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BUT is calling for urgent help at Frederick Smith Secondary
The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) wants a number of outstanding issues at the Frederick Smith Secondary School dealt with urgently. President Rudy Lovell told Barbados TODAY that the union had been...
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Daughter of deceased says family suffering while lawyer who stole money lived...
Attorney-at-law Norman Leroy Lynch’s theft of thousands of dollars belonging to the estate of Arthur O’Neal Thomas has left that family stressed and depressed. Hortensia Ward nee Thomas, the daughter...
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REINSTATE THEM!
FORMER DLP MINISTER WANTS SUSPENDED TEACHERS BACK TO WORK! By Jenique Belgrave Attorney-at-law Michael Lashley K.C. is calling for the immediate reinstatement of two public school teachers who were...
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Union to meet with Arawak over restructuring
The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and the management of the Arawak Cement Company are to meet shortly to discuss the employees’ position on the company’s restructuring plans. At a well-attended meeting...
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Smooth progress on 2023 crop
It has been smooth sailing during the first week of the 2023 sugar cane harvest, says chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Orlanda Atherley. He said that...
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US consumers snap up Bajan sugar
Less than a month after the first shipment of locally produced brown sugar was exported to the United States, supermarket shelves there are already empty, Barbados Agricultural Management Company...
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Barbados targeting Ireland for diplomatic ties
Barbados is continuing its efforts to build alliances with “like-minded” states around the world other than those in North America and Europe to create new relationships to drive this country’s...
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PM, Foreign minister going to France
Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her Foreign Affairs minister Kerrie Symmonds are headed to France “in a few days” to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. This was disclosed by Symmonds in the...
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Solution to intraregional travel crucial, says CARICOM SG
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Carla Barnett has insisted that the issue of intraregional travel must be resolved if the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is to be...
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DLP leader has no confidence in security of digital IDs
The impact of recent cyber attacks on several government agencies, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), suggests that government infrastructure does not have the capacity to fully secure...
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Court begins hearing lawsuit against Cable & Wireless
Hearing in the class-action lawsuit brought by more than 300 former minority shareholders of Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited got underway in the High Court on Monday. While the parties are not...
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Public Notice: BWA Making two Connections in St. Michael
The Barbados Water Authority advises residents of some St. Michael areas that on Thursday, March 9th between 9:00 a.m and 6:00 p.m crews will be making two connections in Lears, St. Michael. As a...
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Flight plan
AIRLIFT FROM AFRICA COULD START BY MID 2023; PLANS ADVANCED SAYS COMISSIONG By Marlon Madden If all goes according to plan, Bridgetown could welcome its first direct flight from the African continent...
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IDB partnering on education sector enhancements
The education system in Barbados is in line for modernisation in its curriculum which will soon include climate change and sustainable agriculture as areas of study. This was formalised in an agreement...
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Review airport taxes!
CTO chairman believes a re-examination could help to boost tourist arrivals to region A top regional tourism official is suggesting that Barbados and other Caribbean destinations look at restructuring...
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Give ‘truce’ a chance – Lashley
By Anesta Henry Former parliamentarian Hamilton Lashley is throwing his full support behind former gang leader Winston Iston Bull’s move to initiate a truce between local gangs to reduce the bloodshed...
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Poor roads can’t all be fixed this year – minister
Although her department has secured financing from several funding agencies, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw is lamenting that all of the...
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Road patching machines to help with ‘slapdash’ approach to pothole repairs
The Transport and Works ministry is looking to acquire two additional pothole patching machines to improve road fixing standards in this island. Admitting that a “slapdash” approach has been taken to...
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Region fighting back against cyber criminals
With a huge global business surrounding the cybercriminal underground, the Caribbean region is developing systems to reduce cybersecurity threats to its public and private sector agencies. Speaking at...
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Visitor arrivals to region set to exceed pre-COVID levels
Between 31.2 million and 32.6 million people are expected to visit the Caribbean this year, surpassing the number of people who arrived before COVID-19 hit, according to Acting Secretary-General of the...
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