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Standing tall
Fifteen-year-old Harrison College student Samara Murrell is looking forward to saying goodbye to a pain she has known all her life. From a toddler, a brave Samara has been fighting a battle with a...
View ArticleTeen charged with assisting suspect granted bail
Nineteen-year-old Akela Keanna Gittens was granted $8,000 bail when she appeared in the Holetown Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of assisting a man who is suspected to have committed a capital...
View ArticleSTIs on the rise
While cases of HIV have declined marginally over the past decade, health authorities are struggling to combat outbreaks of other Sexually Transmitted Infections and diseases (STIs/STDs) including...
View ArticleExempt homeless
The hike in bus fare from $2 to $3.50 will have a significant impact on the homeless. This assessment has come from the President and Founder of the Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society (BVHS) Kemar...
View ArticleSenator slams ‘poor bus service hurting students’
Students who spend an “unacceptable”, inordinate amount of time commuting to and from school are being seriously disadvantaged, according to Senator the Reverend John Rogers. Speaking during a...
View ArticleAttorney General hopeful about case backlog as Court returns home
Government is expected to begin tackling a worrying backlog of cases in the courts from next week, when a refurbished Supreme Court complex opens at Whitepark Road, Attorney General Dale Marshall has...
View Article‘Go cashless, grow the economy’
A senator and a player in the digital economy here has argued for digitisation to become a driving force behind economic growth. Senator Rawdon Adams, chief executive of digital financial services...
View ArticleMinister touts new mobile merchant system
A new electronic payment system from one of the world’s largest financial services companies, with the vocal endorsement of Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds, was unveiled here today. MasterCard Inc....
View Article‘Marshall law’
With mounting public frustration over the matter of bail being granted to persons accused of murder, Government may be seeking to make adjustments to the 1996 Bail Act, in response to this issue. This...
View ArticleSexual harmful habits hamper HIV efforts
A recent study has found that inconsistent condom use, relationships involving multiple partners and a refusal to be tested for HIV are among a number of deeply engrained social norms stifling efforts...
View Article‘No big deal’
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur is warning Caribbean leaders not to expect a major trade deal with the UK when it leaves the European Union (EU). “I do not think, based on history, that the region...
View ArticleNew ‘social justice group’ in Partnership
Sex workers, members of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community and people with disabilities have been given a place at the table of the Social Partnership in a new body alongside faith-based and a...
View ArticleCandidacy concerns
Barbados Union of Teachers’ (BUT) presidential candidate Pedro Shepherd has refuted claims that he plans to use the post to boost his political agenda if he is elected in next month’s elections. A post...
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Liat explains flight cancellations
LIAT has been forced to cancelled some of its flights as two of its aircraft undergo unscheduled maintenance. According to Chief Executive Officer Julie Reifer-Jones, this will result in the aircraft...
View ArticleTeen charged with murder
Nineteen-year-old Kadeem O’Brian Clarke has been charged with the murder of Graeme Addison Norville. Clarke, of Johnson Road, Workmans, St George is scheduled to appear before the Oistins Magistrates’...
View ArticleLIAT’s fate
There is a very real possibility that regional carrier LIAT could be grounded for good. The airline’s fate now rests with trade unions, who were given until 5 p.m. this evening to report back to LIAT’s...
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Food prices to increase – farmers
Farmers are predicting that the price of locally-produced food will rise sharply as production costs go up. Small farmers in particular, say they have found themselves at a crossroad. They must either...
View ArticlePainful restructuring
One veteran banker has likened Government domestic debt restructuring plan to that of “an axe in the heart of banks”, while giving a strong indication that commercial banks will no longer be willing to...
View ArticleTime to review financial services sector
Barbados must review its business model if the financial services sector must effectively respond to the “disruptive challenges” it faces, the Governor of the Central Bank, Cleviston Haynes, has...
View ArticleHolligan is new UPP Chairman
Everton Heru Holligan will lead the United Progressive Party (UPP) for at least the next year. Holligan beat out Ambrose Grosvenor and Wayne Griffith for the top post following the completion of online...
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