GAIA hit by another protest
For the second time in a week services have been disrupted at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). Following last Thursday’s industrial action by air traffic controllers, fire officers...
View ArticleDuguid it is!
With shouts of “We have back our king” and “The king is back on his throne” a crowd of exuberant Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) supporters Thursday night officially and warmly welcomed former...
View ArticleLegalize prostitution, says Professor
Legalize prostitution. That was the advice to Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean from social scientist Dr Kamala Kempadoo. The Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University in...
View ArticleLifeline
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Charles Leacock this morning threw out a lifeline to the Vincentian owner of a fishing vessel which has been in legal custody here for more than a year, after it...
View Article‘Rogues and bullies have infiltrated legal system’
Attorney-at-law Philip Nicholls has delivered a damning indictment of the legal system here, claiming it has been infiltrated by “rogues” and “bullies” who discredit the profession. Nicholls fell from...
View ArticleFire officers end GAIA protest
Fire officers stationed at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) will have to comply with security measures there. Barbados TODAY understands that this was the agreement coming out of a...
View ArticleBL&P explains power loss
Barbados Light & Power has explained the cause of a 90-minute blackout experienced by customers in a number of parishes last night. The power company issued a press release today indicating that...
View ArticleGov’t MP against Chinese project
Government’s plans to establish a Chinese-funded project at the Hope Plantation in St Lucy is being met with stiff opposition from livestock farmers in the north, who complain the project would cause...
View ArticlePM promises to take action
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart today promised the disabled community that the amended Road Traffic Act would go before Parliament shortly. Stuart today met a delegation from the Barbados Council For...
View ArticleGuns seized
Police have seized a quantity of firearms following an operation in a St Michael community this morning. According to lawmen, a man is currently in police custody assisting with investigations.
View ArticleFire station closed due to sickout
An apparent sickout continues to plague the Barbados Fire Service this evening, forcing the closure of the Worthing Station. Barbados TODAY understands that only three fire officers stationed at the...
View ArticleOzone coming
A new mobile telephone company is set to begin operations here, providing competition for the established telecommunications companies and an additional option for Barbadian customers. Canadian...
View ArticleBittcoin to the rescue?
Barbados may have found an answer to the “creeping cancer” of the de-risking of corresponding banking with the launch today of a new digital currency. The Bittcoin, which can be accessed by downloading...
View ArticleNUPW wants to scrap Tribunal
The body established to settle industrial relations disputes has been described as “a pappy show” and “ineffective” by the island’s largest public sector trade union. And the National Union of Public...
View ArticleStuart wants more
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart wants China to become a leading tourist market for Barbados. It is not immediately clear how many Chinese tourists visit Barbados each year, but Stuart said he wanted...
View ArticlePM hails relationship with China
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described Barbados’ relationship with China as “a long and fruitful” one, with both countries working together at the political, economic, cultural and military...
View ArticleResidents turn to standpipes for weekend water supply
Memories of an era long past came rushing back to residents of St Thomas today when they were forced to walk or drive to the village standpipes to fetch water. When a team from Barbados TODAY visited...
View ArticleBarbados downgraded
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Barbados’ government bond rating and issuer rating to Caa1 and changed the outlook to stable. A statement from Moody’s said the decision to downgrade Barbados’...
View ArticleBWA to shut off water in Pine
Residents and businesses in the Pine, St Michael are being told to brace for low water pressure, as well as outages as the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) prepares to effect a shut down of services in...
View ArticleBLP knocks government over Moody’s downgrade
The opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has said the latest downgrade of Barbados’ government bond rating by Moody’s Investor Service highlights the flaws in government’s fiscal policy as well as...
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