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Junior calypsonians delight on stage
A section of the audience showing their appreciation at last night’s show Without the pressures of competing, the semifinalists in the Junior Monarch competition took to the stage last night for the...
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Diabetes a serious threat to Barbados
Chief Medical Officer, Dr Joy St John (left) and vice-president of the International Diabetes Federation, Anne Belton in conversation Records show that in 2001 the estimated direct and indirect cost of...
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Don’t forsake elderly, urges Blackett
Minister of Social Care Steve Blackett has urged Barbadians not to forsake the elderly in their time of need. The Minister of Social Care, Steve Blackett, has advised Barbadians against casting off the...
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PSVs need to clean up their act
Public transport operator Morris Lee (left), making a point at yesterday’s meeting. Transport operator Morris Lee has described a video, which has been making the rounds on social media showing school...
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Youth battle sargassum seaweed
One hundred and fifty young people, the youngest of whom was age two, turned up as early as 7 a.m. today at Silver Sands Beach, Christ Church, to clean the area of sargassum seaweed. Organiser of the...
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Headliners a class act
Colin Spencer was in fine form Headliners Calypso Tent opened last night at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, with the distinguished knight after whom the facility is named among the audience, and...
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‘Man Up’ show a hit
Dominoes was a favourite among the men Hundreds of men, and women, flocked to the Concorde Experience this weekend for the island’s first ever male themed event, Man Up. Hosted specifically for men,...
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Barbados dollar is safe
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler declares the Government’s homegrown 19-month fiscal consolidation and economic revitalization programme has delivered sound results. As the 2015/2016 budget got...
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New VAT-free basket of goods coming
A new basket of basic food items which will be exempted from the 17.5 per cent Value Added Tax will be introduced effective September 1, 2015. Delivering the 2015/2016 budget, Finance Minister Chris...
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New cell-phone tax
Effective August 1, 2015, it will cost more to make calls on cell-phones. Finance Minister Chris Sinckler announced that a mobile-airtime excise duty would be imposed at $0.03 per minute for both...
View ArticleOil spill, drive carefully
Police are urging members of the traveling public using University Hill Road, St Michael, in the area of the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination to proceed with caution. This after an oil...
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Tax on sweet drinks
The government has imposed a new tax to encourage Barbadians to consume less sugar. Effective August 1, a 10 per cent excise tax will be applied to the cost of locally produced and imported sweetened...
View ArticleTwo granted bail
Two Barbadian men were granted bail today after appearing in court on drug charges. Ricardo McAlester Waldron, 40, of Princess Royal Ave, Pinelands, St Michael pleaded guilty to charges of possession,...
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STEP ASIDE
Queen’s Counsel Hal Gollop today called on Magistrate Graveney Bannister to recuse himself from an extradition matter involving a client, who is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a person with...
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CLICO restructuring to go ahead
Anxious CLICO policyholders could this week be handed another option to recover their investments in the collapsed insurance company. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler revealed during his budget...
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Waste haulers to pay an annual licence fee
Following the recent work stoppage by waste haulers and movers, Government has announced changes to its the controversial tipping fee, which was implemented on May 4. Instead of the initial $25 per...
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Professionals now required to produce a valid tax certificate
Government is moving to ensure that all professionals pay their fair share of taxes. Delivering his 2015/2016 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals in the House of Assembly this afternoon,...
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19 lose jobs at BL&P
19 workers at the Barbados Light & Power Company received their walking papers this morning. The cuts affected workers in the professional, supervisory and engineering groups. The workers were...
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Emotional farewell for Shemar
It was an emotional but tense farewell as loved ones said goodbye to 12-year-old Shemar Weekes this morning. The media was asked to leave the service which was conducted by Reverend Angela Phillips at...
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Pain but no gain
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has rubbished the 2015/2016 budget, saying it was nothing but “torture” from a Government which has continued to punish the people of Barbados for its own failure to...
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