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Region to get funding for resilience efforts
The European Union (EU) continues to deepen its relations with CARIFORUM states while making millions available to help build a more resilient region in the face of ongoing social, economic,...
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Pay for pain
Acting Magistrate Deborah Beckles has imposed a combination sentence on a 45-year-old man who admitted to assaulting his former long-term girlfriend. The District ‘D’ Magistrate ordered Anderson...
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61-year-old on fake driver’s licence charge
Clifford Delisle Brathwaite was granted $10 000 by the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Thursday when he appeared charged with having a fake driver’s licence. The 61-year-old of Headley’s Land,...
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Behind schedule
Authorities are being pressed to explain why school meals have been delivered late since the start of the term, leaving thousands of primary school students waiting long periods for lunch. The Barbados...
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Shady business
Several people are being duped and robbed as they try to finalise social media sales in dark unknown areas. And the police department is warning people to refrain from carrying out business under...
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On the brink!
Barbadian UNICEF Youth Advocate Ashley Lashley is encouraging young Barbadians to take the lead and push state authorities to do more in the fight to protect the environment and the climate at large....
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Unleash your creativity – Burgess
Participants in this year’s Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s (BEF) $20 Challenge are expected to face a steeper climb in starting and operating a successful business. With this in mind, Andrea...
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Man injured in shooting at Dean’s Land, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael
A man in his 40’s is nursing a gunshot wound following a shooting incident at Dean’s Land, My Lord’s Hill, St Michael on Thursday. Police responded to reports of gun being fired in the area around...
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New youth programmes need private sector support
The organisation Supreme Counselling for Personal Development is looking for private sector partnerships with the roll-out of its new self improvement programmes catering to young people. During a...
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Mobile wallet collab to benefit e-commerce across Caribbean countries
Users of several different mobile wallets in Barbados and other parts of the region could soon be able to transfer funds to each other and pay for items sold by regional countries online using a single...
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Control needed
The head of one of the island’s public service vehicle (PSV) organisations wants an independent body established to monitor and have greater overall control of the privately-run transportation sector....
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DLP, APP question expense on Trident IDs
President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Dr Ronnie Yearwood has questioned whether Government really needed to spend $10.4 million on new national identification cards for the population. And the...
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Prediction for further economic slowdown
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning of a broad-based and sharper than expected slowdown in global economic activity, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. What is more, IMF...
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Climate, health among areas to benefit from funding
Barbados and other CARIFORUM states have the opportunity to benefit from up to €800 million (BDS$1.6 billion) over the next seven years. The funds are being mobilised by the European Investment Bank...
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BLPC boss grilled over refusal to pass on gains to customers
The chief executive of the island’s monopoly electricity company admitted on Thursday that it had no intention of returning certain financial gains to customers. The confession was made by the Managing...
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Parents to discuss taking Gov’t to court over survey
The controversial “testing” of a group of first form students may be headed to court after all. Social activist Winston Clarke is spearheading a fight against Government over its involvement in the...
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#BTEditorial – Accused and convicted in court of social media
There is a popular saying in Barbados that it is difficult to find justice in Coleridge Street (or Whitepark Road) for that matter. As we have seen this week, social media can be an even more cruel...
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Man slapped with $15 000 fine for ‘mistake’
Derwin Myron Worrell has to pay the High Court $15 000 for the “mistake” of having 20 illegal rounds of ammunition. A third of that money had to be paid on the spot on Friday. Justice Carlisle Greaves...
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Blame equipment for late meals, say workers and NUPW
by Sheria Braithwaite Faulty equipment, poor working conditions and a shortage of vehicles at the School Meals Department (SMD) are the main factors contributing to thousands of students getting their...
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Intervenors say BLPC failed to showwhy it deserves rate increase
Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) customers will have to wait a few more months to know whether they will have to pay higher electricity rates. At the conclusion of a 15-day Fair Trading...
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