‘Bowtie’ Taitt, dies at 94
Prince Albert Taitt, stalwart of the tourism industry for more than 60 years as taxi driver in his trademark uniform bowtie, cap and white shirt has died at age 94. Taitt who began operating from the...
View ArticleMother wants to mend any broken fences with youngest child
The mother of missing 19-year-old Alexander Sherwin Joseph White is praying that her son will return home soon. Rosetta White, who rushed to the door of her Clover Crescent, St Thomas home when a...
View ArticleUK rescue flights for 900 Brits
Over 900 British travellers caught in the Caribbean by the coronavirus pandemic will soon be headed home on charter flights organised by the UK government, London has announced. Three flights from...
View Article$8,000 fines for attending cycle event during curfew
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes today sent a strong message to persons who congregate in groups during the national COVID-19 curfew and especially three young men who attended a motorcycle stunt event over...
View ArticleLawless society, says Weekes
This island’s Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes today lamented Barbados’ degenerating society as he sent three men, who were allegedly involved in a public stone throwing melee, to Dodds on remand. Omar...
View ArticlePdP ‘will fade away’ – Belle
After two years in office there are still no viable alternatives to the Mia Mottley administration, according to veteran political scientist Dr George Belle. And he has predicted that the opposition...
View Article#BTEditorial – Our golden egg and our Achilles heel
If there is one lesson the novel coronavirus pandemic has taught us here in Barbados is the fatal flaw of having so many of our economic eggs in one basket, as we have said here repeatedly. It is worse...
View ArticleCompanies put AGMs on hold
Investors in listed companies have been dealt a double blow by the COVID-19 pandemic as they cannot meet for annual general meetings (AGMs) to elect directors and conduct other business due to the ban...
View Article‘No job cuts at the top’
The job security of 26 Government ministers and a supporting cast of advisors appears to be secure despite tremendous uncertainty throughout the public service, according to at least two Government...
View ArticleGovt gets passing grade
While Government has made some missteps along the way, the administration has done a generally good job in their second year in office. That is the view of political scientists Dr Kristina Hinds and...
View ArticleStrategic planning ‘will save Caribbean tourism’
Caribbean tourism will survive, and indeed thrive, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, an international tourism consultant has predicted – if countries heed a call for strategic planning by all...
View ArticleGovt signals shift from ‘forced’ to ‘cooperative’ savings
The Government’s plan to compulsorily save a portion of public workers’ pay has taken a new turn. It is to become a “National Meeting Plan” – a nod to the age-old practice of personal savings pools –...
View ArticleSir Roy supports exploring ‘forced savings’ proposal
Retired veteran trade union leader Sir Roy Trotman is telling the social partners not to get “hot and sweaty” over Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s “forced savings” proposal. In fact, Sir Roy, who led an...
View ArticleRihanna celebrates 15 years in music
It has been 15 years since pop star Rihanna released her debut single, Pon de Replay, and the singer has thanked her fans for all the love and support. The 32-year-old musician took to Instagram on...
View ArticleElectrical work scheduled for BWA’s Newmarket station on Wednesday
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) wishes to advise residents of some St. George, Christ Church and St. Michael districts that its Newmarket station will be taken offline on Wednesday, May 27 between 9...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update: No positive cases
For the third straight day, the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory reported no positive cases of COVID-19. The laboratory performed 100 tests yesterday. No one will be released from isolation...
View ArticleThree Christ Church men remanded to Dodds
Three men seen fighting along Rockley Main Road, Christ Church in a video circulating on social media have been remanded to HMP Dodds. They are Matthew Anthony Robinson, 39, of Parish Land,...
View ArticleNo bail for Boyce
A man with no fixed place of abode accused of praedial larceny will be housed on remand at Dodds until June 22. Rayon Andrew Boyce, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes yesterday charged with...
View ArticleCan you spare to help elderly sibling pair?
Two elderly brothers living in squalor at Holder’s Hill, St James are in dire need of assistance. Carl Marshall, 72, who is caring for his 70-year-old deaf and dumb disabled brother Frank Marshall,...
View Article#BTEditorial – The gathering perfect storm of coronavirus and cyclones
In five days, the Atlantic hurricane season will officially start, and given the events of the last three years and the predictions of expert meteorologists, we must indeed hope for the best but...
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