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The private sector is failing agriculture miserably. What’s more, it is partly to blame for Barbados’ annual untenable billion-dollar import bill.That was the frank assessment of chief executive...
View ArticleGood customer service ‘one way out’
As the country continues to feel the brunt of the current economic climate, it is important that every Barbadian understand that one of the avenues out of it is the practice of good customer...
View ArticleBICO exports again?
After a four-and-a-half year hiatus, local ice cream company BICO Limited will be exporting again. And St Vincent will be the first stop.In fact, general manager Jo-anne Pooler said negotiations with a...
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Learn well, kids!
There are many children in Africa who cannot go to school and get an education, because they cannot afford it. You are getting it free here in Barbados; so take advantage of it.This was the important...
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Preparing for parade
Tomorrow should be one of fun and masquerade for the students of St Lawrence Primary School, when they take to the streets in a grand parade.Coinciding with the school’s African Awareness Week...
View ArticleAbandon it!
Outspoken former St Michael South-East MP Hamilton Lashley has some advice for his former leader, the current Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP).In an...
View ArticlePrepaid care
Insurance companies in Barbados will soon be asked to pay upfront for the treatment of persons with chronic diseases.The revelation came this morning from chairman of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation,...
View ArticleMottley sees imminent danger
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley is suggesting that the local health care and education sectors are in danger of being destroyed due to Government’s budget cuts.Mottley added that the competitiveness of...
View ArticleMotorists advised to park and ride
Lawmen are advising motorists to park and ride as they prepare to deal with one of their busiest and most challenging days.In excess of 11,000 people are expected converge on The City tomorrow for six...
View ArticleQC head worried about impact of tuition cuts
In light of Government’s announced proposal to discontinue paying tuition fees from September, the principal of one secondary school is appealing to financial institutions to offer loans to students...
View ArticleWe must own legal system, says Comissiong
If we are to engage in self-repair, we must own the legal system, says attorney-at-law David Comissiong.He made this observation last night during a panel discussion on the topic: Self Reparations:...
View ArticleGarden Land in need too
After spending $13 million of the $60 million Inter-American Development Bank loan, residents of the Garden Land, St Michael, which is one of the areas targeted for upgrading, are still without...
View ArticleHealthy lifestyle campaign launched
A major campaign that’s aimed at encouraging healthy lifestyles has been launched in Barbados.The drive, which will be taken to the public for the first time during this weekend’s Agrofest in Queen’s...
View ArticleDonville blasts Mia for boycott
Immature and disrespectful!That’s how outspoken Government minister Donville Inniss describes Opposition Leader Mia Mottley’s decision to boycott the 375th anniversary celebrations of Parliament...
View ArticleProtesters misled
Protesters in Venezuela are paving the way for a foreign attack or invasion similar to the Libyan case, the bullet that shot a protesting regional beauty queen came from the crowd, and the protesters...
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Pilgrim on gender equality
Attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim Attorney-at-law Andrew Pilgrim wants to see more women standing up for their rights and speaking out against gender discrimination by challenging the court...
View ArticleLet’s talk
Last minute management decisions to meet with the Barbados Workers Union over their processes of layoffs – have averted possible industrial action at three statutory bodies.General secretary of the...
View Article‘Govt disrespecting country’
The island’s most powerful trade union is accusing the Freundel Stuart-led Cabinet of disrespecting the country by not putting the alternative economic plan of senior Minister Dr David Estwick in the...
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Celebrating in style
Overcast skies and a slight cooling breeze greeted the Earl and Countess of Wessex, as the royal couple arrived at the Parliament Buildings to help celebrate this country’s 375th anniversary of its...
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More than a month
African Awareness Month may have come to an end today, but, at the Vauxhall Primary School, African consciousness will live on.That’s because at that school African awareness is not constricted to the...
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