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Government to recognise ‘a form of civil unions’ for same sex couples
Government has revealed that it is prepared to “recognise a form of civil unions for couples of the same gender” so as to ensure that no human being in Barbados will be discriminated against, in...
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New approach for possession of small quantities of marijuana to be implemented
The Mia Mottley Administration to amend the country’s Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act to provide that “possession of 14 grammes, or half an ounce or less of cannabis is no longer an offence for...
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COVID-19 Update: One new case, four recoveries
A 12-year-old Jamaican girl tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday on board a Caribbean Airlines flight from Jamaica. The child, who has gone into...
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Negative test mandatory to enter from high and medium risk countries
Effective Saturday, September 19, everyone arriving in Barbados from a country designated as high or medium risk for COVID-19 will be required to travel with a negative COVID-19 PCR test result. This...
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Self-isolation option available for positive COVID-19 patients from September 15
Persons who test positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Barbados are now being given the option to self-isolate at designated properties at their own expense. Currently, everyone who tests positive...
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Killer of Baxters road businessman to spend 13 more years
Edissa Deon Mitchell will spend 17 years in prison for the shooting death of Colin Forde; one year less than his brother who also pleaded guilty to the crime earlier. Twenty-year-old Mitchell, of 2nd...
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Opposition Senator tells Govt come straight on same sex unions
by Anesta Henry Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has urged Government to stop sending mixed signals on legalizing same sex relationships and allow Barbadians to vote on the issue, as he accused the...
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Thirteen years for killing woman he ‘loved’
The brother of a young woman, who was killed almost ten years ago, suggests more needs to be done to keep victims’ families updated with related court matters. However, Leroy Lord was both surprised...
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New vendors’ market by November 30
A spanking new market at Fairchild Street, The City, will be completed by the end of November, providing much needed facilities for a growing population of vendors in the Bridgetown area. Despite...
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Barbados to relinquish sovereign ties in a year
Decades after the idea of Barbados becoming a Republic was bandied about, it is set to finally become a reality. And the historic shift to Republican status will occur within the next 14 months....
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$300 million fillip for tourism
At least 75 per cent of the tens of thousands of unemployed Barbadians in the hospitality and tourism sector are expected to be retained, earning 80 per cent of their salaries again under the newly...
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Senator Farley takes leadership of the Upper House
Senator Reginald Farley is officially the new President of the Senate. In a sitting yesterday morning that launched his tenure as President of the Upper Chamber of the House of Assembly, Farley was...
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Economist says COVID relief plan timely
A senior university economist says the Government’s $40 million COVID Relief Programme, though short on details, could stimulate economic activity in the island. Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences...
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Bittersweet, says the NUPW
The country’s largest public sector union has welcomed plans to appoint dozens of civil servants who have been acting in positions for several years without any security of tenure. However, President...
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Plan gets thumbs-up from BHTA
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has welcomed the new government-funded initiative aimed at breathing new life into the tourism sector, saying members will now have to identify what...
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BARP wants review of cheque-changing policy
Head of the association representing seniors in Barbados, Marilyn Rice-Bowen, is expressing outrage at what she describes as “a major inconvenience” for seniors based on a move by at least one...
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Law to be amended to end arrests for small amounts of cannabis
Being held with small amounts of cannabis will no longer be deemed a criminal act. As part of efforts to free up police officers to deal with more serious matters as well as the Magistrates’ courts,...
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DePeiza: ‘Tired, campaign clichés’
With the exception of a few measures, yesterday’s Throne Speech was nothing more than an attempt to revive a “tired” and “incompetent” administration. That is the Democratic Labour Party’s assessment...
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A small craft advisory is in effect
A small craft advisory is in effect for above normal swell heights until 6 p.m. today. Significant swell height magnitudes: Moderate to rough in open water with swells ranging from 2.0 to 3.0 meters (7...
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One new COVID-19 case recorded
An eight-year-old female visitor, who arrived on British Airways yesterday, has tested positive for COVID-19, and is now in isolation. The child, who is asymptomatic, was accompanied by her parents,...
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