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‘Biz boost’
Business representatives from domestic firms and the offshore community are predicting major benefits to companies that could boost the economy, as a result of Government’s unprecedented corporate tax...
View ArticleUpdate: Students in stable condition at QEH
Police report that the two children injured in an accident along Union Road, St Philip last evening are in stable condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The children, a nine-year-old girl and a...
View ArticleConsumers advised to avoid eating romaine lettuce
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs advises Barbadians to avoid eating romaine lettuce as a result of the E. Coli infections linked to the product in the US and Canada Below is the full...
View ArticleAG’s complaint
Eight murder accused presently on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison at Dodds have applied for bail this week alone, an indication that the wheels of justice are moving much too slowly, says Attorney...
View ArticleRDC matter resolved
Possible industrial action has been averted at the state-owned Rural Development Commission (RDC). On Tuesday, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union Senator Toni Moore placed the RDC on...
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VSEP offer for civil servants
The Mia Mottley-led administration has given appointed public officers until next Wednesday to accept or reject an offer of voluntary separation packages as part of its efforts to modernize the...
View ArticleBig cuts
A number of longtime familiar faces and voices have joined heads of department as casualties of the restructuring exercise at the debt-saddled Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation. Some workers to be...
View ArticleUnfreeze order stays
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed an application by the Judicial Managers (JM) for the collapsed Clico International Life Insurance Limited to have the assets of former CLICO boss...
View ArticleSupreme Court repairs two months behind
The Barbados Supreme Court will be back under one roof by March 2019, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall has assured. This represents a two-month delay in Government’s...
View ArticleBlock bug!
The head of the island’s oldest farm group has demanded that health and safety monitoring be strengthened on imported food. James Paul, chief executive officer of the Barbados Agriculture Society, made...
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UWI ‘ease’
Retrenched Government workers will have a more flexible payment plan with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus as they seek to upgrade their skills, embark on a new business...
View ArticleRBC here to stay
One commercial bank is giving the six-month-old Mia Mottley-led administration the thumbs up for sticking to the “difficult decisions” that had to be made in relation to the debt restructuring. At the...
View ArticleSet up church committees to help ex-workers – Maxwell
As hundreds of Government workers lose their jobs, Anglican Bishop-designate Reverend Michael Maxwell is urging churches to set up committees to minister to the needs of affected families and...
View ArticleBiz tax cut ‘will hike taxes on people’ – UPP
Brace for an increase in taxes in light of Government’s decision to lower the domestic corporation tax rate, level with international business companies, the United Progressive Party (UPP) is warning...
View ArticleHealth officials urge consumers to discard Romaine lettuce
The Ministry of Health has advised Barbadians to discard Romaine lettuce imported from the US in light of an outbreak of E. coli infections inked to the product. Below is the full statement issued by...
View ArticlePrime Minister Mottley to participate in high level conference
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will participate in two overseas engagements, including a high level conference on disasters and climate change, within the next few days. She will deliver the feature...
View ArticleSouth coast to get new sewage plant
The most recent efforts to fix the three-and-a-half year-long south coast sewage crisis has received a major blow, forcing Government to decide to build a new waste plant within the next 18 months,...
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It’s over
The two-week saga at the Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School has ended favorably for at least one vendor, who will be plying her trade from inside the school’s compound from Monday. The future of...
View ArticleTax cut fear
A Barbadian economist following developments here from his home in Canada is predicting that Government’s massive corporate tax cut will lead to a higher cost of living for Barbadians, as a shrinking...
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‘Mixed’ meal deal
Relief and resignation dominated vendors’ reaction to Education Minister Santia Bradshaw’s decision to allow only one of four vendors to ply their trade at the Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School....
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