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Business, labour spokespersons hail curfew relaxation
Business and labour leaders, sensing opportunities for profits and jobs in the Yuletide season amid a viral pandemic’s surge that has killed nearly 200 people, most of them in the last three months,...
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Legal team looking at rate relief application
Lawyers for the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) are focusing attention on an interim rate relief for the Barbados Light and Power Company Limited (BL&P), as the commission awaits submissions from...
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Unions to meet on wages
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations (CTUSAB) is pressing ahead with its usual practice of meeting with Government every two years to negotiate public sector wages and salaries. The...
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Virgin Atlantic pulls out north-of-England summer service, citing low demand
One of Barbados’ main airline partners out of the UK has announced it will be suspending its Manchester to Barbados flights for summer 2022, with more than six months to go before the summer period...
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MP Forde embraces recycling businesses
A local Cabinet minister wants Government to come to a speedy and satisfactory resolution with the owners of two recycling projects located in different parts of St Thomas. MP for that constituency...
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Holland American ship docks at Bridgetown
Holland America Line cruise ship Rotterdam was welcomed Monday on its inaugural call at the Bridgetown Port, signalling a new relationship with the American-owned subsidiary of cruise giant Carnival....
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BAMP backs safe zones, says it’s satisfied with regulations
Government’s COVID-free safe zones have finally received an apparent seal of approval from the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners.(BAMP) After urging that the draft on safe zones be...
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New high school ‘to open in January’
A new secondary school, the New Horizons Academy, is to be added next term to the current slate of schools here, Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw has revealed. But details were sketchy...
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Extended hours for Fish Markets
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy has announced that fish markets will be open for extended operating hours from tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17. The Bridgetown Fishing Complex and...
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‘Strict health protocols, backed by CCTV, to be enforced’ at Fairchild St...
Health protocols to govern the new Market Village at Fairchild Street will be strictly enforced, the project’s spokeswoman, Joy-Ann Haigh, said Monday. As she took journalists on a tour of the area, 58...
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UWI establishes Africa education link
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus is seeking to establish partnerships with higher education institutions across Africa and will soon be providing medical training for students...
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Coping with job loss in COVID times
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on employment in Barbados. And counsellor at the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) Natalia Corbin-I fill, is urging Barbadians to safeguard their mental...
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Five more COVID-19 deaths recorded
Five more Barbadians have succumbed to COVID-19. The deceased include an 89-year-old woman, who was dead on arrival at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on...
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COVID-19 Update: 323 new COVID-19 cases recorded
The number of positive COVID-19 cases recorded on Monday, November 15, was 323 – 158 males and 165 females. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 1,830 tests. The new cases consist of...
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Man injured in shooting at Weston St James
A 32-year-old man is nursing a gunshot injury to the right buttock after a shooting incident this morning at Taylor’s Gap, Weston, St James. Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney...
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BPS resumes mail service to St Vincent, Grenada, Guyana and Dominica
The Barbados Postal Service has resumed the acceptance of mail for posting to St Vincent, Grenada, Guyana, and Dominica. However, the Postmaster General has advised that delays are to be expected...
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Vaccination schedule for Wednesday November 17
The Immunisation Unit encourages the public to visit any of the vaccination sites where COVID-19 vaccines will be administered tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17. Please see the sites and times listed...
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Lawyers seek transparency in how clients are treated while in police custody
The integrity of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) is once again being called into question in the wake of two serious incidents in which one man died and a woman alleged she was injured whilst in...
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Gov’t will soon receive recommendations to restrict importation of gas and...
If Government accepts the recommendations which the Energy Division intends to submit by early next year, restrictions will be put on the importation of fossil-fuel powered vehicles as part of a new...
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Tears, memories flow at broadcaster Johnson’s funeral
Veteran broadcaster Dennis Johnson was Tuesday eulogized as a man who gave unselfishly to his family and the community. Musical and spoken tributes flowed at the Chapel of the Coral Ridge Memorial...
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