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Visible decline
An international economic consultant is warning that Barbados and other Caribbean countries are at the tipping point of a serious debt crisis. “There is now a growing sense that the world needs another...
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Little relief
A Government minister has asserted that despite the administration’s compact with the private sector that was aimed at reducing the high cost of living, the measure has not produced the expected relief...
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Many across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic still have no power or...
(SOURCE: CNN) – More than a million people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are waking up without power or running water again Thursday as crews work to repair critical utilities disabled by...
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Loss to Ireland exposes the over-reliance on Darian King
By Morissa Lindsay Barbados needs to up its game if it is to remain in the Davis Cup by Rakuten World Group ll. National captain Damien Applewhaite has described the island’s latest 3-2 defeat to...
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45 new COVID-19 cases recorded
A total of 45 people, 27 males and 18 females, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 21, from the 388 tests conducted by laboratories across the island. The cases consisted of 10 persons...
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Norris Watkins win ‘donks’ September Safari
Ben Norris and Kirk Watkins celebrated their first off-road navigational victory since 2019 when they won last Sunday’s fourth round of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari...
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Cabinet approves changes to mask mandate and travel protocols
Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw has disclosed that the Cabinet of Barbados met today and approved a number of fundamental changes to the COVID-19 directives that have governed the management of...
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Wrong man!
It was not me! That was the impassioned statement of Kemal Mario Straker who today maintained his innocence and suggested that police were trying to frame him. Straker, of #15 Clapham Park, St Michael,...
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Police: Accused admitted hitting victim with “one rock”
A police officer on Thursday recounted that murder accused Raheim Ricardo O’Neil Hinds claimed he threw a stone at Michael Yearwood in self-defense. That was the evidence of Station Sergeant Ainsley...
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#BTEditorial – We allowed the vaccine to divide us – now here we are
It was not so long ago, a year to be exact, that the country engaged in a raging debate over the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Some were strongly for taking the vaccine...
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Gov’t offered wide proposals to stimulate small business sector
By Marlon Madden Officials of the Small Business Association (SBA) are calling on Government to remove the two per cent foreign exchange tax on online transactions and review the policy for payment of...
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Gov’t to expand net for citizenship qualification
Legislation to allow more categories of people to attain Barbadian citizenship is to go before Parliament soon, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams disclosed on Thursday as he...
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Six dollars more?
The island’s sole electricity supplier told a rate hearing today that it proposes to cap the bills of 41 000 low-income consumers at $6 per month provided they don’t go over 150 kilowatts per hour of...
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Government lifts mask mandate from today
The mask mandate has been lifted. From Friday, the wearing of masks will be optional except in schools, in healthcare facilities, in penal institutions, and on public transportation where they will...
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Time for reform
Prime Minister Mia Mottley is seeking support for a Bridgetown Agenda that Barbados has created to encourage reform of the Bretton Woods system, as she urged world leaders to remove the barriers to...
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FTC to continue with rate hearing until court says otherwise
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) on Thursday ruled that the hearing into a proposed basic rate hike for the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) will not be suspended unless it gets an order from...
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Plans afoot to help former football administrator
By Morissa Lindsay A former longstanding referee and administrator, Caveton ‘Food Franklyn’ Greenidge is calling on the football community of Barbados for financial assistance having lost both of his...
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School heads praise work of students, teachers
Heads of two schools that won 2022 national scholarships and exhibitions are pleased with the performance of their students. Harrison College’s principal Juanita Wade said the 15 scholars, including...
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YES going regional
If all goes according to plan, the Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) could soon have satellite sites in strategic locations across the island and offer its services online to young people across the...
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Weithers reaches 100-year milestone
Barbadian centenarian Kenneth Weithers has lived a fulfilled life, having lived and worked in Britain for almost three decades as part of the Windrush generation before returning home to enjoy his...
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