Beer, rum industry toasts resumed liquor sales
The nation’s beer and spirit makers were today welcoming the lifting of the ban on alcohol sales as part of Phase Two of the national reopening strategy, but strongly urged Barbadians to drink...
View ArticleOnline services attract more worshippers, but churches report drop in income
While some local churches are crying out for a return to the pews, at least one denomination is in no rush amid an almost 600 per cent increase in attendance in virtual services, necessitated by...
View ArticleEU adds Barbados to money laundering blacklist
SOURCE: REUTERS: The European Commission is set to include Barbados, Panama, the Bahamas, Mauritius and nine other countries to its list of states that pose a financial risk to the bloc because of...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update: Third day with no new cases
For the third consecutive day, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Barbados. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has indicated that 80 tests were conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health...
View ArticleBurke warned: Stay away from alcohol and victim
An incident which occurred while a 49-year-old man “had drinks” in his system landed him in trouble with the law. Now, Henderson O’neale Burke, of Wotton Plantation, Christ Church has to find $1,500 in...
View ArticleNo more violence, magistrate tells teen
A social inquiry has been launched into the life of a young man who struck his pregnant girlfriend during an argument. It was revealed in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today that 19-year-old Kezra...
View ArticleHaggatt Hall woman returns to court in Sept
An office administrator will make her next appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on September 9. Orentia Patricia Spencer, of Bird Hall, Haggatt Hall, St Michael is charged with using a...
View Article#BTEditorial – So far so good; proving the naysayers wrong
Just under a year ago much debate developed in Barbados on the appointment of Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland to the post of executive chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). The furore that...
View ArticleMove ‘could devastate’ Bim in midst of pandemic
Barbados is set to be included on a new money laundering blacklist by the European Union, prompting a strong defence from the Government’s chief legal adviser and the association for global business...
View ArticleFamilies get coping funds
Over 5,000 requests were made for Government assistance through the Barbados Vulnerable Families Survival Programme and the first several hundreds have started to receive funds from the programme...
View ArticleCalls for more local content on airways
With scores of recording artists and creatives depending on Government assistance to shield them from the fallout of COVID-19, fresh calls are being made for deejays and media managers to put more...
View ArticleMore opposition to Govt’s law changes
At least one criminologist is not in agreement with Government’s recent decision to make drastic changes to the criminal justice system. According to Dr Janeille Matthews, a lecturer at the University...
View ArticleGlobal appeal for post-COVID help
The United Nations today launched a 59.4 million-dollar (US$29.7 million) appeal and a response plan to mobilize resources from bilateral and multilateral donors, private sector and international...
View ArticleDrone ban drags on
Local drone owners are growing increasingly restless with continuous extensions to a “temporary” ban on the importation of the aircraft. They believe this is preventing them from cashing in on the...
View Article‘Business should lead renewable energy charge’
Real estate and construction mogul Sir Charles COW Williams has urged the private sector to lead Barbados’ drive to be free of fossil fuel use by 2030. Speaking on the Voice of Barbados’ Brass Tacks...
View ArticleBag makers get okay to produce ‘banned bags’
Plastic bag makers have been given extra time to continue producing petroleum-based plastic bags, a month after a ban took effect, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey has...
View ArticleA British brush with coronavirus
LONDON – Adrian Stanton was convinced that his coughing was simply because the season had changed and he was once again experiencing his normal cough and cold. The mental health nurse had no idea he...
View ArticleDEOs ‘to check on elderly folk by phone’
District Emergency Organizations (DEOs) are to be mobilized over the next week to reach out to elderly citizens to check on their health care status, and whether or not they have signs of COVID-19, the...
View ArticleEndangered turtle project to lose funding
The Barbados Sea Turtle Project (BSTP) is under threat with the conclusion of a grant from the organisation’s largest financier. Director of Public Awareness and Education Carla Daniel told Barbados...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update: Six persons recovered, no new cases
Six people will leave the isolation facility today after receiving their second negative test result for COVID-19. Their results were included in the 70 test results returned yesterday by the Best-dos...
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