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Potholes of gold
While Barbadian motorists are feeling the pinch as a result of damage to their vehicles caused by potholes, mechanics and tyre repairmen are raking in the dough. By all accounts, they have been having...
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Dying art
The death rattle appears to be sounding from the art forms of limbo dancing and fire eating, as well as tuk music, with fewer than ten people estimated to be practising these forms of entertainment...
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Workers first!
Lead from in front! That was the stern word of advice from Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Leader Mia Mottley to the Freundel Stuart administration this afternoon before leading a walk out of...
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Unions slam Govt over pay move
Two of this country’s trade union leaders have led a stinging condemnation of Government over the decision to restore the ten per cent taken from the salaries of parliamentarians and other senior...
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Reid: End obsolete public service syndrome
A leading public servant is calling for an end to “the obsolete public service syndrome” in order to facilitate business and improve competitiveness in Barbados and the Caribbean. Permanent Secretary...
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Education system gets two thumbs up
Barbados is being seen by one regional policymaker as a leader in an evolving Caribbean education system. Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Education Michael Browne said education in the region...
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Bayville resident shot
A 28-year-old man has been hospitalized after he was shot in his right thigh at the junction of Bayview Ave and Watermill Place, Bayview, St Michael, sometime around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The injured...
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Two men hospitalized after serious accident
Police are conducting investigations into a serious accident last night which has left two men in hospital, one of them in critical condition. The accident, involving two motor cars, occurred sometime...
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CXC e-testing begins
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) reported success as it officially launched its Electronic Testing Service to the region yesterday. Some 500 candidates from seven countries – Jamaica, Grenada,...
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US Embassy: No change to visa waiver list of countries
The U.S. Embassy to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the OECS is advising the public that, contrary to rumors, the list of countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver Programme has not changed....
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Final rest
Prison Chief Lieutenant-Colonel John Nurse Wednesday led rank and file members of the Barbados Prison Service in a rousing send off for one of their own – 50-year-old Roger Tosh McIntosh who collapsed...
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Senate agrees to stiffer penalties for employers
Employers could now face fines of up to $10,000 or imprisonment for one year if they are found to be in breach of the just approved Labour Department Amendment Act. Under the original piece of...
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Beach row
Two people who caused a disturbance on Dover Beach must be on their best behaviour for the next 12 months if they want to stay out of jail. Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant imposed the year-long bond...
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Stuart’s blessing
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart all but revealed today he would give the controversial 15-storey Hyatt Centric Resort on Lower Bay Street his blessing, with construction expected to begin sometime...
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No ruling yet in dispute involving worker with 464 sick days
The two sides in the unfair dismissal dispute between the then Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) and its former Quality Assurance Officer Constance Reid-Batson are talking again in a bid to reach an...
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Back to work
Many of the public workers laid off in 2014 as part of Government’s austerity programme are now back in the public service, claims Minister of Education Ronald Jones. In defending the decision to...
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No devaluation
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has made it clear his administration would not be “pushing any panic buttons” over the decline in foreign reserves, which stood at just 10.3 weeks of import, or $681...
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New Act should help end exploitation – Sir Roy
A picture has been painted of widespread exploitation of workers by employees who abuse loopholes and ambiguities in employment rights laws. However, retired trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman is hoping...
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Guard accused of stealing 26 TVs gets bail
A security guard from St Michael who is alleged to have stolen 26 television sets worth $26,553 was granted bail Wednesday. Linus Joel Cumberbatch, 33, of Upper Wavell Avenue, Black Rock, St Michael is...
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No more mass lay-offs, assures Sinckler
Minister of Finance is ruling out any drastic measures to lower Government spending, despite a warning by Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell that action had to be taken to...
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