Suspensions down, but critics say students still falling through cracks Lourianne Graham02/03/2026053 views Education critics raised the alarm over a school system they say is failing at its foundation, leaving students trapped in a cycle of repeated suspensions, behavioural struggles, and academic overload.… Read more
Estimates: Education gets near $290m to accelerate reform agenda Sheria Brathwaite02/03/2026081 views Education is set to receive almost $290 million in the government’s budget to drive the government’s education reform agenda including plans to modernise schools for digital and physical learning, strengthen… Read more
Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue for the financial year 2026-2027 laid in Parliament Barbados Today24/02/20260790 views Government’s Budget, setting out the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue for the financial year 2026-2027, was today laid in Parliament, together with a projected forecast for the current financial year… Read more
NISSS: Rollout of paternity benefit backed by Budget mandate Shanna Moore31/07/20250438 views National Insurance and Social Security Service (NISSS) CEO Kim Tudor says the agency has the legal authority to administer the new paternity benefit, citing parliamentary intent and precedent. Tudor… Read more
The budget in five strengths, five weaknesses Barbados Today22/03/202501.7K views For the third consecutive year, the budget was presented shortly after the estimates and with the country in an economic adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the… Read more
Thorne unveils vision for change in marathon speech Shamar Blunt13/03/20250490 views In a marathon budget reply, thought to be the longest in living memory, stretching over two sittings of the House of Assembly, the sole opposition voice delivered a scathing critique… Read more
Thorne reflects on tough year Barbados Today12/03/202501.1K views The Barbados opposition leader says he has no regrets about crossing the floor of Parliament 13 months ago and leaving the ruling Barbados Labour Party. However, he claimed to have… Read more
Thorne attacks plans to scrap 11-Plus exam Sheria Brathwaite12/03/202501.3K views Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has sharply criticised the government’s move to abolish the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination – commonly known as the common entrance or 11-plus exam – demanding… Read more
Govt ‘putting housing over food’ Shamar Blunt12/03/20250548 views Opposition leader Ralph Thorne has condemned the government’s land-use strategy, accusing it of prioritising housing developments at the expense of farming and proceeding with major projects without adequate public consultation.… Read more
Thorne to Govt: ‘What are your words on US-Cuba medic issue?’ Sheria Brathwaite12/03/20250619 views Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has challenged Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds to declare Barbados’ stance on the United States’ injunction against… Read more