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Farmers urged to use Certificates of Purchase
There is concern that a measure reinstated two years ago to tackle the growing problem of praedial larceny is not being utilized by the same people it was meant to protect.And chief executive officer...
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Handyman turns 100
Hendrick Quarless was known as the jack of all trades in his community and whatever he put his mind to he usually got it done successfully.He was the tailor who outfitted grooms, a baker who prepared...
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Plan on the cards to transform manufacturing
An industrial policy and strategy aimed at transforming and driving the manufacturing sector forward is in the works.Stating that Government was determined to introduce measures to create an industrial...
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Rowe wants Govt to push development of young artistes
Founder and producer of Honey Jam Barbados, Ebonnie Rowe, wants to see Government taking over the initiative to help take it further forward.Founder and of producer of Honey Jam Barbados, Ebonnie...
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SET BACK
With thousands of Barbadians unable to attend the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus without Government’s tuition assistance, an economist is warning of major implications for the...
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Tax breaks
After waiting for nearly a year, hoteliers will, from next week, start accessing tens of thousands of dollars in tax breaks, similar to those granted to Jamaican hotel chain Sandals. But in delivering...
View ArticleCOB still receving UWI loan applications
As the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies reports a close to 30 per cent decline in its student population this academic year, at least one financial institution is reporting a...
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Boyce: Plan for changes to elderly health care
The care and treatment of the nation’s elderly is expected to significantly improve with the establishment of a new facility at the Geriatric Hospital. Minister of Health John Boyce told the opening...
View ArticleFitts Village shooting victim succumbs to injuries
Less than 24 hours after being shot while on the beach at Fitts Village, St James with his son, Nepaul Trotman has died. He succumbed to his injuries last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)...
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A step backwards
A step backwards and a victory for the enemies of free education. That is how social activist David Comissiong has reacted to official statistics that show an almost 30 per cent drop in total student...
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Review tax
That is how newly elected General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore described the controversial Municipal Solid Waste Tax as she, on behalf of the union’s membership, called for...
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Camp pay coming
Workers in Government’s 2014 National Summer Camps programme have not yet been paid. But the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, is promising that their money is coming soon. In a...
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Economist urges Government to seek help
Economist Ryan Straughn has given the Freundel Stuart administration a failing grade in its efforts to restore investor confidence, a year after it introduced an 18-month fiscal adjusment programme....
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Muslims give to charity
Charitable organizations across Barbados continue to see a rise in the number families in need of assistance. After receiving a donation of food hampers from the Barbados Muslim Association (BMA) at...
View ArticleFined over sea eggs
Three St John men will have to each pay $1,000 in the next three months or spend a month in prison for having 350 sea eggs outside the season. Deon Norville, 23, and Anthony Payne, 41, both of Martins...
View ArticleYouth missing at sea
Coast Guard and police will tomorrow morning resume the search for an 18-year-old who went missing after diving off a cliff at the Crane beach in St Philip this evening. Shaquille Oneal Denny, of...
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Family destroyed
Yesterday morning, Danielle Brathwaite was in the process of planning the 32nd birthday party for her boyfriend Neipaul Trotman. Hours later, she had to rush him to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)...
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PM ready to fight global regulators
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has served notice of his Government’s intention to fight powerful global regulators on any “unfair” standards they try to impose on Barbados as an international financial...
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FUTURE FEAR
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has warned of economic failure and the Barbados society “imploding” as a result of Government’s new policy on funding university education which has contributed to a near...
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BAS block
The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is moving to block tax concessions that hoteliers are about to access unless systems to prevent fraud and protect the agriculture and manufacturing sectors are...
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