NIS payout
Government has paid out $26.4 million in unemployment benefits towards 23,735 National Insurance (NIS) claims, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said tonight, revealing another feature of her administration’s...
View ArticlePM’s pleas again for global equity, leadership in pandemic
Prime Minister Mottley today called for fairness and equity as she again challenged the global community to revamp the criteria and definitions used to determine nations’ access to goods and credit...
View ArticleBank tests staff after infected customer’s visit
Republic Bank’s Broad Street branch said today it is to test its staff again for COVID-19 after a customer who visited the branch last week tested positive for the viral illness. So far, a first...
View ArticlePrice Pine-bound
Veteran journalist and radio talk show host Sanka Price is tipped to take over the reigns as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Barbados TODAY has learned....
View ArticleInjured prison warden gets pay cut
A prison officer who said he can no longer suffer in silence, has gone public with claims that prison authorities are being insensitive to the lingering effects of three major injuries he sustained...
View Article‘Win-win’
The Prime Minister tonight touted what she considers a “BOSS” plan to rescue the Government from the fiscal crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic while keeping public workers on the payroll....
View ArticleFurther ease in restrictions from Monday
Effective Monday, Barbadians are to see another ease of the Public Health State of Emergency Restrictions which were implemented since March to combat the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General...
View ArticleMakeover on
A philanthropic drive to improve the deplorable living conditions of Katura Luke at Diamond Valley, St. Philip continued on Thursday despite objections from owners of the property. Just before midday,...
View ArticleBRA extends tax filing deadlines
Taxpayers have been given an additional month in which to file their 2019 personal income tax returns. The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) announced on Friday that it had extended the deadline for...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update: No new cases today
There were no new positive cases of COVID-19 among the 71 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. Additionally, no one will be released from isolation today. There...
View ArticleTrump to sever US ties with the World Health Organisation
SOURCE:AFP: President Donald Trump said Friday he was breaking off US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus....
View ArticleMinneapolis police officer charged with murder
The white Minneapolis policeman who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the throat before the man died was arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said on Friday, after three nights of...
View ArticleMen deny cruelty to animal charge
Two St Joseph men accused of animal cruelty in connection with a viral video in which a monkey was burned alive, pleaded not guilty to the charge when they appeared in court today. The men, 36-year-old...
View ArticleArson claimed as house goes up in smoke
A devastated young woman locked in a bitter land dispute believes an arsonist is responsible for the destruction of her home at Kendall Hill, Christ Church. After at least one failed attempt to set her...
View ArticleIncrease in ‘extreme’ droughts predicted
Forecasters have predicted that drought conditions in the Caribbean could continue for a more prolonged period. This was revealed by Principal of the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology...
View ArticleBRA extends tax filing deadlines to June 30
Taxpayers now have until June 30 to file their 2019 personal income tax returns, the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) announced in a second extension to the annual deadline. In a statement, BRA said:...
View Article#BTEditorial – Let’s make lemonade with these COVID limes
COVID-19 has been a demon and a killer. It has led to the collapse of major businesses and the decimation of an untold number of small enterprises in Barbados and the region. But out of the novel...
View ArticleBail for jailed attorney
Convicted attorney-at-law Vonda Pile has been offered $200 000 bail on appeal. After several unsuccessful attempts, Pile who was found guilty of stealing thousands of dollars from her client, was...
View ArticleNUPW supports Govt’s savings plan to avert job cuts
The country’s largest public sector trade union has given its full support to the Barbados Optional Savings Scheme (BOSS) intended to divert a percentage of public servant salaries toward capital...
View ArticleMan, 26, seeks help to repair dilapidated house
For years, Devere Savoury, 26, has been knocking on the doors of government agencies seeking help to rebuild his family home at 1st Avenue, Bird’s River, Deacons Road, St Michael. But his efforts have...
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