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March 21, 2019 2:30 am
#BTEditorial – A breath of fresh air at the NCF
We are often resistant to change, even when that change is for the better. Thankfully, though, Barbadians are intelligent enough …
March 20, 2019 1:15 am
#BTEditorial – Pic-O-De-Crop must recapture public interest
We are a couple of months away from the start of the Crop Over Festival – the “Sweetest Summer Festival” …
March 19, 2019 12:54 am
#BTEditorial – Unsafe at any calibre
Friday’s horrific incidents in New Zealand are but the latest in a long line of sobering lessons that high-powered semi-automatic …
March 16, 2019 1:31 am
#BTEditorial – NIS’s strange benefit law unto themselves
Since being elected into office last year, Government has made it a priority to update the laws of the land. …
March 22, 2019 1:19 am Bostic intervenes in Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic impasseAn action plan to tackle security arrangements at the Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic has emerged from a two-hour meeting with …
March 22, 2019 1:13 am Boat fire in Bank HallEyewitnesses claim to have seen two young boys running from a boat at a private property at Savannah Road, Bush …
March 22, 2019 1:07 am Govt committed to getting public transport right, says DuguidMember of Parliament for Christ Church West and Minister of Transport, Works and Maintenance, Dr William Duguid, says his Government …
March 22, 2019 1:02 am Casino gambling ‘will bring organised crime, corruption’Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley today painted a grim picture of a nation in the grip of widespread corruption, money laundering …
March 22, 2019 12:56 am Murder at the MallDozens were denied a safe space to work, shop and dine during the lunchtime hours today as terror encroached on …
March 22, 2019 12:56 am Tax warningGovernment is being warned that a raft of higher taxes on the tourism industry could lead to dampening of demand …
March 22, 2019 12:31 am Bus fare too high – AtherleyGovernment’s 75 per cent bus fare hike has been strongly rebuked by Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley. Yesterday, Prime Minister …
March 22, 2019 12:25 am ‘We’re in’The tussle over what price the Government and taxpayers can bear to attract an iconic all-inclusive hotel brand took another …
March 22, 2019 12:17 am Fare hike too steepCommuters and Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators have frowned on Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s decision to increase bus fares by …
March 22, 2019 12:11 am BIPA welcomes CLICO resolution, ‘seeks details’Although welcoming Government’s decision to pay out the vast majority of CLICO claims and investments, the group that champions the …
March 22, 2019 12:05 am Police on the job – AGOn the heels of Barbados’ 20th murder for 2019 this afternoon, Attorney General Dale Marshall and Commissioner of Police Tyrone …
March 21, 2019 11:58 pm Tourism threatWith a score of murders barely three months into the year, with one of today occurring at the country’s most …
March 21, 2019 10:58 pm Advantage St MichaelThe St. Michael School, defending double crown champions of the Powerade-sponsored Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championship, lead both the girls …
March 21, 2019 9:25 pm Chanderpaul says Cameron must be reelectedGEORGETOWN, Guyana – Test icon Shivnarine Chanderpaul says the success of the domestic franchise system has left him with no …
March 20, 2019 10:42 pm Latapy in chargeBarbados’ senior national men’s team has hired retired Trinidad and Tobago midfield magician Russell Latapy as its new head coach, …
March 20, 2019 10:38 pm ‘Simmons’ hire a bad call’KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, says the regional governing body was forced to part ways with …
March 19, 2019 11:28 pm Lloyd, Sir Andy backing Team SkerrittWest Indies cricket greats former captain Clive Lloyd and Sir Andy Roberts have added their voices to those supporting Ricky …
March 19, 2019 11:13 pm Monarchs!The city of Bridgetown St. Giles Primary are queens for the second consecutive year while Bayley’s Primary after a two-year …
March 18, 2019 11:01 pm Momentum!Two first-half strikes from midfielders Devonte Richards and Nathan Skeete propelled Barbados’ Under-17 squad to a 2-0 victory over St. …
March 17, 2019 10:26 am Barbados athletes win special olympics world games goldBarbados picked up two gold medals on Saturday afternoon, on the first day of the athletics competition in the Special …
March 15, 2019 9:54 pm Coelho returning for rally challengeTrinidad & Tobago’s David Coelho is the first regional entry for Sol Rally Barbados 2019, the 30th running of the …
- March 22, 2019 1:02 am Casino gambling ‘will bring organised crime, corruption’
Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley today painted a grim picture of a nation in the grip of widespread corruption, money laundering …
- March 22, 2019 12:31 am Bus fare too high – Atherley
Government’s 75 per cent bus fare hike has been strongly rebuked by Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley. Yesterday, Prime Minister …
March 21, 2019 2:57 am ‘Stay the course’An increase in bus fare, new taxes on the gaming industry, and new rates of payment for water for commercial …
March 21, 2019 2:46 am VAT to tick up for tourism industryThe bread-and-butter tourism industry was told tonight it must share the nation’s burden of economic recovery, has been slapped with …
March 21, 2019 2:39 am Economic austerity ‘until 2025’Six more years of fiscal medicine are what Barbadians can expect before the economy can recover fully, the Prime Minister …
March 21, 2019 2:33 am Nothing to hide in consultants dealWhite Oak Consulting is simply the best. Better than all the rest. And that, according to Prime Minister Mia Mottley, …
March 21, 2019 2:27 am Tax refunds ‘coming’Within the next four months taxpayers are to begin receiving income tax refunds owed to them from as far back …
- March 21, 2019 2:21 am Budget 2019: Grip to loosen on Forex
Barbadians will be able to open foreign currency bank accounts here from July, as the Mia Mottley administration begins to …
- March 21, 2019 2:15 am Gun crime ‘bad’, PM admits
Prime Minister Mia Mottley tonight made the grim admission that the current level of gun-related crime is “bad”. But she …
March 22, 2019 12:46 am Intruder jailedLast weekend 24-year-old Jim Ron Fenty crept into the house of an unsuspecting family and robbed them of several possessions. …
March 22, 2019 12:41 am Money or time for steelbenderA steel bender has two months to pay the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court a $1,500 fine. And if Ricardo O’Neale …
March 22, 2019 12:36 am It’s suicide!Coroner Manila Renee on Thursday ruled the cause of death of Corey Antonio Best to be suicide by hanging. In …
March 21, 2019 12:06 am Accused loiterer remandedA St Thomas man accused of loitering is on remand at Dodds waiting his day in the Holetown Magistrates’ Court …
March 21, 2019 12:02 am Boxed drugs cost woman $8,000A mother of four who was carrying a “big brown box” containing snacks and marijuana says she was “duped” into …
March 20, 2019 11:56 pm Drug accused to return to court in AugustA St James man was granted $75,000 bail today in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court. Eric Astor Omar Gibson, of …
March 20, 2019 11:45 pm Report ordered on grannyBridgetown Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant wants to know more about the 65-year-old grandmother who pleaded guilty today to assaulting her 12-year-old …
March 20, 2019 12:20 am Forde pleads guilty to assaultConsistent arguments over who gets to pick up their child from school landed a 34-year-old man before the law courts. …
March 20, 2019 12:14 am Prison for drunken crookA 43-year-old man with no fixed place of abode will have a roof over his head at least for the …
- March 22, 2019 12:25 am ‘We’re in’
The tussle over what price the Government and taxpayers can bear to attract an iconic all-inclusive hotel brand took another …
- March 21, 2019 11:58 pm Tourism threat
With a score of murders barely three months into the year, with one of today occurring at the country’s most …
March 21, 2019 2:51 am Sandals’ ‘demands’ rejectedThere is a possibility that the Jamaica-based Sandals Resorts International (SRI) could pull the plug on its highly publicized US$400 …
March 19, 2019 11:41 pm Leaders want growth, lower direct taxesTwo key business figures and one of the Mia Mottley administration’s leading critics are hoping that a strategy for growing …
March 14, 2019 1:31 am On the jobMinister of International Business and Industry Ronald Toppin says Barbados is working towards having its name removed from a European …
March 14, 2019 1:11 am Welcome, KooymanEmphatically declaring that “Barbados is fully open for business” Prime Minister Mia Mottley this evening welcomed Dutch Caribbean hardware megastore …
March 13, 2019 1:25 am CementedRock Hard Cement, owned by Barbadian construction magnate Mark Maloney, has won round one of a trade dispute with the …
March 12, 2019 12:56 am ‘Transform public service, grow economy’ – WorrellFormer Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell has suggested comprehensive reform of public services as the …
March 12, 2019 12:50 am Heritage railway ‘boost’ to sugar mansionEight decades after the last train chugged off the line and into Barbadian legend, the heritage railway on the grounds …
