Clear path
Government has given the assurance that it has no intention of shutting down the Barbados National Oil Company (BNOCL) as it presses forward with initiatives to create a renewable energy business and...
View ArticleBLP ready to defend workers
Government is being warned it will face “action” if it takes a partisan approach to lay offs in the public service.But Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley has stopped short of saying just what that...
View ArticleLayoff let-down
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is very disappointed that it was not informed by Government that 3,000 public sector workers in Barbados were being laid off...
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Green fair provides ideas
Dian Small of ‘Living Irie’ selling and explaining the use of her incense sticks to a patron.Hastings Rock was the place to be yesterday for persons with ideas on making Barbados green, those who...
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She’s Royal
Tributes poured and came from beyond the designated speakers as colleagues, family and friends stood up to speak of the extraordinary woman, Daphlin Angela Browne.She was toasted and complimented last...
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Heritage festival at the Garrison
Manager of Sapphire Batik Creations, Louise Jordan (left) explains pieces of her work to Patron of the Festival, Monica Drayton, wife of Central Bank Governor, Delisle Worrell who is at right.Barbados...
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NUPW to discuss layoffs with members
NUPW General Secretary Dennis ClarkeThe National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) will have something to say about the pending job cus in the civil service, but only after it has spoken with its...
View ArticleDrop in fuel prices
Barbadians will see as much as $12.24 in savings in fuel products today.Effective midnight last night, the prices of petroleum products were reduced.The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – known...
View ArticleBridgetown fire
Firefighters are battling a major chemical blaze at the Bridgetown Sewage Plant in Lakes Folly.The area immediately surrounding the plant and as far as Jubilee Gardens has been evacuated.Motorists and...
View ArticleCut size of Cabinet, Arthur says
Former leader Owen Arthur is telling Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to immediately cut the size of his Cabinet and reduce the number of social entitlement programmes.Arthur says this must be done...
View ArticleAlarm raised
Workers and residents of the Lake’s Folly in The City had a scare this afternoon, as a major fire at the Bridgetown Sewage Treatment Plant disrupted the usual slumber of the district.Chief Fire...
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The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus is hoping, through the opening of its renewable energy teaching and research laboratory, to assist with the expansion of the renewable energy...
View ArticleIDB funding for coastal zone
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Barbados recently signed a non-reimbursable Technical Cooperation for Capacity Building for Ecosystem Services Valuation and Integrated...
View ArticleUpdate on deadly soft drink
Both the Barbados Standards Institute and the Department of Commerce have been made aware of a potentially hazardous soft drink believed to be on the market in Barbados.However, efforts by Barbados...
View ArticleInnogen innovating
Innogen Technologies is expected to bring a new product to the market that should help customers with massive energy storage capacity.Chief innovation officer Mark Hill told Barbados TODAY his...
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Fire tests emergency plan
Sirens could be heard from all directions of Bridgetown as police, Fire Service, Defence Force and Roving Response personnel responded to what was initially being treated as a chemical fire at the...
View ArticleRecession will not stop QEH
The current economic climate will not stop the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) from improving its quality service.Speaking to the media earlier today on...
View Article100-year-old paper found in containers
A new hotel, Moana, is about to open on Kalakaaua Avenue on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.Additionally, starting next year an American company from San Francisco will start installing a new wireless...
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Regional rating agency backs job cuts
Caribbean credit rating agency CariCRIS is backing the belt-tightening measures announced by Government.Wayne Dass, the chief executive officer of the Trinidad-based agency, says the writing was on the...
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It’s unfortunate
The position which will see 3,000 public servants placed on the breadline between January 15 and March 15, 2014, is “unfortunate” and “clearly . . . a situation whereGovernment had no other...
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