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Seven escape juvenile detention facility
Police have launched an islandwide search for seven boys who escaped from the Government Industrial School at Dodds, St Philip, last night. Before their detention, the teenagers lived in the St...
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Get moving
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur thinks not enough emphasis is being placed on public sector capital works investments by the Freundel Stuart administration.Arthur raised this concern yesterday while...
View ArticleToo much focus on layoffs
David Simpson, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB), has dismissed the notion that Government’s retrenchment programme was intended to be the single step that would...
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Time to restore confidence!
The biggest concern for Barbados should be restoring confidence among investors.This suggestion from Oliver Jordan, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, who told Barbados TODAY it was imperative that the...
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Chief Town Planner Mark Cummins is disputing a claim made by the president of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lalu Vaswani, that members of the private sector have been experiencing inordinate delays...
View ArticleMajor development coming to south-east corridor, says Cummins
Following a ten-month study, Barbadians will witness major development along the south-east corridor, which stretches from St Davids, Christ Church, to Six Cross Roads, St Philip.Chief Town Planner...
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Bajans missing out on Canadian jobs
Barbadians could be missing out on more than 1,000 job opportunities in Canada.Director of the Barbados Vocational Training Board, Henderson Thompson, said today, that long distance truck drivers were...
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Disabled visitors tour island
A group of disabled visitors was able to enjoy a piece of Barbados yesterday through a tour facilitated by the Barbados Council For The Disabled (BCD) and the Ministry of Tourism. The Council For The...
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The Lester Vaughan School isn’t letting up in the fight against bullying. And, at its launch of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Programme yesterday morning, acting principal Sonja Goodridge vowed to...
View ArticleNo hearing
There was no PowerPoint presentation by Dr David Estwick in Cabinet today.In fact, the Minister’s attempt to get Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and the full team of Cabinet to consider his alternative...
View ArticleNurses uneasy about layoffs
There is a sense of unease among nurses, as Government continues with its retrenchment programme.The president of the Barbados Nurses Association, Blondelle Mullin, noted this concern last night while...
View ArticleMore cost effective
Economist Jeremy Stephens says the announcement that the Central Bank will not be issuing any new cents should not be seen as an imminent devaluation of the Barbados currency.After about 41 years of...
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Looking out for small businesses
As small businesses continue to struggle, at least one insurance company has introduced a new package it says should help them to acquire and keep insurance coverage.Sagicor General Insurance Inc. this...
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Not a myth
Authorities in Barbados are being warned not to bury their heads in the sand and believe that the issue of gang-related violence does not exist in society.This call came from anti-gang expert Dan...
View ArticleSome may be exempt from new tax policy
Barbados will be seeking to get some financial institutions exempt from the provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act (FATCA), which is expected to become fully operational by September,...
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Variety plans to bring in heart specialists
This year each person who buys a gold heart from Variety, the children’s charity, will help save a heart.That’s because, as the Variety Club noted, an estimated 15 of the 30 to 35 children born in...
View ArticleTWO TO ONE
No devaluation!That assurance from the Central Bank of Barbados this afternoon, as it rebuffed speculation that its decision to stop issuing any more one cent coins from May 7, was a precursor to...
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UAE formula
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart today met with his controversial Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick against the backdrop of failed efforts by Estwick to present alternative fiscal measures to the...
View ArticleSquare one
It appears talks between the Transport Board and the Barbados Workers Union (BWU), aimed at finding ways to minimize the impact of retrenchment at the state-run agency, are still at square...
View ArticleWickham: Don’t ignore Estwick
The controversy surrounding the current Freundel Stuart administration and one of its members, Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick, is just the beginning of a major situation that could dismantle...
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