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Police probe stabbing at Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute
Police are carrying out investigations into a stabbing incident that occurred at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute, Wildey, St. Michael around 1: 30 p.m. The incident involved two students. One...
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BIG BENEFITS
One youth organisation has come out in support of the contentious Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) being introduced in schools here. Amid concerns that attempts were being made to slip the CSE...
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$4 billion savings
With the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) Programme saving Government $4 billion over the last four years, it was an easy decision to go back to the International Monetary Fund...
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UWI principal says survey questions fine but process flawed
The head of Barbados’ leading research institution has no objections to the questions posed in a controversial survey that quizzed students on sensitive issues, although he acknowledged that the right...
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Betrayed
Maureen Moore said all she could do was cry when she realised that a woman who was supposed to be her friend stole $9 000 she handed over to buy lumber to build a house 17 years ago. “That is money...
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#BTEditorial – Public servants and general elections
While the country was grappling to come to terms with the troubling revelations related to the controversial survey administered by the Inter-American Development Bank to first formers at five...
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‘Not enough’
For the second time in less than a week Senior Minister Dr William Duguid has publicly chastised the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P). This time around the Government Member of Parliament...
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Access to modern technologies must be available to all
The average Barbadian must continue to have a seat in the lucrative green energy economy. This was the strong message from Minister of Energy and Business Development Kerrie Symmonds to the House of...
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FTC finalising proposed rates for energy storage
Proposed rates for renewable energy storage in Barbados should be ready by the start of 2023. Minister of Business Development and Senior Minister Coordinating the Productive Sector Kerrie Symmonds...
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Pinnacle Feeds remains committed to best outcome for farmers, employees and...
Pinnacle Feeds continues to work closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Energy and Business Development to ascertain the next steps on animal feed pricing in Barbados. Together we...
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QC, KC or SC?
A constitutional lawyer says attorneys adopting the King’s Counsel title following the installation of a new British monarch sends the wrong message when Barbados has declared itself a republic, even...
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#BTEditorial – A PR battle in a corporate war
Were the current Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) rate application before the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) a purely public relations exercise, the company would likely not get a one per cent...
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Privacy breach?
Barbados’ data privacy regulator has launched an official investigation into the administration of a controversial survey in five secondary schools to determine whether any data protection laws were...
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Minister finally reveals cost of new Trident ID
The new Trident identification card is costing just over $10 million. And, Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology (MIST), Davidson Ishmael has given the assurance that the new digital...
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Masks off?
There is a strong possibility that the mandatory mask mandate in schools may be lifted soon as public health officials announce that more “adjustments” to the COVID-19 protocols were on the way and...
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PM calls for peace and partnership
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for greater solidarity between countries and regions to tackle the climate crisis and rising food and commodity prices, as she condemned the war in Ukraine. As...
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Hear the youth!
President of the Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus Osazé Moraldo-Bowen is accusing public and private sector leaders in Barbados and the rest of the region...
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Transport Board looking into customer complaints
The Transport Board is investigating complaints from the travelling public and will be taking action to improve service. The state-run agency’s Chief Operations Officer Yvette Holder gave the assurance...
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Quiet pillar celebrates 100
A loving pillar of strength – this is how Barbados’ newest centenarian, Clarine Edwards, was described on Wednesday as she celebrated her milestone in the warm presence of close family and friends in...
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Date set
The challenge against a High Court ruling that gave the go-ahead for the Senate to meet and conduct business before all 21 members were appointed in March will be heard in the Court of Appeal on...
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