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BAOP installs new board
The Barbados Association of Office Professionals last evening installed a new board of directors, led by president Karen Carter, to serve the 2018 to 2019 term. Also installed in a ceremony at the...
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Police looking for witnesses to POC brawl
Police are making a special appeal to witnesses of "criminal acts" which occurred during and after Puff of Colour in the early hours of this morning to come forward. Police Public Relations Officer...
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Motorists in line for road tax refund
Motorists who paid their road tax between June 12 and June 30 are in line to receive a refund, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced. In a wide-ranging interview with journalist David Ellis this...
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Hyatt environmental study must be done – Mottley
Prime Minister Mia Mottley says a full environmental impact study must be conducted before any construction can begin on the proposed 15-storey Hyatt Hotel on Bay Street, St Michael. In fact, she has...
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Man injured in Christ Church shooting incident
A Christ Church man is nursing a gunshot wound following a shooting incident that occurred around 7:15 a.m., along Silver Hill Drive. 53-year-old Hugh Harewood of Wotton Plantation was involved in...
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Wild west!
When gunshots erupted just around noon today outside the home of Rafik Patel in Pickwick Gap, St Michael, his thoughts immediately turned to his granddaughter with whom he often plays near where the...
View ArticleTuition joy
Barbadian undergraduate students at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) will not have to dig into their pockets to pay their tuition fees after all. The university today...
View ArticleMottley eager to see the back of Bajan shantytowns
A new Town & Country Planning Act is expected to go before Parliament before the end of November, with Prime Minister Mia Mottley today taking issue with the current state of overcrowded,...
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Chaotic puff
The organizers of Puff of Colour (POC) contend on the event’s website that it will help you “forget a few worries and leave with a smile on your face”. However, the managers of Coral Ridge Memorial...
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Heightened security at Foreday Mornin’ Jam
There will be heightened security at this year’s Foreday Mornin’ Jam on August 3. The event’s title sponsor, Barbados Light & Power (BL&P), made the announcement today, while explaining that...
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Drivers welcome 75 per cent road tax refund
An announcement last night by Prime Minister Mia Mottley that motorists who paid road tax between June 12 and June 30 will receive a partial refund has come like music to the ears of vehicle owners....
View ArticleNo free rides!
Declaring that she was not giving any “free rides”, Prime Minister Mia Mottley last night staunchly defended her appointment of five special advisors. These are Dr Hugh Sealey, who will tackle sewage...
View ArticlePM all for recall and term limits
Awkward and invidious! That’s how Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described the decision by Bishop Joseph Atherley to cross the floor a week after he was elected by the people of St Michael West on a...
View ArticleMottley wants speedier trials
No murder, rape, robbery or kidnapping case should go beyond two years and three months, and ideally, should last six to nine months, according to Prime Minister Mia Mottley. In a wide-ranging...
View ArticleComissiong raises alarm about Johnson & Johnson baby powder
Outspoken attorney-at-law David Comissiong today questioned whether a ban would be instituted domestically against the importation of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder, following a US$4.69 billion court...
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Strict with a generous heart
Adorned in a beige hat, flowered dress and black shoes, Austin took center stage at her house in Mount Gay St Lucy as she celebrated the milestone with Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, MP for area...
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A $3 billion exercise
It will require an estimated $3 billion worth of investment in a diverse set of renewable energy sources if Barbados is to achieve its goal of 100 per cent renewable energy usage by 2030. At the same...
View ArticleLast chance!
Without calling any officials by name, Prime Minister Mia Mottley today said she was prepared to grant immunity to those who served under the former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration and...
View ArticleAtherley still a Bee, and is staying put
Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley is suggesting that he has no immediate plans to quit the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), despite crossing the floor one week after the May 24 general election. In fact,...
View ArticlePOC stands firm
The organizers of Puff of Colour (POC) remained adamant today that an early morning brawl on Sunday, which left the managers of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens fuming, would not force them to change the...
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