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Plan to up Blackbelly numbers
Barbados Blackbelly rams are fit and healthy enough to produce the necessary semen for a countrywide artificial insemination (AI) programme that will rapidly multiply the number of Blackbelly sheep on...
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Last resort
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite said today he was anxious to see a fully operational drug treatment court in Barbados to save more young people from incarceration and to help address challenges in...
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Calling out boys on the block
The newly appointed Principal of the University of the West Indies Open Campus Professor Eudine Barriteau is concerned that not enough young men in the Caribbean are tapping into the opportunities...
View ArticleFormer Guyanese policewoman nabbed for drugs in Barbados
A former Guyanese policewoman has found herself on the wrong side of the law in Barbados. Nicolle Monroe, 44, was due to appear in court today to answer a number of drug offences. Monroe, who arrived...
View ArticleReifer refused bail
A Fort George Heights, St Michael man, who has been on remand at Dodds Prison since February 19, accused of killing his estranged wife, has been trying unsuccessfully to get back onto the streets....
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Govt assures doctors cash issues will be fixed
The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) has been given assurances by Government that recent cash-flow challenges of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) are being addressed. At a meeting...
View ArticleBarbados signs fishing protocol with Trinidad
It is not a done deal. But Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have now signed a fishing protocol, setting the foundation for the long awaited fishing agreement. Commenting on the new arrangement he...
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TIME UP!
The Barbados Investors & Policyholders Alliance (BIPA) today served notice to Government that it was not prepared to wait any longer, and that it intends to seek justice in the law courts on behalf...
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Move out
Nearly a month before a section of the road at White Hill, St Andrew was extensively damaged by heavy rains, Government had already completed five houses at Farmers, St Thomas, for the relocation of...
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East Indian community gives back
Members of this country’s East Indian community have presented Parliament with a framed photograph of the original Speaker’s Chair, which was gifted to Barbados by the Indian Government shortly after...
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Excellence by thought
The students of the Alleyne School were reminded this morning that excellence begins in your mind with just a thought. These words came from the featured speaker at the school’s speech day and prize...
View ArticleOver $2 million in compensation
Government will on Monday receive over two million dollars (US$1,284,882) in compensation under its excess rainfall insurance policy, or CCRIF, as a result of recent heavy rains. Representatives of the...
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Vagrants’ society receives cheque from Consul General in New York
The Barbados Vagrant and Homeless Society today received a cash donation from the Barbados Consulate in New York and the Barbadian Diaspora. Consul General Dr Donna Hunte-Cox hand delivered the cheque...
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Mia on the thinking child
Edu-Tech was introduced into the island’s school system not only to familiarize students with modern technology, but to change what we learn and to change how we learn. Opposition Leader Mia Mottley...
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Principal sets up benevolent fund
Principal of the Parkinson Memorial Secondary School Jeff Broomes is putting his money where his mouth is. While presenting his annual report at the school’s Speech Day and Prize Giving Ceremony...
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At peace
Minister of Education Ronald Jones has hailed the peaceful atmosphere that now exists at The Alexandra School while warning that trouble could be brewing elsewhere in the school system. Against the...
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Deal signed to protect fishing crews
Barbados’ High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Robert Morris (left), and that country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran signing the Protocol. (Photo courtesy Ministry of Foreign...
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UWI gets keys to open city campus building
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has moved a step closer to opening a campus in the heart of Bridgetown. This morning, representatives of Sagicor handed over the keys to the old Mutual building...
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SV Ruth takes to the seas
After being under construction for more than 10 years, the SV Ruth took to the seas at Browne’s beach this morning in what is anticipated to be a boost to the food security thrust in the region....
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Spreading Christmas cheer
Santa and his helpers were out in Bridgetown yesterday evening spreading Christmas cheer. Gifts were handed out to children, some of whom also got their faces painted. It was all part of a parade and...
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