies
Bridgetown and Port of Spain have agreed to share diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The announcement was made on Monday by Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her Trinidadian...
View ArticleMottley calls for unity in tackling regional challenges
Prime Minister Mia Mottley today called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to work in unity to tackle the myriad of issues affecting them. Those issues – ranging from climate change to...
View ArticleSchool reopen
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training is informing parents and guardians that the Graydon Sealy Secondary will reopen today, Wednesday, February 19. In addition, the Barbados...
View ArticleBarbados is off Grey List
Barbados is off the grey list, which means this country is completely cleared, and is no longer being seen as a non-cooperative jurisdiction for tax purposes within the global International Business...
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