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Voluntary recall of five Ragu brand pasta sauces
On Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Mizkan America Inc., the company behind Ragú brand sauces, via the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced the voluntary recall of five different brands of Ragú pasta...
View ArticleNew heritage committee
A newly-installed World Heritage Committee has been tasked with a fresh mandate that includes being a key resource on town planning matters and the demolition of historic properties across the country,...
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Big steps for Shania
Shania Kirton, the 17-year-old who is receiving medical attention at the Kendall Regional Medical Centre, Miami, after being transported there by an air ambulance on June 7, from the Queen Elizabeth...
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Hinds gets a helping hand from Blessed Widows
Amid an unfortunate saga, which has cost one woman her survivors’ benefits from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Metrice Hinds, a 61-year-old widow has received moral and tangible support from a...
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Babb takes her leave
Ira Babb, one of five women to be inducted into the Barbados Police Force in 1950 took her final march today. The 89-year-old’s name was actually the first to be called for admission. “After a few...
View ArticleBrass tacks
No compensation is pending for those who now have to get rid of thousands of dollars worth of petro-based plastics and styrofoam products after the ban on those items take effect in the next nine days,...
View ArticlePrivate waste haulage continues
Despite the end of the contract between private waste haulers and the state-owned Sanitation Services Authority (SSA) seven months ago, the arrangement continues in which the firms continue garbage...
View ArticleClearing the air
Barbados will soon have new guidelines for a national emergency protocol, Minister of the Environment Trevor Prescod has revealed. The guidelines are among policy decisions emerging from Wednesday’s...
View ArticleApproach to debt restructuring must match circumstances
Government Senator Rawdon Adams has warned that Barbados cannot adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to paying off its debt to international creditors. Speaking during debate on the Debt Holder (Approval...
View ArticleInce warns of ‘dangerous’ debt crisis
A former Democratic Labour Party (DLP) senator and economic advisor to the Freundel Stuart administration, is charging that Government jumped the gun when it opted to default on the debt to its 11...
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All systems go
There will now be only one and not the promised two 24-hour clinics when the Government makes another attempt for a start to the service on July 1. After a month of back and forth between nurses and...
View ArticleInsurance companies talk partnership
Barbados-based Trident Insurance Company Limited and Brydens Insurance, a branch of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Tatil Insurance company are in discussions with the possibility of forming a...
View ArticleMottley in Morocco to forge closer links
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has signalled her intention to forge deep ties with countries outside of North America and Europe. The latest effort saw a delegation of government officials and key business...
View ArticleAnother record year of arrivals projected
Barbados is on track for another record year of tourist arrivals. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., William Griffith, disclosed this yesterday at a Breakfast Trade...
View Article24-hour service at Winston Scott from July 1
Government will now commence the 24-hour service at the Winston Scott Polyclinic on July 1. This disclosure came Friday from Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, during a...
View ArticleEmpowering young people for positive living
The Anglican Commission on Advocacy and Social Justice has issued the following statement as it launches its project "Empowering our Young People for Positive Living". It says the project is aimed at...
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Coleridge & Parry School win Sir Clifford Husbands Agriculture Challenge
Coleridge & Parry School is the winner of this year’s Sir Clifford Husbands Agriculture Challenge. The team of Trinity Gibson and Eboni Browne, who produced a green smoothie from watermelon,...
View ArticleElderly woman, son perish in house fire
Police are investigating after an elderly woman and her son died in a house fire at a residence located at 1st Avenue, Alleyne Land, Bush Hall, St Michael, Saturday night. Police say the residence, a...
View ArticleFighting the NCD epidemic in Barbados
Two civil society organizations, are arming Barbadians with the knowledge to fight against the non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic in Barbados. The School’s Against Non-Communicable Diseases and...
View ArticleParadise revisited with inaugural flower art competition
Following on the success of the World Flower Show - Flowers in Paradise - held in 2017, the Barbados Association of Floral Artists (BAFA)held their first floral art show Saturday at the Barbados...
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