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Code for public prosecutors launched
The Department of Public Prosecutions now has a code to govern the conduct of those who operate out of the office, for the first time since being established 53 years ago. The Code for Public...
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UCAL workers keep tools down
Workers at United Commercial Autoworks Ltd (UCAL) will continue their industrial action tomorrow after not being paid wages and salaries today, but they say they’re agitating for much more – $20...
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PORT WATCH
Concerned about the recent cases of gun violence and the impact they could have on Barbados’ vital tourism industry, a church leader and Government Senator is calling for intensified searches at the...
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Don’t wait
Go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without any further delay or Barbados will have to take a much more bitter economic pill to recover from its troubles. That message to the Freundel Stuart...
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Fire spike
The frequency at which fires are occurring appears to be getting out of control, with 2,445 blazes recorded so far this year, an almost 30 per cent increase over 2013. Leading the figures are grass...
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Nutrition worries
A study has unearthed information that some Barbadian children are facing nutritional challenges. Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Steven Blackett, raised...
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Man charged for Fitts Village murder
Police have charged Kemar Dalwin Harris with killing a man on the beach at Fitts Village, St James earlier this month. Harris, 20, of Nurse Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, appeared in the Holetown...
View ArticleCrew member charged after drugs found on boat
A Guyanese man is facing four drug charges after arriving in Barbados on a boat that had 12.13 kilogrammes of cannabis on board. Thakurdeo Heeraman, 35, was a crew member on the tug boat that towed a...
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Forget the Tribunal
Give us our severance payment and forget the Employment Rights Tribunal! That is the cry of frustrated former National Conservation Commission (NCC) workers who were severed six months ago and are yet...
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Closer scrutiny for car insurance
Some insurance companies will now be insisting on its personnel seeing vehicles before approving any coverage, on the heels of concerns that insurance had been given to non-existent vehicles. The...
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MONEY TALKS
The outcome of a meeting between directors of United Commercial Autoworks Limited (UCAL) and Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley will determine the next course of action for employees who...
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Expensive talk
With motor claim payouts passing the $1 billion mark, the majority of them for accidents in which drivers were distracted, the body representing insurance companies in Barbados is calling for...
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Broomes back to school tomorrow
Controversial principal Jeff Broomes will be at the Parkinson Memorial School tomorrow, for the first time since the start of the school year. Broomes, who was on sick leave before the start of the...
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Young criminals
A senior lawman says young adults have been responsible for most of the criminal activity in Barbados and the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) is looking for a way to deal with the youth violence....
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Crop Over changes
There will hardly be any duet performances in the 2015 Party Monarch and Sweet Soca Crop Over competitions. This was all but decided last night at a meeting of the island’s calypso tent managers and...
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Worry over uninsured vehicles
The number of uninsured vehicles on Barbados’ roads is on the rise and it has become a big headache for insurance companies. Top industry officials say companies are also having challenges negotiating...
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NUPW offers help to children of retrenched workers
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is stepping in to help the children of some retrenched Government workers prepare for next year’s Barbados Secondary School Entrance Exam. Beginning October...
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Dementia victims ‘suffering in silence’
Many Barbadians who suffer with symptoms of dementia are not being formally diagnosed and are suffering in silence –– this is according to Michael Splaine, a policy adviser with Alzheimer’s Disease...
View ArticleMan arrested for having sea eggs…again
Two weeks after being fined for having sea eggs outside the harvesting season, Deon Anderson David Norville found himself before the court for allegedly committing the same crime. The 23-year-old of...
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Back on the job
After two days of work-to-rule action, employees of United Commercial Autoworks Limited (UCAL) were back on the job at 3 p.m. today, following an assurance that representation will be made to Minister...
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