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Maurice Byer Polyclinic closed tomorrow
The Maurice Byer Polyclinic, Station Hill, St. Peter, will close at noon on Tuesday, December 14, and Wednesday, December 15. This is to facilitate training sessions for staff. The Ministry of Health...
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Resumption of in-person jury trials
All persons who were summoned to appear at the Supreme Court to serve as jurors for the period September 13, to October 29, 2021 are advised that in-person trials in the Criminal Courts will resume...
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BMCLA Open House on January 18
As part of its activities to mark its first anniversary, the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) will host an Open House on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The aim of the event is to...
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Lawyer tells court fine client, not send him to jail
For his role in causing the death of Samantha St Martin in a vehicular accident 11 years ago, Mario Rommell Neptune should be made to pay a fine. Attorney-at-law Justin Leacock made the recommendation...
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Mottley: Let police and courts handle the criminals
As the country grapples with a recent spike in violent crimes, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has offered a stern condemnation of vigilante acts of justice, describing them as “unacceptable” in our...
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BWU accepts reason for debt settlement legislation but wants language changed
While one trade union leader has called for strike action over Government’s Debt Settlement (Arrears) Bill, the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) has taken a different approach, saying it has asked that...
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Education Ministry says delay in reviewed grades from CXC cause hold-up in...
There is growing frustration among some of this country’s teenagers about the Ministry of Education’s delay in announcing this year’s Barbados Scholarship and Exhibition winners. However, Chief...
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Senators question Debt Settlement Arrears Bill
The way in which the Government plans to make outstanding payments to certain categories of Barbadians to which it is indebted is not sitting well with some Senators. Questions were raised about the...
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Larger fine needed
Not enough! That’s the response of Government senator Dr. Lynette Holder to the proposed $50,000 fine for any credit bureau that breaches the confidentiality of its clients. During her presentation...
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Banks welcome the formalising of credit reporting legislation
Financial institutions have been longing for the Fair Credit Reporting Bill. This is according to Managing Director of CIBC FirstCaribbean and former President of the Barbados Bankers’ Association...
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CIBCFC shifts $100 000 from Yuletide merriment to local charities
A local bank has put its party money to other use. CIBC FirstCaribbean has donated the $100 000 it would have spent on its annual Christmas party to two charities. Today, the bank’s Managing Director...
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Bajans need to make do with what they have, says Drakes
Barbadians need to live within their means. This was the position of Opposition Senator Crystal Drakes who, during her contribution to the Fair Credit Reporting Bill, 2021 in the Senate on Monday, also...
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Senator: Bill to help ‘poor, black’ people
Government senator Dr. Romel Springer believes that the Fair Credit Reporting Bill, 2021 will be a watershed for poor, black people in Barbados. According to him, it will make it easier for this group...
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Franklyn wants banks’ lending practices put under scrutiny
The lending practices of banks and other financial institutions need to be better regulated as a matter of urgency, Senator Caswell Franklyn insisted on Monday. Speaking during the debate on the Fair...
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DLP candidate says UBI can improve welfare system
A Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate has suggested that Barbados’ welfare system can be significantly improved or fully overhauled with a universal basic income (UBI) programme. Delivering opening...
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Barbadian and Jamaican diplomats to join executive management team at CARICOM
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Tuesday announced the appointment of two Caribbean nationals to the executive management committee of the Guyana-based CARICOM...
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REGIONAL: Government introduces legislation to outlaw Ponzi and other pyramid...
SOURE: CMC- The Trinidad and Tobago government has tabled legislation in Parliament providing for a TT$10 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) and 10 years in jail for anyone who establishes or...
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Man charged with murder
Lawmen have arrested and charged 29-year-old Ramon Akeem Doyle of Leinster Road, Waterford, St Michael with murder. Doyle is accused of murdering Victor Watson. He is expected to appear in the Chief...
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Barbados records 85 new COVID-19 cases
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 85 positive COVID-19 cases (36 males and 49 females) from the 1,052 tests conducted on Monday, December 13. Of the new cases, 20 persons were...
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Barbados records another COVID-19 death
A 48-year-old man succumbed to COVID-19 today, Tuesday, December 14. He died this morning at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility and was unvaccinated. To date, 254 people have died from COVID-19....
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