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Advocate staff unpaid for past five months
Employees of The Barbados Advocate have been going home empty-handed yet again. The workers are reporting that after getting salaries up to the first half of March, they received no further pay up to...
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QEH eye clinic gets more equipment to improve service delivery
A donation of four new slit lamps from the Barbados Canada Foundation is expected to increase the number of patients who can be seek in the Ophthalmology Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital...
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Late Pay
Increasing number of public sector workers not getting salaries on time, says Auditor General By Marlon Madden Auditor General Leigh Trotman is concerned about the “chronic” late payment of salaries to...
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Revenue Loss?
Audit of customs management system finds possible non-payment of taxes By Marlon Madden Major concerns have been raised about the possible non-payment of millions of dollars in taxes and duties to the...
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QEH ophthalmology department faced with staff shortages, increase in patients...
Staff shortages, ageing equipment, an increase in people requiring eye care and a backlog of patients in need of operations are some of the major issues impacting the Ophthalmology Department at the...
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WELCOMED DONATION
Students and Staff at the Ann Hill School in the Pine, St Michael will enjoy much cooler classes thanks to Co-operators General Insurance. Today, Marketing Manager Cheryl Forde (left) and Business...
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Florida International University still undecided about setting up Barbados...
By Emmanuel Joseph The prestigious Florida International University (FIU) is yet to make a final decision on whether it will set up a campus in Barbados. Chief Academic Officer for FIU Dr Elizabeth M....
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Gov’t moves to get back lands used as collateral to settle CLICO claims
The Government is renegotiating the return to local ownership, lands which were used as collateral under the previous Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration to settle millions of dollars in...
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QEH clearing backlog of patients in Accident & Emergency Department
By Sheria Brathwaite The number of patients backed up in the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on Tuesday is now significantly reduced, but Barbadians are...
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NUPW urges BRA to hold off changing workers’ terms
The island’s largest public sector trade union is calling on the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) to halt any further action on what the bargaining body considers a change in the workers’ terms and...
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Local lab could become WHO centre to detect antimicrobial resistance
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory could soon become a World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborating centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) detection and surveillance. This was revealed by...
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#BTEditorial – Strengthen the hand of the Auditor General
Like clockwork, Barbados’ Auditor General Leigh Trotman is drawing to our attention a long list of apparent infractions of the country’s financial rules regarding the use of millions of dollars in...
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Teen gives up cricket dream to become business owner
Micaiah with Jason Holder at the #OneDay4Children campaign. Whether it’s competing at the highest levels of domestic cricket in Barbados, building his first computer at age 13, or launching his tech...
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Hospital ophthalmology department gets equipment to improve eye care services
By Sheria Brathwaite The Barbados Canada Foundation (BCF) donated four new pieces of equipment to the Ophthalmology Department in an effort to help the Lion’s Eye Care Centre at the Queen Elizabeth...
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Classes at BCC still on
Classes are on as usual at the Barbados Community College (BCC) today. Following the islandwide power outage earlier in the day, the BCC said both its ‘Eyrie’ campus at Howell’s Cross Road, St Michael,...
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Parliamentary Reform Commission’s town hall meeting postponed
Members of the public are advised that the Parliamentary Reform Commission’s town hall meeting, slated for 7:00 tonight, Thursday, September 21, at the Daphne Joseph Hackett Theatre, has been postponed...
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Power restored to some customers
Electricity is being gradually restored across the country following an island-wide power outage that occurred around 11:30 a.m. The outage which disrupted activity across Barbados triggered the...
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Police search for escaped prisoner
Police have confirmed that a murder accused has escaped from Dodds prison. Police Spokesman Inspector Rodney Inniss said the incident occurred around 3:45 p.m. He said officers have been searching the...
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Loss Assessment
Private sector says too early to say how electricity disruption hurt their pockets By Emmanuel Joseph Electricity was restored to Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) customers by late Thursday...
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Workers’ Woes
Hospitality workers tell BWU about challenges in tourism industry By Jenique Belgrave Housekeepers, housemen and laundry attendants have identified compensation issues, lack of uniforms and personal...
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