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COVID-19 Update: 222 new cases
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory recorded 222 new COVID-19 cases, 101 males and 121 females, from the 884 tests carried out on Sunday, April 3. The cases consisted of 50 persons under the...
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Workshop on Building School Family-Community Partnerships
The Barbados Association of Guidance Counsellors (BAGC) will host a workshop from tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, on the topic Building School Family-Community Partnerships: Maximising your School...
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Population & Housing Census continues to June 30
The public is advised that the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) 2020 round of the Population and Housing census, which was slated to end on March 31, has been extended to Thursday, June 30....
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Symmonds says Cabinet to give nod to new arrangement
Public service vehicle and taxi operators are in deep discussions with the government about a new arrangement intended to shield them from the spiraling cost of fuel. However, Minister of Energy and...
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Masks on! – BAMP
The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) strongly believes any relaxation of the mask mandate is a step in the wrong direction. Its president Dr Lynda Williams is maintaining that as...
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Ministry, CCB say situation with adults living amongst children in state...
Adults in their 30s are still living in the Nightengale’s Children’s Village in Black Rock because they have no where else to go and the Child Care Board (CCB) is very concerned about the state of...
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Prison association head says officers should form their own union following...
Prison Chief John Nurse has pledged his full support for members of a restructured prison officers’ representative body after the High Court restored their right to join trade unions. In the meantime,...
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Move afoot to make it illegal not to report child abuse
Reporting child abuse may become mandatory in Barbados, Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey has indicated. With Child Care Board (CCB) officials expressing concern about the...
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Incentives possible for hybrid vehicles
The recently announced two-year tax holiday on electric vehicles does not extend to hybrid vehicles, but discussions are ongoing within the Ministry of Finance on including hybrids in the new measures....
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Trio rescued from teetering vehicle
Three siblings are counting their blessings after escaping unharmed from their vehicle which was left teetering on the embankment along the Mighty Grynner Highway on Monday. Elsa Boyce-Williams and her...
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Lashley wins murder case in BVI
Barbadian Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley has won a murder and firearms possession case in Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI). The judgement, which was handed down on Monday by Justice Richard Floyd...
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BARVEN condemns sale of stolen cane
The Barbados Association of Retailers Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) is condemning the sale of illegally acquired sugarcane and has called for the full weight of the law to be brought down on...
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Motorists urged to share roads safely with cyclists
Vice President of the Barbados Cycling Union (BCU) Livingston Headley is again calling on motorists to be mindful of cyclists on the road. This call was made on Sunday during the first Annual Memorial...
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UWI, UNDP agreement finding solutions for blue economy
The decision by the University of the West Indies (UWI) to partner with the UNDP in a bid to address issues relating to the Blue Economy is bearing fruit. That is according to UWI’s Vice-chancellor,...
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Operating hours for Fish Markets in Barbados during Holy Week
The week preceding Easter Sunday, better known as Holy Week is traditionally a very busy period for fish sales across Barbados. Therefore, the Blue Economy division of the Ministry of the Environment...
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CARICOM to meet amid division on support for Commonwealth pick
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are expected to meet later this week to discuss the controversy that has arisen following Jamaica’s announcement that Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister...
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BARJAM saddened by death of veteran journalist
The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) has expressed its sadness at the recent passing of veteran journalist, Patrick Ward, saying he will be missed. Ward died on March 28...
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Fans treated to an evening of marvellous music
Wine by the bottle, close friends and spectacular musicianship were the order of the evening when patrons returned to Hunterspring, St. Phillip for the latest Sunday Grooves session. As fans descended...
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Mayers seeking to help young women budget
Tara Mayers is still relishing in the success of her first book Kingdom Budgeting For Women which was published in September last year. And as a result, she decided to write Kingdom Budgeting Diary...
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Foundation Key Club donates to the Geriatric Hospital
Members of the Christ Church Foundation School Key Club, who are also coincidentally members of the school’s prefect corps, donated recreational games to the Geriatric Hospital, Beckles Road, St...
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