‘Mosquito nightmare’
As the Ministry of Health steps up efforts to prevent a Chikungunya outbreak on the island, a Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill resident is crying out that he and other residents have been living a...
View ArticleFinalists announced
The finalists have been announced in the Sweet Soca and Party Monarch competitions to be held on July 27 at Bushy Park, St Philip.In Sweet Soca, Ian ‘IWeb’ Webster, Mikey, Mistah Dale, Khiomal and...
View ArticlePrivate sector group calls for review of Municipal Tax
The Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) is calling for an urgent review of the Municipal Solid Waste Tax, warning that it will hurt the country’s productive sectors.In a statement issued today,...
View ArticleMarch against tax, Government
Motorists honked their horns and some residents stood on the sidewalk clapping as scores of demonstrators took to the streets of Bridgetown this morning demanding that Government scrap the Municipal...
View ArticleMinister Inniss gets support
Senior Government Minister Donville Inniss has two supporters, of sorts, as he expresses frustration with CARICOM’s failure to fight alongside Barbados in its battle against subsidies being given to US...
View ArticleDrug trafficking charges for former customs broker
A 48-year-old former customs broker is facing drug trafficking charges after the discovery of 37 pounds of compressed cannabis in an air compressor imported from Canada.Joanne Cheeseman of 2nd Avenue,...
View ArticleBarbadians on drug charges
Three Barbadians, charged in connection with the discovery of 10 pounds of cannabis in a refrigerator compressor imported from Jamaica, are due to return to court on July 8.Thirty-three-year old Ian...
View ArticleNew national records
The 15-17 girls relay team swam to a new national age group record.The action continued at the Aquatic Center last night. The first medal of the evening came from Kendi Bynoe who added a 3rd silver to...
View ArticleJunior Calypso Monarch finalists selected
The nine finalists in the 13 to 18 Junior Monarch category .When the finals of the 2014 Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch competition takes place next weekend, just who will be take the crown in both...
View ArticleFormer customs broker pleads not guilty to drug charges
The former customs broker who is accused to importing 37 pounds of compressed cannabis in an air compressor from Canada several days ago has pleaded not guilty to the charges.Forty-eight-year old...
View ArticleLonger wait for Al Barrack
Building contractor Al Barrack will have to wait at least another week to know when he will get the more than $70 million court-ordered debt owned to him by Government.Al BarrackBarrack and his lawyer,...
View ArticleCity nuisance
The Bridgetown Fisheries Complex is under a health and safety threat from indiscriminate dumping up stream. Manager of the Markets Henderson Greaves told Barbados TODAY this afternoon that the illegal...
View ArticleNot been a fairytale journey – Mottley
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley is celebrating 25 years in politics, thanking those who helped her along the way.“This evening is really about a journey . . . without you all, this journey would not have...
View ArticleNature abhors a vacuum
The sentiments expressed on the placards carried by participants in the two marches organised by political activist, Robert Bobby Clarke, reflect what is going on across the country.Bobby ClarkeIn...
View ArticleThree Muslims reportedly attacked
The local Muslim community is being called upon to increase its vigilance after three of its members were reportedly attacked in two separate incidents last night.Secretary of the Barbados Muslim...
View ArticlePR STUNT
A public relations exercise!That’s how Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss has described a recent study done by the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies which shows that...
View ArticleTax effect
With about three months to go before the crucial tourist winter season starts, there’s a warning of possible job cuts. Chairman of the Private Sector Association of Barbados, Alex McDonald is...
View ArticleNo elective surgeries
Doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital say the current situation facing the island’s premier medical facility is at crisis stage, with hospital management and representatives of the Board informing...
View ArticleBARP wants a minimum 50 per cent rebate
President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) Edmund Bushell is calling on Government to offer a rebate on the Municipal Solid Waste Tax to elderly members in Barbados and to exempt...
View ArticleFarewell Momma Ruby
Scores of entertainers turned out today to bid final farewell to the mother of popular calypsonian Stedson “RPB” Wiltshire.His mother Ruby Ianthe Wiltshire, who was affectionately known as ‘momma, the...
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