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Stop stubborn resistance to IMF, Government told
The Freundel Stuart administration is again being advised to rethink its obdurate position on International Monetary Fund (IMF) support for the stuttering economy. Adamant that increased taxes were not...
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Barbados counts losses from LIAT strike
Last week’s industrial action by pilots of cash-strapped regional carrier LIAT impacted significantly on Barbados’ Caribbean tourism thrust, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy has revealed. Speaking to...
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Breach of trust
A man in his mid-50s will spend the next two years behind bars for indecently assaulting an 11-year-old girl back in 2012. Madam Justice Michelle Weekes imposed the sentence on Ian Elsworth Royer of...
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Wyndham officials to visit
Representatives of the international hotel chain Wyndham are due here next week for a two-day visit during which they will meet with top tourism officials. In a statement released today by the Barbados...
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Guyanese nationals charged with raping girl
Two Guyanese nationals, a man and woman, are now on remand after appearing in a Bridgetown Court on a rape charge. It is alleged that Carla Alexis Martin, 37, and Sean Christopher Nelson, 29, both of...
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New regional carriers likely to fail, says Sealy
New airlines attempting to break into the regional air transport sector are likely fail due to the number of unprofitable routes, according to Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard...
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Teen burglar remanded
A 15-year-old boy was remanded to the Government Industrial School Wednesday after confessing to 14 counts of burglary. The Christ Church teen who reportedly does not attend school frequently, told...
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Jamaican manufacturers eyeing Barbados market
Jamaican manufacturers and producers are hoping to make a splash in the Barbados market when that island’s trade and investment promotion agency, JAMPRO, embarks on a trade mission here starting next...
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More fallout
Economist Jeremy Stephen has poured further cold water on Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler’s recent Budget, saying it had not taken into consideration the serious threat posed by de-risking to the...
View ArticleMillion dollar theft case adjourned
The High Court has adjourned, until September, the trial of a clerical officer accused of stealing over a million dollars belonging to the Psychiatric Hospital. Anderson Ryan Ince of Hannays Road, St...
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Tourism sector to be exempt from NSRL, reveals Myers
The crucial tourism sector is to receive a major reprieve with its exemption from the controversial National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL) announced as part of Government’s recent austerity Budget....
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Teacher freed of rape charge
A male schoolteacher walked out of the High Court Wednesday free of a 2002 rape charge. The educator, who was 43 years old at the time of the alleged offence, had been accused of having sexual...
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Oh no, Blackett!
Government is being told that it must not use the homeless to score cheap political points. President of the Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society (BVHS) Kemar Saffrey is expressing outrage that...
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Tensions rising
Pressure is building at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds with officers said to be close to breaking point. This revelation was made Thursday by attorney-at-law Gregory Nicholls, the legal representative for...
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Cries heard
Seventy-one-year-old Ordene Forde could soon wake up from her perennial nightmare to a home fit for habitation. Following the publication by Barbados TODAY earlier this week of a story about the...
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Single mothers at a disadvantage – Strickland
A retired National Insurance Scheme (NIS) officer has charged that unemployed single mothers are being disadvantaged by some of the government agency’s regulations, and not receiving benefits he...
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Farewell Nikan
Nine-year-old Nikan Andre Legall had a big heart, a spirit that was second to none and was loved by many. This was reflected in the large crowd of mourners, including Nikan’s former classmates from the...
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Barbadians warned to change their eating habits
With 60 per cent of the beds in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) occupied by persons afflicted with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), retired medical practitioner Dr Maurice Smith is urging...
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PSV operators want $3 bus fare
The joint committee representing public service vehicle (PSV) owners and operators has written to Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler demanding an increase in bus fares. In the letter dated June 14,...
View ArticleStill no joy for CLICO policyholders
Frustration is said to be mounting among CLICO policyholders as they await the Supreme Court’s final approval of the transfer of their policies to a new company, Resolution Life Insurance Limited...
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