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Government’s new basket of goods
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler yesterday announced charges to Government’s VAT-exempted basket of goods. The new basket contains over 150 items compared to 400 in the previous list. Here’s the...
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Women charged with causing disturbance
When two women accused of causing a disturbance at Workhall, St Philip appeared in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday, one was remanded and the other placed on a bond. Shamika Nathania...
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Guyanese man gets seven years for drugs
A Guyanese man was sentenced to seven years in prison by Chief Magistrate Pamela Beckles yesterday. The sentence was imposed after Ryon Marlon George pleaded guilty to seven drug charges in the Oistins...
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Prisoner escapes
A Beckles Road, St Michael man clearly did not want to be remanded today so, in order to avoid it, Chad Rommell Martin Williams simply walked out of the courtroom. Williams had already appeared in the...
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Offside!
Unfortunate! That’s how shareholders in Preconco Limited today described Opposition Leader Mia Mottley’s claims in Parliament this week that the company has been getting both preferential treatment and...
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Full employment still possible, says Minister of Tourism
Barbados could see full employment in under four years once Government’s hotel investment plan is allowed to bear out, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy said last evening. Making his contribution to...
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Sinckler came up short – economist
University of the West Indies economist Dr Don Marshall says Barbados has reached the point where it must begin debate on the issue of debt restructuring. And, speaking to Barbados TODAY on the heels...
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Forde worried over reports of corruption
St Thomas MP Cynthia Forde is concerned about the number of corruption charges being made against sitting members of parliament. Forde voiced this concern in the House of Assembly yesterday while...
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A man is in police custody assisting with investigations into the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Dion Andre Howard. Howard, of Godding Road, Station Hill, St. Michael received a shot to his wound to...
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Escapee turns himself in
After escaping from a Bridgetown Court yesterday afternoon, Chad Rommell Martin Williams was back in lawful custody today following 24-hours of freedom. Williams appeared in the District ‘A’...
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Court considers ZR driver’s murder appeal
Lawyers for Troy Tyrone Stanford appealed against both his conviction and sentence when they went before the Court of Appeal earlier this week. Attorneys Tariq Khan, Carol-Ann Best and Alexandria...
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St Lucy man found guilty of indecent assault
A St Lucy man, found guilty of indecently assaulting a teenaged girl, has been remanded to custody. Justice Margaret Reifer issued the order after the jury returned the verdict against Richard Taitt of...
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BIDC ignores NUPW deadline
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC) are on course for a major showdown as early as next week. This possibility exists after the...
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Fight on!
A decision by a group of European Union (EU) member states to blacklist Barbados as a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction has been condemned by the leading international body for ensuring the...
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Guilty PSV drivers should have licences revoked
A spokesman for Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators is supporting the Barbados Transport Authority and Minister of Transport Michael Lashley in their proposal to revoke the licences of drivers found...
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Govt reconsidering cellphone ban
Minister of Education Ronald Jones believes current policy governing cellphone use in schools is contradictory since it suggests one set of rules for teachers and another for students. Speaking at the...
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Seale to return to the Bench
The Principal Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alliston Seale, could be returning to the Bench very soon. However, Barbados TODAY understands that his upcoming stint...
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Too much lip service
When it comes to public/private sector partnerships (PPP), there is too much talk and very little action in the region, says Brian Samuels, PPP coordinator at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)....
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Barbados among tops on TripAdvisor
Fire eater Pedro Arthur. Barbados has been recognized as a winner in the 2015 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice awards for Islands, ranking third in the top 10 of all competing island destinations. For the...
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An absolutely Big Show!
Fans were royally entertained. On an occasion when ten combined calypso kings and queens of the annual Crop Over festival graced the Sea Rocks Dome stage, fans were treated to an absolutely big show...
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