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Plans to find a role for Dr. Velma Scantlebury
Steps are being taken by officials at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to advance and enhance health care in Barbados, especially as it relates to treating patients suffering with kidney disease....
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Popular Celtic Festival gets going
The Celtic Festival Barbados is back following a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The music festival celebrating the links between the Celtic countries of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Nova...
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Sandals helping BCC students become food producers
As the island’s population grows and there is a greater need to develop resilient and sustainable food production systems, the Sandals Foundation is strengthening the capacity of the students enrolled...
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Tourism officials launch grand summer campaign
Tourism officials today launched Barbados’ global campaign for summer on home soil. Starting at the historic Golden Square Freedom Park in The City, Tourism Minister Senator Lisa Cummins unveiled the...
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COVID-19 update – 407 new cases recorded on Thursday
There were 407 new COVID-19 cases, 183 males and 224 females, recorded from among the 1,467 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, May 12. The cases comprised...
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Barbados economy on the road to recovery, IMF gives positive report card
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said economic activity in Barbados is starting to recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and that a gradual economic recovery started last year....
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Police investigate incident in The City
A driver crashed into the Royal Shop on Broad Street, in The City, this afternoon. Police are investigating the incident. (More details to come.) The post Police investigate incident in The City...
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Education official underscores value of books & literacy
The value of books and literacy was underscored during a recent ceremony marking the presentation of books to the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology’s (SJPI) Media Resource Centre by...
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CDD to host community technology programmes
The Community Development Department (CDD), in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, will host a series of free computer courses, commencing May 23, 2022. Under the Community...
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Pandemic Contribution Levy Return available in TAMIS
The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) has advised that the Pandemic Contribution Levy return is available for employers to file and pay in TAMIS. The filing and payment for the month of April 2022 is...
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No pay hike yet but increase in allowances coming for Gov’t workers
Public servants are in line to go home with more money in their pockets as a result of an increase in allowances. However, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has maintained that it is still too early to decide...
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Concern about shortage of tourism workers
Tourism operators are warning of a looming labour shortage in the industry even as the island expects a further rebound in the sector. However, Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator...
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Home affairs minister says GIS and prison bosses only replaced to ensure no...
Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams has made it clear that the move to replace the leaders of the island’s prison and juvenile correctional facility is not indicative of wrongdoing on their part....
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Debt ease . . . but farmers should not expect a change to the increased rate...
While Government may possibly write off the hundreds of thousands of dollars owed by farmers for the use of water, increased water rates are likely to remain. That is according to Prime Minister Mia...
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Decision pending on new IMF progamme
A decision on whether Barbados will enter another programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be made within the next two months. This was revealed on Friday by Prime Minister Mia...
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Tourism minister reports healthy bookings for upcoming season
Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins is painting a picture of hope for Barbados’ tourism product this coming summer, as the agency tasked with marketing the island ramps...
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CCJ reduces jail sentence for man who killed common-law wife
A Barbadian man who killed the mother of his six children will spend less time behind bars than a High Court judge here ordered after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) reduced his sentence from 16...
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More agriculture jobs with St Lucy project
An additional 76 Barbadians will find employment as entrepreneurs in food crop and livestock enterprises. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir announced on Friday that the government,...
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Orlando Hinds ready for Richard Stoute Teen Talent Show
Entertainer Orlando Hinds travels from Brooklyn, New York, to Barbados yearly to attend the Richard Stoute Teen Talent Show. “I always try to come here as often as possible because I really love...
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NCF boss insists no group is excluded from Crop Over plans
Chief executive officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Carol Roberts is vehemently refuting suggestions that vendors are being excluded from this year’s Crop Over plans. She was responding...
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