‘Sit 11-Plus, then choose schools’ – Clarke
The process in which high school choices are made before a student sits the common entrance examination ought to be reversed, St George North MP Gline Clarke has suggested. In a bid to prevent numerous...
View ArticleGovernment ‘trying to shed printery jobs’ – Franklyn
Outspoken trade unionist and Senator Caswell Franklyn has accused Government of moving downsize its official printery through legislation. As the Upper House debated the Interpretation (Amendment)...
View ArticlePolice probe drowning
An elderly male visitor has drowned at a beach in St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church. (more details as they come to hand.) The post Police probe drowning appeared first on Barbados Today.
View ArticleUpdate: Police probe drowning
Police have identified the elderly visitor who died at Worthing Beach, Christ Church this morning. He is John Arthur Mathurson, 72, of Saint-Lazare, Quebec, Canada. He was discovered at the beach...
View ArticleComissiong clarifies CSME contingent rights
Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, today dismissed as “propaganda” claims that this island could suffer a social fallout as a result of granting contingent rights to spouses and dependants of...
View ArticleUnion row
General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) Roslyn Smith and President Akanni McDowall are headed to court for a showdown. News of this broke this morning when Smith released a...
View ArticleMake use of seaweed
A Government minister is pleading with entrepreneurs to help the country capitalize on tons of sargassum seaweed washing up on the shores of Barbados. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy,...
View ArticleNational Art Gallery coming
Government remains committed to providing a permanent home for a National Art Gallery, and Culture Minister, John King, last night promised that such a residence would be found. Though he did not give...
View ArticleGovernment must keep up
Senator Alphea Wiggins has urged Government to wake up and move with technology or risk Barbados being left behind. In a resounding endorsement of the push towards digitisation across the public sector...
View ArticleInfrastructure rethink needed
A local civil and structural engineer is calling on authorities to urgently put a sewerage system in place on the west coast of Barbados. At the same time, Senior Engineer and Managing Director of Mahy...
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‘True professional’
Dr Frances Chandler was today eulogized as a true professional who “gave her all” to agriculture and to public service as a senator, a no-nonsense columnist, and a profound and passionate Barbadian....
View ArticleNo surprise
The US Embassy’s decision to issue an advisory urging citizens against visiting certain areas in Barbados has come as no surprise to President of the Democratic Labor Party, Verla Depeiza, especially...
View ArticleSocial activist queries US travel advisory timing
A prominent political activist is questioning the timing of a scathing US travel advisory on Barbados, contending a strangely coincidence with Barbados leading CARICOM’s diplomatic intervention in the...
View ArticleWarning three years too late
A local party cruise operator, whose business was flagged in a recent US travel advisory as one of two party cruises that Americans should not visit at night, says the warning does not reflect the...
View ArticleJobless, disabled, seeking a piece of the labour pie
Disabled Barbadians are begging employers to give them a piece of the jobs pie, president of the Barbados National Organisation of the Disabled Inc. (BARNOD), Colbert Ashby, has told Barbados TODAY. He...
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Unfazed
Tourists appear unfazed by an advisory issued by the US Embassy, warning its citizens against venturing to certain parts of the country. On the south coast, near Maxwell Coast Road, one of the areas...
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Big shift
While president of the National Union of Public Workers Akanni McDowall appears set for a court battle with his general secretary Roslyn Smith, another executive member has shifted his loyalty and is...
View ArticlePress Secretary appointed
Bridgetown, Barbados (March 8, 2019) — Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has appointed veteran journalist Roy R. Morris as her first Press Secretary. The former Editor-in-Chief at the Nation Publishing...
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Appeal court denies murder accused bail
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of a High Court judge to deny bail to convicted killer Pedro Deroy Ellis. But his attorney Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith is still toasting a small victory,...
View ArticleBreath test
The workers of the Arawak Cement Company Limited in St Lucy - about 100 in all - will have to subject themselves to breathalyser testing on arrival at work from Monday, March 22, according to an...
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