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Invest Barbados stands by its criticism of EU Blacklisting amid claims it...
Invest Barbados has rubbished claims by a European Union (EU) official that there are “unfounded concerns” and misconceptions about the island’s inclusion on the EU’s list of “non-cooperative...
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Vendors urged to create business plans
The Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) is pleading with local hawkers to replace traditional “pack and pray” approaches to vending with comprehensive business...
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Mother in rehab gets help with newborn
For the first time in Barbados, a mother has been able to take her newborn child with her into rehab. Thanks to donations of baby items, through a partnership involving the National Organisation of...
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Welcome Stamp holders happy to be here
Several visitors participating in Barbados’ 12-month Welcome Stamp Programme say they are happy to be here and are encouraging family and friends to join them. They have relocated from places such as...
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Chamber takes digital conference online
With no end in sight to the dreaded COVID-19 health crisis, the business community is being advised to urgently find more innovative ways to carry on their operations. This advice has come from...
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Eleven awarded $1 000 BNOCL scholarship
The Barbados National Oil Company has named the eleven recipients of the BNOCL-SJPI scholarship for the 2020-21 school year. Scholarship recipients are full time SJPI students, currently enrolled in...
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Hi-tech gear for St Paul’s Primary
PwC East Caribbean Tax Leader Gloria Eduardo recently presented ten new tablets to students at St. Paul’s Primary School. The tablets were donated as a part of the firm’s corporate responsibility...
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West Tech donates tables and supplies to students
West Tech Shipping is donating school supplies to underprivileged students across the region. This week the regional courier and logistics company donated a tablet, wireless keyboard and school...
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Youth campaign against childhood obesity
Youth advocates for Childhood Obesity Prevention are now using social media as a critical platform to call on policymakers to ban the sale and marketing of unhealthy foods and sugary beverages in and...
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Regional experts lay out road map for renewable energy
Under the theme “A RE-silient Community: Energy at the Centre”, CARICOM Energy Month got underway on Monday with a virtual regional launch in the form of a panel discussion. The 2020 launch was held...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: One recovery
No one tested positive for COVID-19 out of 718 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on November 2. One person was discharged from isolation on Tuesday. As a result, there...
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Missing: Sherwin Parks
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a missing man. He is 24-year-old Sherwin Parks of Gemswick, St Philip. Parks is five feet, six inches tall, slim and has a light brown complexion....
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Dengue fever cases of concern to health ministry
There have been 38 hospitalisations so far this year related to suspected and confirmed cases of dengue fever. This was revealed by Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, today, as he appealed to...
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COVID-19 UPDATE: One more case today
A 33-year-old Barbadian male tested positive today out of the 464 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Laboratory. The male, who is asymptomatic, tested positive on his second test, after...
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Witness says teen boy forced her to have sex
It was a tear-filled and highly emotional account by the alleged victim of a 17-year-old rape when she took to the witness stand today in the High Court. The now 30-year-old woman, who was age 13 at...
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Accused admit to drug offences
Two relatives have been placed on a bond to keep the peace after pleading guilty to five drug charges. Twenty-four-year-old Romario Gould and 32-year-old Lorenzo Gould of Westbury Road, St Michael...
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Man to be sentenced for assault
A tractor operator will have to return to the law courts on November 27, 2020 to be formally sentenced after pleading guilty to unlawful assault. Carson Corey Hackett, 37, of Joe’s River, St Joseph,...
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Engineers sound alarm on roadworks project
by Marlon Madden Government is being accused of side-lining professional engineers as it carries out a major $15.3 million rehabilitation of Highway 1. Moreover, President of the Barbados Association...
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Government advised to do research before legislating judge-only trials
by Randy Bennett If judge-only trials are legislated in Barbados, accused persons should be allowed to decide whether they want to go that route or face a jury. That suggestion has been put forward by...
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Dengue cases on the rise
There have been 38 dengue-related hospitalisations so far this year, amid an increase in the number of suspected and confirmed cases. This was revealed by Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George today,...
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