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Free zone coming to Barbados
Barbados will soon have laws that allow for the establishment of a free zone on the island. Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently gave this indication as she pointed to the need for greater direct...
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300 new COVID cases, 937 isolation facilities, 6522 in home isolation and two...
There were 300 new COVID-19 cases, 145 males and 155 females, reported for Wednesday, November 10. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 1,910 tests. The new positives comprise 66...
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Challenge to appeals panel dismissed
The three-member panel of Justices of Appeal set to hear a civil application for leave to go before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to challenge a majority verdict in a case involving attorney...
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Teacher: ‘Long delay in getting paid the norm’, ministry assures solution on...
New teachers at some primary schools across Barbados are up in arms against the Ministry of Education having not been paid in months. Some of them complain of not receiving a salary for between three...
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Private companies going with safe zones
Although Government has shelved its safe zones initiative for the time being, some private sector interests are pressing ahead with their version of the concept to protect its members and clients from...
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‘Resilient corridor’: Jamaican hoteliers tout own COVID ‘bubble’ to woo...
OCHO RIOS – As Barbadian hoteliers come to terms with cancellations owing to a less-than-ideal COVID-19 vaccination rate nationally, their Jamaican counterparts have suggested a different marketing...
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Appeal launched against COVID emergency directives
After their challenges to Government’s COVID-19 directives were thrown out by the High Court early last month, the parties will be back to court in another four months seeking to have that decision...
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COVID measures draw more political fire
The management of the coronavirus pandemic has again found itself at a political crossroads as Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley on Thursday seized the opportunity to chide the Government on its...
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Persaud pushes plan to raise climate investment
The Government advisor charged with setting up a ‘green bank’ by year-end to fund climate-friendly projects is touting a global $50 trillion initiative as the right investment solution to address the...
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COB joins credit union league’s card network
One of the island’s largest credit unions announced Thursday it has switched to the Mastercard-brand payment system, linking itself to counterparts in the national credit union league. The City of...
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Govt ‘seeking to free Barbados from unchanged trade pattern’
Barbados has been trading in the same “top ten exports” to the same markets for too long, exposing the country to economic vulnerability, Foreign Trade Minister Sandra Husbands declared on Thursday....
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DLP: Govt ‘seeks to force people to get vaccinated’
Public health measures to control the spread of COVID-19 was on Thursday at the centre of a political tussle by critics as the Democratic Labour Party yet another challenged the Government on its...
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Incentives could discourage corruption – economic advisor
It has been suggested that incentivizing employees of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) could discourage them from engaging in corrupt practices. Saying it was his “own personal opinion” Senior Economic...
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Vulnerable Caribbean communities have insurance lifeline
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility SPC has announced that the Government of Ireland – through Irish Aid – has provided €1 million (US$1.16 million) to support the rollout of COAST –...
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PAHO moving to protect teens; no more child pregnancies
The World Health Organisation estimates at least 777,000 girls under the age of 15 years give birth each year in developing regions. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a modest approximation of 120...
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Two COVID-19 deaths on Thursday
Two elderly Barbadian men succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday, November 11. One of them was 86 years old, while the other was 79. They passed away at the Blackman and Gollop and Harrison’s Point...
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Weekly summary of COVID-19 deaths, November 5-11
Twenty-one COVID-19 deaths occurred in Barbados during the period Friday, November 5, to Thursday, November 11. Of these, 16 were males (76 per cent). The ages of those persons who died from the...
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Barbadian Roberta Clarke elected as Commissioner to the Inter American...
On Friday, November 12, 2021 during the 51st Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) elections were held for vacant posts in five organs, agencies and...
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Economic crisis worse than 9/11, 2008 shocks
The coronavirus pandemic knocked the Barbados economy back 24 years, the Prime Minister’s chief economic advisor, Ambassador Dr Clyde Mascoll, revealed on Friday. This would mean the economy is worse...
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Safe zones: BPSA says ‘livelihoods under threat’ need protection
The Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) is firmly backing efforts by the business community to implement ‘safe zones’ to protect workers and patrons from COVID-19. In an interview in which BPSA...
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