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Haynesville residents get long awaited title deeds
Government tenants in Haynesville, St James are receiving their long awaited title deeds. The revelation came last night from the incumbent Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for the area Donville...
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Belle accuses Stuart of abusing prime ministerial powers
Former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of The West Indies George Belle is accusing Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of abusing his power by delaying the announcement of an...
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Dame Billie joins BLP campaign
One of the country’s most senior politicians is switching from managing the electoral process to senior campaign official for the May 24 general election. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has announced...
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Private sector welcomes announcement of election date
The business community is welcoming the announcement of a date for the general election, even as it warns that only the poll will bring confidence back to the economy. The two major private sector...
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More cuts at Sagicor
Three more executives have fallen victim to the ongoing restructuring process at insurance giant Sagicor Financial Corporation. On Thursday, Sagicor General severed ties with three of its senior...
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What a relief!
One day shy of the 63rd anniversary of a meeting that led to the formation of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in 1955, the current leader, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, today announced that...
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Admin pros challenged to calm stormy seas
Office professionals here are being challenged to move mountains and not be daunted by storms in the workplace. In an Administrative Professionals’ Day address on Wednesday at the annual Barbados...
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May 24 exams to go ahead as planned
In the wake of concerns expressed by Opposition Leader Mia Mottley that the May 24 Election Day is clashing with Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams, the Ministry of Education is seeking to...
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QEH to resume elective surgeries next week
Operations are to return to normal at the state-run Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) next Monday after the state-run hospital announced on Tuesday that it was only performing emergency surgeries due to a...
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Supreme Court complex closed on Monday for cleaning
Members of the public are advised that the Supreme Court Complex, including the Registration Department, will be closed on Monday, April 30, to facilitate the cleaning of records. It will reopen on...
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Sinckler dismisses Mottley’s concerns about exams clash with elections
Concerns raised by Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader Mia Mottley that next month’s general election could prove disruptive for students sitting Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams are...
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BLP saviours
Give us back the reins! This is the contention of several Barbados Labour Party (BLP) stalwarts, who have also suggested that the current economic problems facing the country mirror those of a past era...
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UWI cuts
Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Robert Bermudez today called on administrators of the regional institution to focus on internal reforms, while warning that state funding was...
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We need our own bank, AG suggests
A Government minister is proposing that Barbados and other regional countries unite to either buy, or establish, an international commercial bank in order to protect the region from the current threat...
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Nothing to be ashamed about
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler says he is ready to defend his stewardship of this country’s economic affairs for the last eight years. With general elections set for May 24, Sinckler said he fully...
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UWI to have ‘technology park’ by August
The University of the West Indies (UWI) should have in place by August, a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art campus for innovation and technology in Bridgetown. Dubbed the “technology park”, UWI’s...
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Lost fishermen back home safely
Two fishermen, feared lost at sea a month ago after leaving Barbados aboard the fishing vessel Pearlita, returned here to the loving embrace of family and friends on last night. Captain of the vessel...
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BLP sticking to its guns on repeal of NSRL and UWI tuition payments
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is sticking to its pledge to immediately scrap the controversial National Social Responsibility Levy (NSRL), which was increased last July 1 from two to ten per cent of...
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Vehicles damaged in rock throwing incident outside Combermere
An angry St Michael resident is venting her frustration after a rock throwing incident involving students from the Combermere School damaged two private vehicles and a Barbados Water Authority (BWA)...
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One final goodbye
The overcast sky lingered and the showers kept coming intermittently – conditions that were in stark contrast to bright and sunny attitude radiated by Vic Buddy Boy Brewster, the man whom the media...
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