Prescod: Govt may lease trucks
Government is now actively considering the leasing of garbage trucks to replenish the badly depleted fleet at the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), Minister of the Environment and National...
View ArticleArm the police!
A move is afoot to have all police officers on the streets armed given the alarming level of gun-related crime plaguing the island and the seemingly easy access to weapons by a bolder type of criminal....
View Article‘Don’t play that song’
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community has called on Jamaican dancehall recording artist Buju Banton, fresh from serving a prison sentence, to publicly denounce one of his most...
View ArticleOver-burdened!
Barbados’ largest public sector union is telling Government its retrenchments have left a number of departments under too much strain and stress, and it wants to discuss a possible rehiring of some of...
View ArticleBotanical Garden promised
A National Botanical Garden at Codrington, St Michael, an idea left to lie fallow by two successive administrations, is finally to become a reality, Mia Mottley has said. She was addressing the...
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Dust beginning to settle on Flagstaff works
The people of Flagstaff Road, St Michael are breathing a sigh of relief now that area road works have picked back up. When Barbados TODAY visited the project today, workmen were on the job, preparing a...
View ArticleSSA workers get interim overtime settlement
The issue of overtime payment to Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) workers, which threatened to derail much needed garbage collection this weekend, has been temporarily settled. This afternoon Deputy...
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Death in The City
Chaos broke out as City Christmas shoppers were sent scampering for their lives in bustling Marhill Street - in the shadow of Parliament and within earshot of the Home Affairs Minister - around 6:35...
View ArticleElderly man is latest road fatality
Police were on the scene of a road fatality in St Philip in the wee hours of this morning. The body of an unidentified elderly man was discovered lying on the pedestrian crossing at Ruby Junction...
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UPDATE: Elderly man is latest road fatality
Police have identified the man killed in a collision in St Philip in the wee hours of this morning. He is Frederick Jules of Sandford, St Philip. The body was discovered lying on the pedestrian...
View ArticleWoman collapses, dies at Tweedside Road
Police are investigating the death of a woman in St Michael. Nicole Hinds, 59, of Oldbury, St Philip, collapsed and died at the Esso Service Station at Tweedside Road, police said. The incident...
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Boy, 9, wins Hilton Barbados Resort’s Christmas Card Drawing Competition
Nine-year-old Ashcher Bynoe-Chewitt is the winner of the 2018 Hilton Barbados Resort’s Christmas Card Drawing Competition, which took place recently. The Bay Primary School student took the top...
View ArticlePan African Coalition wants direct flights with Africa
Local Pan-Africanists are calling for Government to strengthen ties with the African continent through the creation of a direct flight. Public relations officer of the Pan African Coalition of...
View ArticlePolice investigating shooting incident
Police are investigating reports of a shooting incident at Marshall and Parkinson Road, Tudor Bridge, St Michael. Police said they were called to the area around 8:30 last night for reports of a...
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Fire leaves family of four homeless for the holidays
A family of four will be looking for a place to sleep this Christmas after their home was destroyed home by fire. Susan Lovell, of Halls Road, St Michael, was finishing her grocery shopping when she...
View ArticleNot enough done for disabled – BCD
Don’t dictate to us. That's the message from the Barbados Council for the Disabled to government and all other decision-makers in society as that organisation ends the year with an appeal for more...
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Sagicor assures it remains committed to Caribbean
Financial services giant Sagicor Financial Corporation is reassuring Barbadians and other residents throughout the region and the United States that the company remains committed and its recently...
View Article18 years of Shopsmart
Despite taking several hits over the years, including a fall off in sales due to economic conditions and the introduction of similar type retail shops, Chairman and Managing Director of Shopsmart...
View ArticleTwo elderly women and two children injured in accident
Four people, including two elderly women and two children, were injured in accident this morning. Police said the accident occurred around 8 a.m. along Stepney Road near Watts Village, St George. One...
View ArticleComissiong still after EIA on Hyatt
“Proceed at your own risk.” This word of caution to Hyatt developer, Mark Maloney, comes from social activist and Ambassador to CARICOM David Commissiong, who is warning that any plans to construct the...
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