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Back in the classroom
Students and teachers of Ellerton Primary school are back in the classroom. Classes at the St George School resumed yesterday after the institution closed its doors for three days last week due to an...
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Looming showdown at UCAL
The Freundel Stuart administration and the United Commercial Autoworks Ltd (UCAL) appear to be headed for a showdown. Protesting UCAL workers have vowed to stay off the job pending the payment of...
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HIGH DEMAND
Local pharmacists are reporting a “huge” demand for pain reliever medicine, in light of the recent outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya disease on the island. While stating that the situation was...
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Late to the party
He has already secured the backing of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) as its most likely candidate for St Peter, but up until recently tourism consultant Colin Jordan was not a card carrying member of...
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Crossover move
Authorities have set a January 2015 timeline for the full integration of public service vehicles (PSVs) with Transport Board buses. That announcement was made today by Minister of Transport Michael...
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Inniss attacks the unions
First he launched a frontal attack on the University of the West Indies (UWI), now Minister of Industry Donville Inniss is taking on the country’s trade unions. He has charged that unions are “getting...
View ArticleUCAL wants guarantee from Transport Board
Employees at the United Commercial Autoworks Ltd (UCAL) have strengthened their resolve to stay off the job for a fourth consecutive day, even as an Opposition member today demanded that they be paid...
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Short-lived protest
Police were called in to ensure order at the Psychiatric Hospital this morning as just over a dozen staff nurses and general workers staged a short-lived protest sparked by the suspension of a...
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BACKLOG
A local distributor is crying out over what workers at the Customs and Excise Department say is a “severe staff shortage” that is currently hampering their ability to clear containers and to carry out...
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No rush to ban travellers
Barbados has no immediate plan to impose a ban on travellers from Ebola-affected countries. Minister of Health John Boyce and Chief Medical Officer Dr Joy St John addressed the issue this morning,...
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Ebola response
The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) base at St Ann’s Fort, the Garrison could provide safe refuge for suspected victims of Ebola and other infectious diseases. During a tour by health officials today, the...
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More than boots and bullets
The head of this country’s military says it is not only concerned with boots and bullets, but in serving the specialist medical needs of Barbados and even the region. Chief of Staff of the Barbados...
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Final salute
Past and present officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) stood together today in final salute to their former comrade Sergeant David Ricardo Leacock, who died suddenly earlier this month....
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Digicel says sorry for porno boo boo
Digicel today issued an apology to its customers and the general public, but its remorse had nothing to do with its telecommunications services. The company took to its social media channels to say...
View ArticleOpposition to stage motorcade
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party kicks off its 76th annual conference on Saturday, with a motorcade through The City. The motorcade, which will follow a Press conference at party headquarters on...
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STRIKE BACK
Outspoken Government minister Donville Inniss has raised the ire of this island’s umbrella body for trade unions over scathing criticisms he levelled at the weekend against the local trade union...
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Govt numbers on Chikungunya not adding up
With several businesses recently hit by high sick leave, the umbrella body for private sector organizations is questioning the Government’s reporting on Chikungunya disease. In fact, chairman of the...
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Too risky
Take it somewhere else! This was the strong contention of outraged parents of children attending the Ursuline Convent School (UCS) this evening as they outrightly rejected the Government’s plans to...
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What a man sows . . .
From the crack of dawn each day, Medford and Eudene Edghill are up and about. The husband and wife team, both of whom are in their mid-seventies, currently manages a 15-acre farm on the Springfield...
View ArticleCyclist hospitalised following Coverley accident
Investigations are continuing into this morning’s accident at Coverley Road, Christ Church. It occurred around 10 am involving a car and a motorcycle. The car was driven by 23-year-old Jalissa...
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