Industry can ‘survive fallout’
The head of the Financial Services Commission is insisting the industry is strong enough to withstand the fallout from Government’s plan to send home 3,000 workers.Acting chief executive officer...
View Article‘Level with us’
Economist Clyde Mascoll is calling on the Freundel Stuart administration to “level with” Barbadians regarding the true state of the economy, and give them full explanation regarding the fiscal...
View ArticleBES issues word of caution to Govt on concessions
The Barbados Economic Society (BES) is issuing a word of caution to Government when it comes to offering concessions.This comes in light of the recent International Monetary Fund 2013 Article IV...
View ArticleTwisting my words
Professor George Belle has adamantly restated his position that the Freundel Stuart Government could fall before its five-year term ends, and flayed detractors for misrepresenting his past statements...
View ArticleLIME: Greater data demand
Telecommunications company LIME is seeing an increase in the number of customers shifting from prepaid to postpaid services as the demand for increased data continues to trend upward.Head of products...
View ArticleCall for more awareness of mental health
The awareness of mental health is much greater today when compared to previous years.However, in an interview with Barbados TODAY recently at a presentation held at the Psychiatric hospital in Black...
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Mottley in talks
Mia Mottley is this week beginning talks on Barbados’ economy and its management with two of the three outfits that make up the island’s Social Partnership, unions and the private sector.Announcing her...
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I can communicate
The tiny tots at the St Giles’ Nursery School are learning that communication is much more than speaking.From January this year they discovered why people communicate, its importance, methods of...
View ArticleEarthquake rocks Barbados
Residents in several parts of Barbados, including the north and east of the island, were literally shaken out of their sleep this morning, as a tremor affected the island.The US Geological Survey...
View ArticleNo need to panic
The acting director of the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies is telling Barbadians not to panic.Dr Erouscilla Joseph tells Barbados TODAY there’s no need to worry about a...
View ArticleMissing woman found
A 24-year-old woman who had been reported missing since February 9, has been found.Police said in a brief statement that Salyra Eugene James, of Burkes Road, St. Michael, has been traced but they did...
View ArticleQueen of the Town
She was one of the youngest competitors in this year’s Miss Holetown Queen Of The Festival pageant.But 19-year-old Zhane Padmore walked away with the coveted title, as well as several other top...
View ArticleABSURD!
A whopping $570 million per year or $48 million per month!That’s how much chartered accountant Douglas Skeete estimates that the Freundel Stuart administration would have to repay over a 30-year...
View ArticleCTUSAB hails stalwart Jackman
The late trade unionist Byron Jackman has been hailed as a stalwart of the trade union movement in Barbados.In a statement today, the umbrella Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of...
View ArticleEyes open for chikungunya virus
Health authorities in Barbados have stepped up their surveillance as cases of the chikungunya virus continue to rise in the region.Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Anton Best says while the country...
View ArticleWake-up call
As Barbadians overcome the shock of this morning’s earth tremor, which forcibly woke many from their slumber, they are being alerted to the need for effective emergency evacuation plans among families...
View ArticleCalmer Bajans
Barbadians responded to this morning’s earth tremor much better than they did to the 2007 earthquake, which had evoked panic and alarm.Lorna Inniss, acting director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit,...
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Bajans rattled by quake
The usual peace and calm with which Barbadians generally awake and usher in a brand new day was suddenly broken this morning, as the island was served a not so gentle reminder of the brute force of...
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Caring Sobers
Alvin Sobers says service is nothing new to him.Some have called his actions heroic; others have referred to them as marvellous.But Alvin Sobers told Barbados TODAY: “I was just being me.”This had to...
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UDPATE: Shooting death in the City
Travis Bramble, 28, of Spencer’s Gap, the City is Barbados’ latest murder victim.He was shot while in a car in his neighbourhood which is located just off Baxter’s Road.The incident occurred after 3...
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