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Slavery history documents to be digitised – PM Mottley
Barbados’ role in the 200-year-long transatlantic slave trade, recorded here in the world’s second-largest cache of documents on the cataclysmic era is to be preserved digitally, the Prime Minister...
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Caressa bravely battling brain tumour
By Kimberley Cummins Caressa Clarke was just a girl who loved life. She loved laughing, hanging with friends, going to the beach, baking, watching Disney movies and her favourite dramatic series Grey’s...
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Emera Caribbean trains SJPI students
Emera Caribbean and the Samuel Jackman Institute of Technology (SJPI) are doing their part to ensure the workforce is ready, as Barbados transitions to become carbon neutral by 2030 by deploying...
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Brittons Hill Post Office closed until further notice
The public is advised that the Brittons Hill Post Office is closed until further notice. Customers who conduct business at this branch may access the services offered at any other post office island...
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Two women succumb to COVID-19, death toll moves to 122
Barbados recorded two COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the number of persons who have died from the viral illness to 122. A 51-year-old Barbadian woman passed away at the Blackman and Gollop...
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Vaccination schedule for Wednesday, October 20
The vaccination sites that will open tomorrow, Wednesday, October 20, are listed below. They will operate as follows: Vaccination Centres: Eunice Gibson Polyclinic, Warrens, St. Michael – 9:00 a.m. to...
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COVID-19 Update: 382 new cases, 3283 in home isolation, 617 in isolation...
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 382 new COVID-19 cases, 189 males and 193 females, on Monday, October 18. The facility conducted 2,711 tests. The new positives comprise 92...
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Some families returning to less expensive options for interring their loved...
The economic uncertainty of the last 18 months is causing mourning families to significantly cut costs when burying loved ones. Sources within the local funeral arrangement business have revealed that...
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Sliding land worsens repair job on Cattlewash main leaving hundreds of dry taps
A burst main sunk in slipping land will leave parts of St Andrew and St Joseph without running water for several days, the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) said Tuesday. Severe land slippage in the area...
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Young academic questions reasons behind BLP candidates changes
Political Scientist Devaron Bruce believes an ongoing candidate reshuffle within the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is indicative of a top down attempt to rebuild the ruling party in the image of its...
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BAS predicts stable prices for Christmas
With the Yuletide season around the corner, Barbadians are being assured local farmers will be able to satisfy the high demand for produce and meats. Furthermore, chief executive officer of the...
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UWI students, admin in ‘privacy’ tussle over ‘lockdown browser’
Students at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill are fuming over a move by campus administration to implement a “lockdown browser” – but it has nothing to do with the coronavirus. The online...
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Commission ‘dropped ball’ on fuel hedging, says consumer advocate
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has missed several opportunities to help provide an ease to Barbadians from high fuel costs, and instead will cause an already struggling population to be dealt a...
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Pavilion Road woman says Town Planners mum on wall
A vexed Pavilion Road resident declared Tuesday that answers are needed to her three-year-old complaint to the Town and Country Development Planning Office about a 10-foot high wall erected close to...
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Temporary shuttle service to ferry passengers to PSV terminal
A temporary solution has been found to alleviate the problems facing public service vehicle operators who complain of being reported by police for operating outside of the Constitution River Terminal...
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Need for stronger, diversified services in the Caribbean
The decimation of Caribbean tourism by the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for a more diversified and robust services trade in Barbados and the rest of the region, Minister in the...
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Estate and succession planning a must
Lack of knowledge about how accounts are managed following the death of a loved one, is leaving too many Barbadian families desperately waiting for much needed funds and negatively impacting small,...
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Senator Franklyn objects to Presidential nomination
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn walked out of this morning’s joint sitting of Parliament after objecting to the nomination of Governor General Dame Sandra Mason as Barbados’ first President on...
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Youth benefit from trained in coding, robotics
Participants and stakeholders have hailed the IGT Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp as an appropriate model approach towards bridging the digital divide in education and filling the technological skills...
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GG elected to become first President
It’s official. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason will become Barbados’ first President after she secured the support of all members of the House of Assembly and all but one Senator who voted on the...
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