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Only two options for Government – Comissiong
Social activist David CommissionSocial activist, David Comissiong, wants the Freundel Stuart administration to form a government of national unity or call fresh general elections.“Those are the only...
View ArticleUnions under fire
A promised state of the economy address by the Barbados Labour Party did not come off as planned last night.But the party continued with its People’s Assembly forums – the latest at the St George...
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Minister: All schools contribute
Stressing that private secondary schools have made a tremendous contribution to the development of education in Barbados, Education Minister, Ronald Jones, told past and present students of the Unique...
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Smoking S.O.S
Hadyn Chandler, wearing his oxygen mask, holding the 42 different medications he has to take every day.Hayden Chandler, who has been smoking for 40 years, is now addicted instead to stopping people...
View ArticleSmooth ride
At a time when Government has embarked on a programme to develop alternative sources of energy to reduce the import bill of fossil fuel, businessman Ralph Bizzy Williams is stamping his authority as a...
View ArticleDon’t legalize it
A prominent local church leader has warned thatBarbados must guard against any international pressure tolegalize marijuana.Senator David Durant, one of the latest individuals togive his word on...
View ArticlePIPE DREAM
It appears the month-end deadline Government has set tohave its retrenchment programme started could be nothingmore than a pipe dream.This as one union involved in the process reports that ithas not...
View ArticleDon’t judge them!
Don’t shoot the messenger!Well–known attorney, David Comissiong has blasted Prime Minister Freundal Stuart and AttorneyGeneral Adriel Brathwaite for what he believed were “veil” threats directed at...
View ArticleBajans impress Canadian recruiters
Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo says Barbadians looking for work in the Canadian markets have been impressing recruiters.Speaking over the weekend as a two-day job fair at the Lloyd Erskine...
View ArticleRevamp social partnership
A former head of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is calling for a major revamping of the Social Partnership.Mark Thompson, who served as BCCI president between 2004 and 2006, told...
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Tons of talent
Lyn’l was arguably the act of the night.Barbados has talent. Lots of it. And Sunday night’s Honey Jazz Concert at Frank Collymore Hall provided compelling evidence of that.The event, a fund-raiser that...
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Conquerors!
They came, they saw and they conquered.Keyla Harewood and Agyai Haynes now have bragging rights at Harrison College after being crowned Queen and King of the Colombian Emeralds Kolij Runway.Harewood...
View ArticleGuyanese man on drug charges
A Guyanese man who arrived in Barbados yesterday will appear in court tomorrow on four drug charges after 39 pounds of cannabis were found in his luggage.Uche Omotosho Adesima Blair, 42 years of Buxton...
View ArticleThree men shot in St John
Lawmen are investigating a shooting incident that occurred about 3.45 pm today, in the area of Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Small Town, St John in which three men, all residents of the parish, were...
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St John Carnival
While many spent Errol Barrow Day in quite reflection yesterday, hundreds of people took to the streets of the constituency which the Father of Independence represented for many years to take part in...
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Needy increasing, donations falling
Two non-governmental organizations are reporting an increase in the number of people who are seeking assistance through their various programmes.However, a decrease in donations for one of those...
View ArticleNUPW boss stepping down
General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers, Dennis Clarke, will be stepping down from that position at the end of October.Clarke made this disclosure today as the NUPW faces one of its...
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Sick child turned away
The shortage of a doctor at the Glebe Polyclinic, St George, has led to an asthmatic child suffering with a pain in his chest being turned away around 2:30 p.m. today.In an interview with the Barbados...
View ArticleNo crime wave
Former head of the National Council of Substance Abuse (NCSA), Yolande Forde, says she does not agree with those who suggest that the impending layoffs in the public service will lead to an upsurge in...
View ArticleQuestions raised about possible civil unrest
Is the Freundel Stuart administration gearing up for possible civil unrest in the country following the announcement of layoffs in the public sector?Attorney-at-law and vice-president of the People’s...
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