Police seize gun and large quantity of ammo
Members of the Royal Barbados Police Force seized a firearm and a "large quantity" of ammunition during an operation at 2nd Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church around noon today. Police spokesman Station...
View ArticleFocus on restructuring SOE
Government's Senior Technical Advisor is urging the Mia Mottley-administration not to back off from restructuring its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the next three years. Dr Kevin Greenidge, a...
View ArticleGarbage row fix
The discord between the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and its workers over the issue of overtime pay for weekend work, has been settled for the time being. Minister of the Environment and National...
View ArticleAxe to fall again at Nation
Staff of the Nation Publishing Company are bracing for more job cuts. According to reports reaching Barbados TODAY, a number of positions will be made redundant in the coming months. This follows a...
View ArticleForde promises Gov’t will respond
Yet another Government Minister has joined the chorus of people demanding an end to the country’s deadly spate of murders. Hours before Barbados recorded its eighth murder for the year, Minister of...
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Missing man Edwin Rollock
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 73-year-old Edwin Rollock, of Gill's Terrace, St Peter. Rollock, who is light in complexion, clean shaven and about 184cm tall, was last...
View ArticleNUPW demanding transparency
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is unhappy with the level of transparency from Government as it relates to proposed retrenchment of workers at the Barbados Government Information Service...
View Article‘Let’s talk about the 11-plus’
Minister of Education Technology and Vocational Training Santia Bradshaw says more needs to be done to change Barbados’ rigorous educational system. Speaking on the sidelines of a scholarship...
View ArticleIntervention coming
Concerned parliamentary representative for the City of Bridgetown Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has offered to broker a truce between suspected warring factions in his constituency said to be...
View ArticleMurder rate could hurt economy, warns economist
Within the first month of 2019, Barbados has recorded a higher murder rate than that of Trinidad and Tobago and according to economist Jeremy Stephen, a continuation of this trend could be disastrous...
View ArticleBERT no surety
Barbados could be under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme for the next 15 years, former Prime Minister Professor Owen Arthur has warned. Stating that the country was facing the “perfect...
View ArticleLayne spots the light on the judiciary
Barbadian youth advocate Corey Layne wants to see the island’s judicial system set an example for the youth of Barbados. Layne was speaking to Barbados TODAY as the island recorded its 13th reported...
View ArticleMurder numbers not the whole story – deputy police commissioner
With eight murders less than a month into 2019, five involving the use of firearms, Deputy Police Commissioner Erwin Boyce is telling Barbadians the numbers, though worrying, do not paint the full...
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RER review needed
One local economist is calling for an immediate review of the Renewable Energy Rider (RER) programme, which allows producers of electricity from renewable energy source to sell power to the Barbados...
View ArticleCRICKET-LUNCH WI(289) & 237-6 vs ENG(77) – 2nd day, 1st Test
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies, leading on first innings by 212 runs, were 237 for six in their second innings at lunch on the the third day of the first Test against England at Kensington...
View ArticleCTUSAB – We must all play our part to bring an end to crime and lawlessness
Below is a full statement by Dennis De Peiza,General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados on the crime situation facing the country. Barbados has traditionally...
View ArticleMinistry of People Empowerment concerned about the crime situation
Below is a statement by the Ministry of People Empowerment an Elder affairs on increasing violence The Ministry of People Empowerment & Elder Affairs registers its dismay at the prevailing spate of...
View ArticlePM and other officials participate in security talks
Prime Minister Mia Mottley and other Caribbean officials are at this hour participating in a Regional Security System meeting at Parliament to deal with regional and national security matters. The...
View ArticleCRICKET-TEA-WI (289) & 349-6 vs ENG (77) – 3rd day, 1st Test
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies, leading on first innings by 212 runs, were 349 for six in their second innings at tea on the the third day of the first Test against England at Kensington Oval...
View ArticleCRICKET- WI vs ENG – Sensational Holder scores double hundred
West Indies captain Jason Holder heaped more pain on the English team with a scintillating unbeaten 202 on Day 3 of the 1st Test at Kensington Oval today. Holder's innings came off 229 balls and...
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