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QEH urges only life threatening cases go to Accident and Emergency Department
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is today issuing another advisory as the Accident and Emergency Department continues to experience a surge in the number of patients presenting for treatment with various...
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Flash flood watch in effect for Barbados
This alert message is valid from noon, Thursday 28th December, 2023 and will be TERMINATED at 6 PM Thursday 28th December, 2023 or sooner if conditions warrant. A flash-flood watch is issued when heavy...
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Promised Haynesville centre ‘yet to materialise’
A Haynesville community organiser has raised concerns that the promise of a community centre for the St James district remains unfulfilled, as he argued that the area deserves to be a sports and...
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Chair and umbrella vendors say they’re missing out on revenue because of...
National Conservation Commission (NCC) General Manager Ryan Als has rejected an appeal by Brownes Beach vendors to raise the quota of furniture they are licensed to lease amid rising demand for chairs...
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Economist: Local investments, renewable energy stall pose threats
A leading economist has sounded an alarm over what he has described as a significant decline in domestic investment and a stall in the renewable energy thrust that could threaten Barbados’ economic...
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Overcrowding, long waits in QEH emergency department
Barbadians are still disregarding repeated appeals not to head to the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) for non-life-threatening medical conditions,...
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BCCULL head says more credit union mergers likely
The head of the local credit union movement is reporting an increase in membership this year and says more mergers are likely in 2024. In his New Year’s message, President of the Barbados Co-operative...
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HSF reports ‘success’ in tackling child obesity, NCDs in 2023
Efforts to curb noncommunicable diseases affecting young people have seen significant progress this year, according to a senior official of the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF). Speaking to Barbados...
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BARVEN leader optimistic of highway vending areas in 2024
More than a year since the government first introduced plans for strategic vending zones along the ABC Highway, the promise remains a dream deferred for the head of the nation’s vendors group. But...
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Police investigate unnatural death
Police are on the scene of an unnatural death at Exchange Hill, St Michael. (more details as they come to hand.) https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Unnatural-Death-Friday-1.mp4 The...
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Update: Efforts to retrieve body from well at Exchange Hill ongoing
Police and fire officials are continuing efforts to recover a body discovered in a 50-foot well at Exchange Hill, near Bibby’s Lane, St Michael. Police spokesman Inspector Rodney Inniss told reporters...
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Public Notice: Community tank locations in St George St Philip and St John
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) wishes to inform residents of St. George, St. John, and St. Philip, who were affected by the recent facility shutdowns as a result of adverse weather conditions, of...
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Police probe unnatural death of young woman
Police are continuing investigations into the unnatural death of a 19-year-old female. She has been identified as Kandi Michelle Douglas of #7 Seaview Road, Chancery Lane, Christ Church. According to...
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WELL FIND
The tranquillity of Exchange Hill, St Michael was shattered Friday morning as a swarm of police officers descended upon the small village adjacent to Bibby’s Lane, following a lead that a man missing...
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MP in urgent call for community service
St James South Member of Parliament Sandra Husbands has used the unsettling discovery of a man’s body in a 30-foot well in St Michael to make a call for volunteerism and community responses to societal...
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BPSA says private sector not ‘holding back’ on investment
Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) Trisha Tannis has pushed back on an economist’s contention that business was withholding support for major capital projects. Responding to...
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Bajans urged to take preventive measures against swirling viruses
Barbadians are being advised to safeguard themselves during the festive season amid a notable increase in healthcare visits for a “cocktail” of viral infections. Dr Kenneth Connell, public relations...
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‘Stressed out’ workers, kids need mental health breaks – psychologist
Mental health days for workers and mental health breaks for school children going into 2024 are what President of the Barbados Society of Psychology Ronald Pope has recommended, citing more...
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Top lawyers want better court system
Three senior lawyers on Friday expressed their New Year’s wish for a more efficient court system. Defence attorneys Michael Lashley SC and Andrew Pilgrim SC both praised the genuine attempts to get rid...
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AOPT head: ‘Stronger oversight needed’ to quell PSV misbehaviour
The chief spokesman for public service vehicle (PSV) owners has called for renewed oversight and collaboration with the authorities to tackle delinquent behaviour by minibuses and route taxis amid...
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