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AG moves to formalise extra Deputy COP
Attorney General Dale Marshall today led debate on the Police (Amendment) Bill to Parliament to regularise the appointment of the second Deputy Commissioner to the Royal Barbados Police Force. The...
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PM points finger at Barbados, saying country determined to close LIAT
A Caribbean prime minister has accused Barbados of using its majority shareholding in LIAT to run rough-shod over the minority stakeholders. And today, Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne...
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Lawyers to testify in constitutional challenge
The historic case in which murder accused Larry Agard is claiming an infringement of his Constitutional rights looks set to start on Friday. The civil motion, which is being heard by Justice Cicely...
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New plant set for Vaucluse, St Thomas
The deeply controversial Cahill waste-to-energy project by the former Government is dead and buried but the Mottley administration is about to unveil another waste-energy facility on the same spot at...
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MPs: RBPF must change with the times
House of Assembly Parliamentarians on Tuesday lent their support to the appointment of a second Deputy Commissioner of Police, suggesting that policing should now be seen as a “business” and that the...
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‘Respect due to opposition senator over lawmaking errors’
Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley has chided the Government for continually “fumbling” important pieces of legislation. He also knocked the Mia Mottley administration for not thanking Senator Caswell...
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Airport staff await full protocols
Frontline workers at the Grantley Adams International Airport are yet to have their say on the protocols to protect them as the Government moves full steam ahead with the July 12 re-opening of the...
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Weir-Wood feud reaches House
The feud between Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir and his predecessor as St Philip South MP, Anthony Wood, spilled on to the floor of Parliament, as he lashed out at “critics” and “detractors” who he...
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Sutherland declares full support for small business
Minister of Small Business Dwight Sutherland declared he was misunderstood as he tried to explain comments he made recently about independent small car importers who would face additional regulation of...
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Renovation law’ will hurt the poor – Lashley
Poor people stand to suffer from an amendment to planning regulations that require homeowners to vacate their homes while major renovations are taking place, according to former social transformation...
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No to ‘blackout day’
As organisers of Blackout Tuesday assess the results of the controversial initiative, yet another private sector organization has snubbed it, encouraging its organisers here to quit mimicking North...
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Gun runner pursued by police
When police approached a crowd of people attending a fete at a bar at Gunsite Road, Britton’s Hill, St Michael, nearly two years ago, they observed Shamar Jamal Kelvin Marshall with a green and black...
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Most embrace working from home, doubt support – survey
A new survey has found that the majority of people in Barbados and the Caribbean prefer to work from home, but less than half of them believe businesses will actually adopt a work-from-home approach in...
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New Supreme Court Master to ‘fix inefficiencies’
Attorney and lawmaker Wilfred Abrahams has welcomed the appointment of a second Master of the Supreme Court, expressing hope that it will put an end to inefficiency in the way the judicial system...
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Sutherland chided for small business stance
Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley has accused Dwight Sutherland of abandoning his small business ministerial portfolio in favour of big business. Responding to Sutherland’s presentation in the...
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Police probing serious altercation at Sobers Lane
A man and a woman suffered injuries after being involved in an altercation at Sobers Lane, The City this morning. Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss confirmed the victims...
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COVID-19 Public Health Protocols for Air Travel to Barbados
Effective July 12, 2020, requirements for entry into Barbados are: 1. All travellers to Barbados must complete a Pre-Arrival on-line Embarkation/Disembarkation (ED) form. It is urged that this be done...
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Barbados launches online ED Form
Travellers to Barbados will be required to complete the new online Embarkation/Disembarkation (ED) form prior to arrival, when the island resumes for commercial travel on Sunday, July 12. Persons may...
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EV buses are here
Long-awaited electric buses for the Transport Board that rolled off a freighter at the Bridgetown Port Wednesday morning will be accessible to wheelchair users, Minister of Transport Dr William Duguid...
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Wood and Weir tussle on two month ban on sale of imported wings
For the second time in less than two weeks, the Mia Mottley Government is being accused of placing the interests of big business over that of small enterprise and at the expense of millions in...
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