Immigration Department reopens on May 4
The Barbados Immigration Department will recommence operations from tomorrow, Monday, May 4, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. However, in the wake of the ongoing response and public health concern relating to...
View ArticleUpdate: Body of teenager missing at sea found
The body of 16-year-old Amali Mayers of Beach Mount, Bathsheba, St Joseph who was missing at sea has been discovered. Police said a resident from the area discovered the body, which washed ashore,...
View ArticleUWI executives give percentage of pay to student fund
The senior executive leadership of The University of the West Indies (The UWI)—the Vice-Chancellor, Campus Principals, Pro Vice-Chancellors, University Bursar and University Registrar—have all...
View ArticleCOVID-19 UPDATE: No new cases today
There were no new positive cases among the 38 tests for COVID-19 conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. Two persons will be released from isolation today after two...
View ArticleFiling of some court documents from Monday, May 11
Members of the public are asked to note that the filing of estate and probate documents and applications for Decrees Absolute at the High Court will commence from Monday, May 11. They will all be done...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to theft
A fleet-footed female thief was taken into police custody in connection with another investigation after appearing in court today. The 52-year-old, Patricia Elizabeth Simmons, who was recorded as...
View ArticleSt John man denies drug charges
A 59-year-old fisherman is now on remand at Dodds on several drug charges. Anthyne Douglas Jones, of Colleton, St John appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes over the weekend charged with...
View ArticleTudor remanded on gun and ammo charges
Gun and ammunition charges have landed a 26-year-old man on remand at Dodds. Demaund Rahim Tudor, of 35 Grazettes Gardens, St Michael could not plead to the indictable charges that he had an illegal...
View Article#BTEditorial – Public health first, politics later
It would be outrageous to suggest that the Mia Mottley administration has done a less than praiseworthy job in handling the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Barbados. The number of accolades on...
View Article2020’s going to be busy, say cyclone researchers
Four weeks before the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, one of the world’s foremost research authorities on hurricanes has warned the six-month period will be busier than normal. The Colorado...
View ArticleNo payday for OCM shareholders
Shareholders of One Caribbean Media (OCM), the parent company of the Nation Newspapers and Starcom Network, will not be receiving a final dividend on their investments. This was revealed by OCM...
View ArticleAgriculture Minister, farmers debate boosting food production
Government has promised more measures to shore up agriculture, added to initiatives already underway, but farmers contend that long-term problems must first be addressed for food production to grow....
View ArticleConsolidated Finance’s ‘steady’ FY 2019
Consolidated Finance has described its performance in 2019 as “stable” even though the company registered a sizeable drop in pre-tax profits when compared to the previous year. Chairman Gregory N. Hill...
View ArticleHeartbreak – Body of teenage diver washes ashore
Heartbroken parents, sea-faring friends and the village where they all lived collectively grieved for 16-year-old Amali Mayers whose body washed ashore early this morning ending three days of searching...
View ArticleFurore over flower funds
A long-time visitor is demanding to know why donations sent through the Barbados National Trust (BNT) for the upkeep of one of the island’s natural wonders were never handed over to those managing it....
View ArticleMerchants claim ‘rescue from brink’ in reopening
The livelihood of many business owners and employees has been rescued from the brink following the tumultuous five-week, 24-hour national shutdown imposed by the Barbados Government to guard against...
View Article‘Shift from tourism in economy reboot’ – Marshall
Government needs to look beyond tourism to jumpstart the economy in the short to mid-term, the head of the UWI think tank has suggested. Predicting that the country’s main economic engine will be out...
View ArticleContinue to stay at home, says AG
Attorney General Dale Marshall is reminding Barbadians that the island is still in curfew mode. Speaking to Barbados TODAY, Marshall said that while Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley told the nation last...
View ArticleWhen two should be one – Franklyn
Outspoken Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has called into question Government’s unprecedented sanction of a second Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Royal Barbados Police Force. Franklyn...
View ArticleNo easy sailing for online classes
The union representing Government-paid primary school teachers is protesting a new directive from the Ministry of Education regarding the administration of on-line classes which got underway across the...
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