No excuses
General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore served early notice that she will not sit by and allow a delay in negotiating a new minimum wage as outlined in the Budget. During...
View Article‘Not leaving’
Neil Rowe has declared his political loyalty to the governing Barbados Labour Party, making clear that he has no plans of cutting ties and joining another party. “I will remain and retire as a member...
View ArticleMurder trial adjourned until next week
The 12-member jury in the trial of murder-accused Jason Cecil Spencer will return to the No. 2 Supreme Court on March 25. This was the adjournment date given after one civilian witness gave evidence in...
View ArticleAgard admits to having gun
After Brandon Deshawn Agard led police on a chase through Westbury to New Orleans, they discovered an illegal firearm and ammunition on him. When he appeared before Madam Justice Wanda Blair in the No....
View ArticleLeacock guilty of 2014 murder
A jury has found Kemar Omar Yvonne Leacock guilty of murdering Jermaine Harper ten years ago. On Wednesday evening, the 12-member jury of 10 women and two men in Supreme Court No. 3 returned a...
View Article‘Help for victim’
The awarding of compensation to a rape victim should not be seen as the court putting a price on that person’s dignity but as financial assistance to help them “regain their life”, a judge said on...
View ArticleBond imposed on man who hit, threatened woman
A 38-year-old construction worker who threatened to kill a woman who had been “tarnishing” his name has been placed on a bond to keep the peace. Denmar Mccarthy Saffrey of Smith Road, Sargeant’s...
View ArticleOpposition Leader says FEED programme ‘failed’
The Farmers’ Empowerment and Enfranchisement Drive (FEED) programme has failed in its objectives, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has charged. “We’ve heard of the much-vaunted feed programmr, and it is...
View ArticleMcConney: Education system must be reformed or fail
Minister of Education Kay McConney has cautioned reform naysayers that the education system has outlived its purpose in its present form and must be changed now to stop some students from being left...
View Article11-plus needs to be revamped – Husbands
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training Sandra Husbands says without education transformation, Barbados is doomed. She believes one area in particular that...
View ArticleDeputy PM wants Thorne investigated
Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw on Wednesday called on Attorney Genearal Dale Marshall to reopen an investigation into a 2009 report by the Urban Development Commission (UDC) that raised...
View Article‘Dereliction of duty’
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has been seeking answers on when Barbadians will have access to the new republican constitution, declaring it was a “dereliction of duty” by the government that the...
View ArticleMottley administration not pleased with discoveries made at HOPE
Prime Minister Mia Mottley wrapped up three days of debate on the 2024 Budget proposals on Wednesday night with the revelation of a probe into the operations of the state-owned Home Ownership Providing...
View ArticlePolice probe stabbing at Haggatt Hall
Police are on the scene at Chapel Gap, Haggatt Hall, St Michael, where a man was stabbed. Eyewitnesses said the victim was stabbed in the neck and rushed to the hospital. Investigations are continuing....
View ArticlePM pays tribute to veteran photographer Willie Alleyne
Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Thursday described veteran Barbadian Photographer Willie Alleyne as an icon. Alleyne, had a distinguished career spanning almost seven decades, died on Tuesday. He was 91....
View ArticleRobust debate on national affairs a plus for Barbados
Opposition in any form is always healthy. Analysis is constructive. Probing, prying, prodding and other such activity helps to fuel democracy and maintain accountability. Our country has been fortunate...
View Article‘Good move’
Government’s delayed rollout of some aspects of Education reform has got the thumbs up from the Group of Concerned Parents, but coordinator Paula-Anne Moore says the real work must now begin. She told...
View ArticleAncillary, admin staff ‘in limbo’ while Lester Vaughan shuttered
Non-teaching staff at the Lester Vaughan School are taking their concerns about the safety of the Cane Garden, St Thomas school to the Labour Department. The move follows the closure of the campus and...
View Article‘Misstep’
Two prominent political scientists have scored Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne relatively high for his reply to Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Budget, saying it hit key marks in an attempt to keep...
View ArticleBCEN sums up Budget ‘strengths, areas for improvement’
This year’s Budget speech was a mix of strengths and areas for improvement, consumer advocacy group Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) has said. A BCEN statement said while there are...
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