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Missing girl: Kiara Sandiford
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to help locate 15-year-old Kiara Sandiford of Mount Hillaby, St Andrew. She left the home of her mother, Sophia Sandiford, sometime between 7- 8 p.m on...
View ArticleMissing man: Peter Phillips
Police are seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a missing man. Peter Pete Phillips of 7F Factory Avenue, Wildey, St Michael was last seen leaving his residence around 11 a.m. last Thursday,...
View ArticleGuns in shipments
Attorney General Dale Marshall strongly believes some business owners are using their establishments to bring guns into the country. And he has warned, that any owner who is found culpable will feel...
View ArticleYouth not interested in joining RBPF
Limitations on joining the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) such as tattoos and age may soon be a thing of the past. That is according to Attorney General Dale Marshall who says the RBPF’s top brass...
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‘Hail Caesar!’
A Canadian R&B recording sensation of Barbadian and Jamaican parentage is the toast of three nations - and his mother’s St James family - for his first-ever Grammy Award on Sunday night. Daniel...
View ArticlePackaging ‘mess’
City businesses that do not properly secure their cardboard packaging are creating a double headache for the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), as vagrants turn boxes into both home and toilet, an SSA...
View ArticleSewage plant odour ‘fixed’, grease remains
A broken seal at the Bridgetown sewage treatment plant, blamed for a stench that has spread over the surrounding area, has been fixed, but grease continues to dog the waste disposal system, Minister of...
View Article‘Beware plastic price gougers’
The pending ban of styrofoam and single-use plastics may give rise to food price extortion, Minister for the Blue Economy Kirk Humphrey has warned, urging consumers to boycott food vendors who raise...
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IMF happy with progress
The Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme is on track. That is the word from Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn, who has revealed that officials from the...
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Jobs abroad for displaced workers
Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan is calling on training institutions in Barbados to increase their enrolment numbers in an effort to accommodate unemployed individuals...
View ArticleGovt pursuing modernization
The Barbados Government will be seeking another loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as it accelerates its modernization plan. Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin...
View ArticleMottley goes to Washington on foreign debt crisis
Prime Minister Mia Mottley is now in Washington to meet with the world’s major multilateral lenders and American lawmakers, in a bid to ease the country’s foreign debt burden and explain the...
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Major upgrade
The Holetown area is in line for a Government “rejuvenation” plan to boost tourism, which Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds suggests must benefit ordinary citizens, not just overseas investors....
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Peaceful Caribbean, a priority
As the world seeks a solution to the political instability in Venezuela, Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley says the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) have agreed with their...
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Her brother’s keeper
The snack vendor who played a role in returning a lost wallet to its owner last Monday is feeling proud and satisfied. As she plied her trade outside of the Princess Margaret Secondary School this...
View ArticleIMF says Barbados economy on the right track
The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) said Tuesday that Barbados continues to "make good progress" as Government continues efforts to revive the economy. In a statement issued today following last...
View Article‘Significant move’
The Supreme Court is moving to develop new sentencing guidelines with support funded from Britain and the United States. A 12-member committee chaired by Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson met last...
View ArticleElectric buses ‘by year-end’, says Abrahams
Electric buses are to start running on routes throughout Barbados by year-end, Minister of Energy Wilfred Abrahams announced today. An initial 20 buses are to be ordered by the Ministry of Transport in...
View ArticleFishing boat credit scheme being explored – Humphrey
Government is now exploring ways of getting loans to fishermen to buy, upgrade, or refurbish boats, in a bid to turn around both perceptions and fortunes of the fisheries industry, Minister of Maritime...
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Sustainable region in focus
Concerned about the impact climate change could have on the island’s tourism industry, university officials are ramping up their efforts to create a more sustainable product. Through the Sustainable...
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