‘It’s slavery’
A local religious leader has likened illegal drug use to slavery and has committed his ministry to rescuing young people from the scourge. Pastor of Empowerment International Ministries Roger Husbands...
View ArticleMcClean sees broken trident as symbol of patriotism
Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Maxine McClean today presented the commemorative broken trident as a symbol of nationalism, saying she was hoping it would ignite a greater sense of patriotism in...
View ArticleFacelift for Westbury Primary
When the bell rings to begin the new academic year on September 12, Westbury Primary School will have a new look and feel to it. The Bridgetown educational institution was one of two schools to undergo...
View Article‘e-book revolution’ being held back
Local and regional publishers are holding back the e-book revolution and denying students access to electronic textbooks, one online bookstore has claimed. Caribbean Shared Educational Resources...
View ArticleBRA on at last
The long-delayed transition of customs officers to the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) is finally set to take effect from October 1. Acting Head of the Civil Service Sonja Welch made the disclosure at...
View Article‘Stop poor-on-poor crime’
It is time to end the black-on-black and poor-on-poor crime in Barbados. That was the fervent appeal today by this country’s Ambassador to the Caribbean Community and retired politician Robert Bobby...
View ArticleOpposition wants commencement date for Sam Lord’s Castle hotel
Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate for St Philip South Indar Weir is calling on the Freundel Stuart administration to give Barbadians a clear timeline for the commencement of the construction of the...
View ArticleHistorian wants Bajan cure for NCDs
Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM Robert Bobby Morris is challenging the island’s youths to lead the charge for solutons to the epidemic of non-communicable diseases that inflict the country. Speaking...
View ArticleSign up
Barbados could woo more tourists by signing onto the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), an international environmental treaty that has so far not enticed many Caribbean governments. That was the...
View ArticleSBA releases start-up e-toolkit
It should now be easier for Barbadians seeking to start a business to access financing and other assistance. The Small Business Association (SBA) yesterday officially launched a comprehensive Small...
View ArticleWatch where you allow people to build – CDEMA
The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is advising regional states to view the recent observance of the first anniversary of Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica as a...
View ArticleHolder wants credit unions involved in guarantee fund
The Small Business Association (SBA) is calling for the inclusion of credit unions in the government programme to make it easier for small businesses to access funding. Credit unions are not among...
View ArticleSudden death in St Philip
Police are investigating the sudden death of a 42-year-old man at Oldbury, St Philip last night. The deceased was discovered in a semiconscious state in the driver’s seat of a motor van which was...
View ArticleCherece is on top again
Last year’s winner of the Richard Stoute Teen Talent Competition, Cherece Richards, is on top again. This time, the 16-year-old is showing that she has more than just a powerful voice, creating history...
View ArticleRetirement with no regrets
His t-shirt says it all: “RETIRED. Earned it. Living it. Loving it!” After 36 years on the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) and working under five Commissioners of Police, Kenneth Tony Carrington...
View ArticleCalls to revise gov’t grant financing qualification
Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Professor Eudine Barriteau, has appealed to Government to raise the minimum income qualifying threshold for its Higher Education...
View ArticleUPDATE – St Philip death: deceased identified
Police have formally identified the man who died on Oldbury Road, St Philip last night as 42-year-old Everton Hamilton Weekes of Passage Road, St Michael. Weekes was discovered in a semiconscious state...
View ArticleUntimely death leaves Weekes family in shock
When Everton Hamilton Weekes went to give a friend a ride home last night neither he nor his family thought he would not make it back. The 42-year-old government messenger of Passage Road, St Michael...
View ArticleBreakthrough in St Lucy murder probe
Police tonight reported a breakthrough in their investigations into the recent shooting death of 49-year-old Andre Hinds of Northumberland, St Lucy. A statement from public relations officer, Acting...
View ArticleTropical wave affecting Barbados
A tropical wave is affecting Barbados tonight. According to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), the weather system is accompanied by a broad area of low pressure located about 300 miles...
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