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BHTA says Government still too slow with concessions
With several hotels here gearing up to pump millions of dollars into the ailing economy this coming summer, the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) is complaining that Government is still too...
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BWA expects dye test results this week
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is this week expecting to receive the findings from dye test samples taken from the vicinity of new injection wells on the sewage-infested south coast. BWA General...
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Changes to national drug formulary effective April 1
Effective April 1, there will be changes to the Barbados National Drug Formulary, which will involve the deletion of some drugs and the addition of others. Persons who benefit from free drugs under the...
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FTC on the lookout for price fixing
The island’s consumer protection, fair competition and utility regulatory body is warning that never again will companies here get away with violating competition laws. While making it clear that there...
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City run
I’m running for The City, so what! With that public declaration, this island’s best known prostitute threw her hat into the political ring, as Barbadians anxiously await the announcement of a date for...
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Scathing British Telegraph report on Barbados
Barbados’ tourism image has been cast in a very negative light in its main source market as a result of the ongoing sewage crisis. In a scathing article which carried the headline, The stench of...
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Back to the drawing board
Barbados’ tsunami readiness was tested today during the Caribe Wave 2018 exercise, which saw simultaneous evacuations taking place in Holetown, St James. But while Director of the Department of...
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Wait over!
The long wait is over for immigration officers, who are due to move to new headquarters at the beginning of next month after seven years of waiting, agitation and protests, including working half day...
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Big T20 bucks for local clubs
Though veteran Barbadian and West Indies cricket stars and administrators would not pronounce definitively how much the practices in society have to do with the current demise of the regional game,...
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Insulting!
Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy has responded with shock and disappointment to what he terms an “obviously biased” and “scathing” report published on Thursday by the...
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BLP ‘sad and shame’ over British newspaper report
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has described as a sad commentary that “speaks to the decay of our country”, a scathing report in the British newspaper, the Telegraph, on the vexing sewage crisis....
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Don’t be fooled by the Bees, warns Lashley
A senior Government minister is today accusing the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration of leaking its own draft manifesto. Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth Stephen Lashley made...
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Copycat Bees!
The leader of the less than three-year-old Solutions Barbados, Grenville Phillips II, is accusing the 80-year-old Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of copying several of his party’s ideas and passing them...
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Bees embraces leaked manifesto
The main Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is seeking to turn the premature release of its 2018 election manifesto from a possible calamity into a plus. And while endorsing the document that is...
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No more freeze!
The freezing order, which has prevented former Executive Chairman of CLICO International Life Insurance Limited Leroy Parris from accessing $4.5 million in assets belonging to him and his private...
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On notice
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has put telecommunications company Flow on notice that it must offer certain guaranteed standards for its fixed-lined services as part of the standards of service...
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Adult industry gets behind Natlee’s candidacy
One day after notorious prostitute Natalee Natlee Harewood confirmed her intention to contest the upcoming general election, the organized sex industry here is throwing its support behind her. Charles...
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Mara Thompson ‘jumped ship’ – BLP
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is painting a picture of the incumbent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) as one that is drowning in a sea of confusion and uncertainty, forcing its representative in St John...
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GG on leave until April 6
Governor General, Dame Sandra Mason, will travel to London on official and vacation leave from today, Saturday, March 17, to Friday, April 6. Her Excellency will be accompanied by her Aide-de-Camp,...
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Dye tracing test results delayed
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is still awaiting the results of dye tracing testing conducted on the first injection well. Director of Engineering at the BWA, Charles Leslie, has explained that the...
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