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March 22, 2019 12:36 am
#BTEditorial – The way we live now
24 hours is really not enough to dissect the first national budget that will underpin this country’s economic recovery over …
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 23, 2019 1:23 am Workers still on edgeEmployees in the food court of Sheraton Mall are still recovering from Thursday’s bloody and brutal attack, which claimed the …
March 23, 2019 1:17 am Bail worryAttorney General Dale Marshall has vented his frustrations on the issue of bail being granted to persons accused of murder …
March 23, 2019 1:12 am Minibuses ‘to boost bus service’Minister in the Ministry of Transport Peter Phillips has announced a new initiative to partner with privately owned Public Service …
March 23, 2019 1:07 am Trust Fund lending reaches 700Some 700 people have so far received low-interest startup loans from the Government’s Trust Loan Fund, Minister of Small Business, …
March 23, 2019 1:01 am New deadlineGovernment is giving more time before the plastics ban comes into effect. Instead of the April 1 deadline, an adjustment …
March 23, 2019 12:52 am NUPW aims to boost its membershipThe National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is taking steps to add new members to its roll but its outreach …
March 23, 2019 12:47 am ‘Hike police pay, toughen laws’As lawmakers weigh in on a murder spree gripping the nation, MP for Christ Church South Ralph Thorne today challenged …
March 23, 2019 12:41 am We have to fight crime, says BPSA headChairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) Edward Clarke has condemned the most recent killing, which took place at …
March 23, 2019 12:36 am Execute themNationwide outrage at the latest of a score of murders committed so far this year reached fever-pitch on the floor …
March 23, 2019 12:21 am Prime Minister ‘dodges tough questions’ in BudgetProminent political scientist Dr Don Marshall has described as “good politicking” Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Budget presentation on Wednesday. But …
March 23, 2019 12:16 am Hotel expansion to spur economic activityGovernment has made slight adjustments to how the controversial Hyatt Centric project will be carried out. Prime Minister Mia Mottley …
March 23, 2019 12:10 am BWA employing more solar energyOfficials of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are hoping to slash that entity’s approximately $23 million annual electricity bill with …
March 22, 2019 10:57 pm Matthews’ ton leads the wayGEORGETOWN, Guyana – Captain Hayley Matthews struck a dashing century as Barbados thrashed Jamaica by eight wickets, to win their …
March 22, 2019 10:51 pm Brathwaite optimistic about World CupKOLKATA, India – West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite believes the Caribbean side can spring a few surprises at the upcoming …
March 22, 2019 10:46 pm Cream of the cropThe St. Michael School repeated as the two-time defending queens, while Harrison College after nine years resurfaced as kings when …
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 23, 2019 1:12 am Minibuses ‘to boost bus service’
Minister in the Ministry of Transport Peter Phillips has announced a new initiative to partner with privately owned Public Service …
- March 23, 2019 1:07 am Trust Fund lending reaches 700
Some 700 people have so far received low-interest startup loans from the Government’s Trust Loan Fund, Minister of Small Business, …
- March 23, 2019 1:01 am New deadline
Government is giving more time before the plastics ban comes into effect. Instead of the April 1 deadline, an adjustment …
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 12:31 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 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 industry
The 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 22, 2019 11:07 pm Bourne nets nine-year sentenceA fisherman who evaded police for almost two years after causing serious injury to another man who had “disrespected” him …
- March 22, 2019 11:02 pm Predator jailed
Professional jockey Jonathan Michael Grant has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a teenager over the head …
March 22, 2019 12:51 am Fixed home for BecklesA 47-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a 2017 offence in February has been sentenced to two years in prison. …
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 23, 2019 12:16 am Hotel expansion to spur economic activity
Government has made slight adjustments to how the controversial Hyatt Centric project will be carried out. Prime Minister Mia Mottley …
- March 23, 2019 12:10 am BWA employing more solar energy
Officials of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are hoping to slash that entity’s approximately $23 million annual electricity bill with …
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 12:25 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 threatWith 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 …
