GG offers Kerryann Ifill as role model
Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave yesterday advised students of the Irving Wilson School they should follow in the footsteps of the President of the Senate Kerryann Ifill. Sir Elliott told the...
View ArticleBMEX tour
Loretta Lady Belgrave, wife of Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, toured the annual BMEX exhibition this morning. Lady Belgrave interacted with several students as she toured a number of school...
View ArticleExpedia salutes Barbados
The scenic Charles Fort at Needham’s Point was the venue on Thursday evening as Barbados was recognized by the international travel search engine Expedia for its tourism performance. The company’s...
View ArticleNew mindset needed
The manufacturing sector is poised to play a significant role in the future growth of Barbados’ economy. However, some key changes must be made in order for this to be achieved, officials say....
View ArticleBajan brand under threat, warns McKay
Executive Director of the Barbados Manufacturers Association (BMA) Bobbi McKay is promising to weed out a “renegade practice” which she says is re-emerging in the manufacturing sector. Addressing the...
View ArticleBMEX delights
The Poinsettia room at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre has been transformed into one massive food court for BMEX 2016. And today patrons made full use of the opportunity to sample many local...
View ArticleArawak reports turnaround
After it was forced to embark on comprehensive restructuring last year, the St Lucy-based Arawak Cement Company Limited is reporting a financial turnaround. In a statement yesterday, the company did...
View ArticleTemporary relief promised to White Hill
In the wake of concerns expressed by St Andrew residents and their parliamentary representative George Payne, the Ministry of Transport and Works has given the assurance that it has not abandoned...
View ArticleBMEX alarm
The emergency alarm system at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre was triggered on Saturday afternoon, resulting in an orderly exit of the building by scores of patrons and exhibitors at BMEX 2016. The...
View ArticleWanted man
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a St Michael man in connection with serious criminal matters. Wanted is Ronald Raheim Rudder, 22, of 1st Avenue Gills Gap, Eagle Hall. Rudder is...
View ArticleThree cars collide at Bennetts, St Thomas
Police are on the scene of a three-car collision at Bennetts, St Thomas. More details to come.
View ArticleBMEX 2016 impresses PM
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart took a detailed tour of BMEX 2016 yesterday evening stopping at almost every booth to talk with exhibitors and hear of their production plans and constraints. Barbados...
View ArticleMiss Barbados Universe is back!
The once popular Miss Universe Barbados is back after a near ten-year break. The newly established Crown Events Inc. announced yesterday that it had acquired the right to produce the national event...
View ArticleWesleyan head challenges church to rise up
By Emmanuel Joseph More than 3,000 Wesleyans from all 38 member churches across Barbados gathered at the historic Kensington Oval for their first National Assembly in the denomination’s 102 year...
View ArticleChild advocates demand better of men
Amid growing concern about child abuse in Barbados, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite and child advocates have issued a joint call for men to do more to protect children. Action for Justice and its...
View ArticleBajan manufacturers Cuba bound
Barbados will begin exporting some of its manufactured goods to Cuba in a matter of months, Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce, Donville Inniss, said today. The Minister made that...
View ArticleThousands attend Chefette Fun Run
Just under 5, 000 people came out on Sunday to support the fourth annual Chefette Fun Run, one of the island’s biggest charity events. Families, friends, community groups and popular faces from...
View ArticleThree injured in early morning accident
Two men had to undergo surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a third was injured following a serious accident in the wee hours of this morning. According to police, Romar Morris, 29 of Fitts...
View ArticleMan wounded at Kingsland
A Christ Church man is nursing injuries after being wounded in an incident, which occurred last night around 7.45 p.m. Jarad Chase, 28, of Wotton, Christ Church was slashed several times while he was...
View ArticleCable & Wireless is out, Liberty Global is in
Cable & Wireless, the company that operates here as Flow, is no more. The American, British-based telecommunications giant Liberty Global today announced that it has completed the acquisition of...
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