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Cow itch problem will get worse, BWU warns
The cow itch infestation which recently forced the closure of Blackman and Gollop Primary School and Thelma Berry Nursery is about to get a lot worse, according to the union representing sugar workers....
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Treasury Department moving
The public is advised that the Treasury Department will be relocated to the Ground Floor, National Housing Corporation Building, Country Road, St Michael, from Wednesday, March 21. The telephone...
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Police search for driver involved in hit and run accident
Police are again appealing for the public’s assistance to help find the driver involved in a hit and run accident which resulted in 45-year-old pedestrian Ronald Knight suffering serious injuries. On...
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Two injured in accident at Welches, St Michael
Two people were injured in an accident along Welches, St Michael just after 3 p.m. Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss told Barbados TODAY the victims included a female and a...
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BRA says more than 5000 land tax bills were returned
The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) has recorded 5,125 in undelivered land tax bills and other mail from the Post Office, which were mailed since September last year. Manager, Communications and PR...
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Natlee’s blessings
The Barbados Christian Council (BXC) is not about to cast the first stone at Natalie Natlee Harewood, the notorious prostitute who announced last week her intention to contest the upcoming general...
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‘Tax on soft drinks not having desired health impact’
A leading health academic is contending that the ten per cent tax imposed on soft drinks over two-and-a-half years ago was not having the desired health effects because Government was motivated by the...
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Well done
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has used the opening of a campaign office for his party’s candidate in St Peter to heap praise on former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Stuart, who had thanked Arthur for...
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DLP hopeful wants to turn St Peter into food basket
One of the men seeking to step into former Prime Minister Owen Arthur’s shoes as Member of Parliament for St Peter believes he can turn the constituency into a shining example of self-sufficiency. The...
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Organizers want Oistins fish festival declared a national event
Organizers of the Oistins Fish Festival say the event has been in limbo for much too long, not having been designated as a national festival. And after 40 years as a cultural and entertainment showcase...
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$10,000 fix
After eight years of pleading with the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) to fix the only access road to their community, residents of Castle Rock, Cane Vale, St Thomas have decided to take matters...
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Hire us
Social workers took to the streets of the capital today in a march to commemorate World Social Workers’ Day, but concerned about employment opportunities. Allan Thompson, the final year University of...
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Barbados’ UK ambassador ‘incensed’ by Telegraph report
Barbados’ point man in Britain has reacted in anger to a recent report in the British newspaper, The Telegraph, about the south coast sewage crisis, describing the article as “sensational and...
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Family rocked by Carson’s death
Shock and grief have gripped a close-knit Foster Hall, St John family which lost one of its beloved sons in tragic circumstances over the Easter weekend. Carson Atkins, 40, died in a traffic accident...
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EBC almost set for election
Electoral authorities say they are all but ready for the upcoming general election constitutionally due by early June. Chief Electoral Officer Angela Taylor told Barbados TODAY this morning that the...
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‘My sheep gone!’
“I want my sheep back!” This is the cry today of small farmer Cheryl Phillips who said she was robbed of five of her precious livestock by unknown larcenists sometime between yesterday evening and the...
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Remembering Winnie
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid campaigner, will be honoured with a state funeral later this month, South Africa’s president has said. Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on Monday...
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Winnie was the embodiment of the apartheid struggle – Sir Shridath
Former Commonwealth secretary general Sir Shridath Ramphal today hailed the late Winnie Mandela as “the embodiment of the struggle” against apartheid. The Guyana-born Sir Shridath, who served as...
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CARIFTA Games climaxes
NASSAU, Bahamas – Barbados finished an overall fourth on the medals table as Jamaica once again dominated at the 47th staging of the CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas. Barbados copped 13 medals inclusive of...
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Wanted man: Nialle Vaughn Johnson
Police are on the hunt for a 27-year-old man wanted by the Drug Squad for questioning in connection with a serious criminal matter. Wanted is Nialle Vaughn Johnson. His last known addresses include...
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