Cancer medicine Vidatox launched
Cancer patients in Barbados can now enjoy a better quality of life, thanks to the medical research being undertaken in the Cuban Republic. Today, Queen Elizabeth Hospital radiologist Dr Shazad...
View ArticleStill no settlement
It was a wait-and-see state of affairs late tonight as Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo continued her effort to bring a settlement to the eight-day strike by Portvale Sugar Factory workers.Up...
View ArticleSugar deal!
There’s finally been a deal struck to end the sugar impasse.It has just been announced, after more than eight hours of talks, that there’s a settlement in the dispute between the Barbados Workers’...
View ArticleSugar strike ends
After six days of intense and sometimes charged negotiations under the chairmanship of Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo, the crippling Portvale Sugar Factory strike is over.Agreement in the...
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WALK HOLY
As Bajans look to a range of activities, including fetes and shows, over the Easter weekend, the head of the Roman Catholic Church is raising concerns about how Barbados now treats the holiest period...
View ArticleJob cuts yet
The private sector is being hit by more layoffs.Just how many more Barbadians will go on the breadline is still unclear, but Barbados Workers’ Union general secretary Sir Roy Trotman confirmed this...
View ArticleBUT elections go high-tech
The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) used new technology and decentralized voting for the first time as they went to the polls to select a new executive today.Teachers were able to cast their votes,...
View ArticleMore secure
Barbadians’ deposits in credit unions will now receive guaranteed protection in the event that a credit union fails.That is because the credit union movement has been given the green light to establish...
View ArticleBank glitches no cause for fraud worry
The banking system in Barbados is robust and safe.This assurance came from president of the Barbados Bankers Association, Glyne Harrison, as he responded to queries regarding occasional disruption in...
View ArticleMan charged with ganja crop find
A 35-year-old man has been charged in connection with this morning’s discovery of a marijuana farm in St. David’s Village.Terry Haynes, a resident of Welch Village, St. John, who was detained during...
View ArticlePostman charged with importing drugs
A postman is facing four drug charges, including importing cannabis, almost three months after a package containing the illegal drug was found at the General Post Office.Ondrea Griffin, 39, of Waverly...
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Barbadian cricketer injured in accident
Barbadian cricketer Kemar Roach had a close call this morning when he apparently lost control of his V8 BMW under slippery road conditions at Wanstead Drive, St Michael around 7.10.According to...
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Back to work
Grinding of cane at the Portvale Sugar Factory is due to resume this afternoon following strike action.And factory manager Raphael O’Neal tells Barbados TODAY the facility is scheduled to receive the...
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On show
Event coordinator Lynne WilliamsLocally created arts and craft are on show at the Easter craft fair underway at Limegrove Lifestyle Centre.Some 40 vendors are taking part in the activity being held for...
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Private security companies eye self-regulation
Oral Reid, chairman of the Barbados chapter of the Caribbean Association of Security Professionals.Private security companies throughout Barbados have started a process that could lead to...
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Disabled beach training
by George Alleyne Some members of Breakfast Club of Barbados (BCB) Council for the Disabled are today at Browne’s Beach in a training session focused on the use of recently acquired beach...
View ArticleOut on bail
The postman accused of importing drugs is out on $12,000 bail.Thirty-nine-year old Ondrea Griffin of Waverly Cot, St George, who appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court today, is due to return...
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Remanded
Terry Haynes (r) being led into the police vehicle.Thirty-five year old Terry Haynes has been remanded to prison after appearing in the District “A” Magistrate Court today in connection with Friday’s...
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Grinding losses
Leslie Parris, general manager of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company.by Emmanuel JosephGrinding of canes has finally resumed in this year’s sugar crop, but Barbados will end up producing much...
View Article11 mothers to be honoured
Eleven mothers –– one from each parish –– will be honoured at Mum, This One’s For You 14 on Sunday.Special tribute will also be paid to the mothers of oustanding Barbadians, including those of...
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