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‘Swindled’

Local businessman Michael Power speaking to the press. The Royal Barbados Police Force has been called into a trade dispute between a local engineering and construction firm and a chemicals company in...

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Man charged with murder of grand daughter

68-year-old Winfield Nurse. Sixty-eight-old Winfield Nurse, has been charged with murdering his grand-daughter, Rasheida Bascombe, who went missing 11 years ago. This afternoon, the Accommodation Road,...

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Community centres coming

Minister of Youth, Stephen Lashley showing Wu Gangchen areas to be renovated. The government of the Republic of China will partner with the Barbados Government on the construction and/ or renovation of...

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A heart for kids

Deborah Gittens of Cancer Support Services (right) accepting on behalf of the organisation. Children in Barbados with chronic non-communicable diseases and special needs are to get further assistance...

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Most DEO’s functioning

Twenty-four of the island’s 30 district emergency organisations are up and running, and Department of Emergency Management officials say the operational ones are prepared to pick up any shortfall. At a...

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Welfare for health

by Emmanuel Joseph Dorothy Cooke-Johnson A worrying number of Barbadians are now demanding welfare in order to buy out-of-reach cancer treatment drugs that could save their lives. In an exclusive...

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45 gone from DaCosta Manning

The streamlining of DaCosta Manning retail stores has resulted in 45 employees going home. Executive Directive for Retail, Paul Rowe, explained this morning that 35 workers had accepted voluntary...

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OLD PAIN

The historic Garrison. Barbados’ coveted inscription of Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has turned out to be a significant financial and planning headache for one...

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The spoils

by Roy R. Morris Democratic Labour Party candidate for St. Joseph, Dennis Holder, might have lost the electoral battle, but it appears he has won the war — of sorts. Barbados TODAY investigations...

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PAC on attack

by Shawn Cumberbatch Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee is investigating concerns about Government’s finances. And Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley, who chairs the body, disclosed today that...

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Dengue cases rise 300%

The first case of death by dengue fever for the year has been recorded. And the number of cases so far this year is almost three times as many as for the corresponding period last year. This was...

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Prophet predicts quake

by Emmanuel Joseph Apostle Steve Hunt with his “tools” of prediction. One of the unsuccessful “independent” candidates in the February 2013 general elections, who purports to be a prophet, is...

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Two drug busts in St. Lucy

Police now have in their custody a boat and more than 838 pounds of cannabis, but no suspects, following their latest drugs seizure. Last night, officers from the Drug Squad, the Regional Security...

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Information security critical

Security is a critical component in an effective information and communications infrastructure, whether for public service operations or for private enterprise. Acting Minister of Industry,...

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Body found in sea

Police and Coast Guard removing the body from rocks today. Police in Barbados have identified the man whose body was pulled from the sea at Welches, Christ Church this morning. Up to news time,...

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Central Bank tightening up

Banks doing business in Barbados should not look forward to any let up in Central Bank of Barbados regulation. The financial institution has issued a new “consolidated supervision framework” suggesting...

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Debt unknown

Mystery surrounds the exact amount of money corporate and individual tax payers owe Government, with the passage of time, staff and technological issues proving major stumbling blocks to resolving the...

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PAC agenda

Following are the major points that engaged the attention of the Public Accounts Committee when it met in the Senate chamber today. * $2.466 million per month for debt and salary and wages paid to...

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BARE JOKE

From left: Minister Dr. Denis Lowe, Permanent Secretary Edison Alleyne and Acting Director of CZMU, Dr. Lorna Inniss as they received their dive certificates today. Stopping short of calling littering...

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Show proof

Millions of dollars in financial dealings by the state-owned National Housing Corporation by Shawn Cumberbatch Millions of dollars in financial dealings by the state-owned National Housing Corporation...

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