Principal comments on wrapper controversy
The President of the Association of Public Primary School Principals Ivan Clarke believes that students must see their school as a second home that must be kept tidy at all times. Clarke’s comments...
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St Boniface goes African with a bang
Students and staff of the St Boniface Nursery School kicked off their celebrations for African Awareness Month yesterday morning with a special presentation. Under the theme for the month Africa ––...
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ZR overturns in St Lucy
Emergency personnel are on the scene of an accident in Bentham, St Lucy, where a Route Taxi overturned. Barbados TODAY understands that more than a dozen people were injured including students from the...
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UPDATE: ZR overturns in St Lucy
Seventeen students from the Daryll Jordan Secondary School were involved in the accident involving a route taxi, which overturned at Benthams, St Lucy around 9:15 a.m. Superintendent Margaret...
View ArticleMinister of Labour eyeing airport impasse
Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo is keeping a close eye on the industrial strain between the Grantley Adams International Airport Inc (GAIA) and the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW),...
View ArticleClarke: Leave me out of airport dispute
Retired General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Dennis Clarke is staying clear of the current pay dispute between the union and Grantley Adams International Airport Inc (GAIA)....
View ArticleAG supports citizenship by investment
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite says he sees no reason why Barbados could not have a citizenship by investment programme. However, speaking in Parliament today during debate on the Companies...
View ArticleLashley wants private hearings
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth Stephen Lashley has called for in camera hearing of domestic violence cases as a means of protecting victims. Speaking in Parliament this afternoon during...
View ArticleLet’s accept gays
Minister of Education Ronald Jones believes the time has come for Barbadians to stop turning a blind eye and accept the fact that gay relationships were now part of our culture. Speaking today during...
View ArticleAG reports increase in domestic violence deaths
There has been a rise in the number of deaths from domestic violence, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite revealed today. Speaking in Parliament on the Domestic Violence ( Protection Orders) (Amendment)...
View ArticleForde wants public debate
An opposition parliamentarian has made a case for the public’s involvement in the framing of legislation dealing with violence in the home and sexual abuse. Member of Parliament for St Thomas Cynthia...
View ArticleNew Act will save lives: Lowe
Minister of the Environment and Drainage Dr Denis Lowe has called on those who argue that the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill 2016 would give the police too much power to see the good that the measure...
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Hilda Skeene in African theme . . .
The pupils of the Hilda Skeene Primary School celebrated the start of African Awareness Month with an opening ceremony yesterday. The ceremony, beginning at 9:30 a.m., was held under the theme Africa...
View ArticleFinancial sector holding its own
Barbados is introducing a new product – the incorporated cell company – to boost the competitiveness of its international business and financial services sector. The move was debated in the House of...
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‘High-class robbery’
Residents of White Hill, St Andrew have accused the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) of committing “high-class robbery” by sending them excessive water bills. Today, residents produced evidence of ‘high’...
View ArticleIndependent QEH audit needed – CEO
Conceding that there are inefficiencies in some operations of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Chief Executive Officer Dr Dexter James has called for an independent audit to weed out slack areas....
View ArticleInniss calls for cheaper fares
Minister of Industry Donville Inniss has joined a chorus of calls for more affordable intra-Caribbean travel. Back in Barbados from a five-day trade mission that took him to Grenada, Guyana and St...
View ArticlePM: Let all races contend
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has made it clear that all races will contend as Barbados marches towards its 50th anniversary of Independence. A national firestorm has erupted over criticism by...
View ArticleIt’s uncouth, says Jones
There is an uncouthness in the way some professionals in educational institutions across Barbados are treating students, Minister of Education Ronald Jones has said. “How you treat them in your verbal...
View ArticleBarbados ranks low for innovation – Byer-Suckoo
Despite its high level of education, Barbados has “an inefficient capacity to innovate”, says Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo. Quoting from the results of the 2014-2015 World Economic Forum’s...
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