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Colombians arrested and charged
Police have arrested and charged two Colombians in connection with a number of fraud related offences committed between October 17 and 18. They are 27-year-old Jorge Luis Cruz Rodriguez and 23-year-old...
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Tudor on the mend
Former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Member of Parliament Joseph Johnny Tudor is said to be on the mend after suffering a mild heart attack last Friday. His wife Rosanna Tudor told Barbados TODAY this...
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Bra on
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is insisting that Government did not miss the deadline for the subsumption of the Customs & Excise Department into the revenue collection agency, the Barbados...
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Mock money
Stripteasers at some adult entertainment clubs here are being short-changed as some of the patrons who go cheek-by-jowl with them pay with counterfeit currency, which then makes its way into wider...
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Sinckler urges retailers to follow the rules
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is strongly rebuking businesses that pass the recently introduced National Social Responsibility Levy on to their customers. The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) last...
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Dead wrong!
Minister of Education Ronald Jones is promising to “shatter” the “grunge” that has been reported about the education system in Barbados recently. Making reference to recent reports from a senior...
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Two sudden resignations at Flow
Telecommunications giant Flow has been hit by two sudden resignations. Head of Marketing Shelly Ann Hee Chung and Vice President of Cable & Wireless Business Jaggernauth Dass have parted ways with...
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50th celebrations boycott
Member of Parliament for St Joseph Dale Marshall said he planned to boycott the activities for the climax of the 50th anniversary of Independence, claiming there was nothing to celebrate. Prime...
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Six weeks and counting
Six straight weeks! That’s how long residents in an area known as Gay’s in St Peter say they have now been without running water flowing through their taps. And to make matters worse, outspoken...
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Byer-Suckoo reacts to union president’s demotion
As far as Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo is concerned, there was no foul play involved in the removal of President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Akanni McDowall from his...
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Dismissal of iMart cashier raises eyebrows
The Labour Department is said to be looking into the recent dismissal of Tammy Edwards, who is now popularly known as the Eyebrow Girl, by iMart convenience store. About two weeks ago Edwards posted a...
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GG winding down school visits
In a matter of weeks, once all goes according to plan, Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave would have visited every single primary school in Barbados. He made that announcement this morning during...
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Digital direction
Send and receive money digitally, educate children digitally, and attract tourists while building businesses with pop culture. Those were the offerings when three next generation professionals came...
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Vehicle overturns at Warrens
Police say no injuries were reported. However, traffic was slowed to a crawl this morning after a motor vehicle overturned at Warrens, St Michael. The accident occurred around 8 A.M. after a female...
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St Peter woman arrested and charged
A 26-year-old St Peter woman has been arrested and charged with occasioning serious bodily harm in relation to a stabbing incident which occurred on October 22 at Dira’s Bar, Reed Street, St Michael....
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Police officer dies suddenly
The Royal Barbados Police Force is mourning the death of one of its members. Acting Station Sergeant, Elvis Grafton Foster, 55, of Lodge Hill, St Michael, died suddenly sometime after 8 p.m. on October...
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Flow Study help
Students preparing for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) can now choose when, how and...
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Falling growth
Government’s hopes of a near two per cent expansion in the Barbados economy this year are now all but dashed, based on the latest report issued today by Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell. At the...
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Still hurting
At one point Tuesday, Kenville Maynard planned to visit his daughter Shakira Shepherd’s grave, but he simply could not do it. On the first anniversary of Shakira’s tragic death, Maynard did not believe...
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It’s Rubbish!
Fresh from a recent bout of illness, a tough talking Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe Tuesday laid to waste any suggestion that Government intended to privatize the Sanitation Service...
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