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Tourism push
Tourism officials, attending the annual Caribbean Week in New York, are seeking to attract more business from the United States and have enlisted the support of the region’s Diaspora. Caribbean Week,...
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Barbados loses a calypso gem
The entertainment community has lost one of its gems. Charles Romeo Smith, a former calypso monarch, has died at age 71, throwing the fraternity into immediate mourning. Following a bacterial viral...
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US expert: Opportunities for region in ganja trade
Caribbean governments contemplating the decriminalization of the cannabis industry have been warned by one United States expert not to overtax the sector. Jamaica and Antigua already have...
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On edge
Local creditors are anxious to hear what path Government’s debt restructuring programme will take, following Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s announcement last Friday that her week-old Barbados Labour...
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BES head sees upside to Barbados’ credit default
There is an upside to Government defaulting on its debt, says President of the Barbados Economic Society (BES) Shane Lowe. Lowe told Barbados TODAY that it could give the country needed “breathing...
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Fresh complaints about mounting seaweed in Bathsheba
The dreaded Sargassum Seaweed, which has been washing up on beaches across Barbados, is currently proving to be a nuisance for vendors, fishermen and tourists alike in Bathsheba, St Joseph. On Monday,...
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UWI students’ guild on board with Mottley’s free tuition plan
Newly elected President of the Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Christian Attong has welcomed Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s announcement that students...
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Don’t be deceived by Mottley, warns DLP spokespersons
The St George South branch of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has sought to warn the country that despite her clear mandate, Prime Minister Mia Mottley will not be able to deliver on the promises...
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4.5% pay hike
You can forget all about the National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) demands for a 23 per cent pay hike for its members. Those demands by this island’s largest public sector union have apparently died...
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They are ‘political prostitutes’, says Franklyn of the NUPW
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has criticized the leadership of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) calling them “political prostitutes” over their acceptance of a paltry 4.5 per cent pay...
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S&P downgrades Barbados
Barbados has suffered another credit downgrade. This time by Standard & Poor's (S&P) which has lowered the island's long-term foreign currency rating to "selective default" following the June 1...
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Dialysis services at the QEH delayed
Dialysis services provided by the Artificial Kidney Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been delayed due to a problem with the Unit’s reverse osmosis plant, which treats the water for dialysis...
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Dialysis services resume at the QEH
Dialysis services provided by the Artificial Kidney Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital have resumed. The Unit had experienced a problem with its reverse osmosis plant, which treats the water for...
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Temporary Senators take oath of office before GG
Two temporary senators were today sworn in at Government House. They are Barbados Labour Party stalwarts Delisle Bradshaw and John Williams, who took the oath of office before Governor General Dame...
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Massy issues product recall
Massy Distribution (Barbados) Ltd., on behalf of Trinidadian manufacturer Regal Products Limited, has issued a voluntary recall for Regal Glucose (225 grammes). The product recall was initiated as a...
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IMF urges Barbados to cut spending, contain wages and implement structural...
A team from the International Monetary Fund today wrapped up three-day of talks with the Barbados Government and other key stakeholders. The mission led by Bert van Selm has urged authorities to keep a...
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Government to roll out programme to tackle Sargassum seaweed
Government says the sargassum seaweed now blanketing the island's eastern and southern beaches is being treated as a national emergency and the Barbados Defence Force will be deployed to tackle the...
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New offers at Cave Hill Campus
The Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has formally announced the introduction of several new degree programmes at the undergraduate and post-graduate level, as well as the...
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Bad move
Barbados faces the possibility of being shut out of the international capital market due to the Mia Mottley-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP) administration’s decision to suspend payments on foreign...
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Weatherhead warns that IMF intervention spells salary cuts and staff cuts
With the economic situation as it now stands and the almost two-week-old Mia Mottley-led Government currently in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a balance of payments support...
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