‘Let’s talk about the 11-plus’ Barbados Today24/01/20199264 views Minister of Education Technology and Vocational Training Santia Bradshaw says more needs to be done to change Barbados’ rigorous educational system. Speaking on the sidelines of a scholarship presentation at… Read more
#BTEditorial – Ending our plastic love affair Barbados Today24/01/20192169 views For more than a year, Barbadians have had to wean themselves off plastic bags. In another two months, our divorce from single-use plastics will become final. From April 1, the… Read more
NUPW demanding transparency Barbados Today24/01/20190236 views The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is unhappy with the level of transparency from Government as it relates to proposed retrenchment of workers at the Barbados Government Information Service… Read more
Missing man Edwin Rollock Barbados Today24/01/20192286 views Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 73-year-old Edwin Rollock, of Gill’s Terrace, St Peter. Rollock, who is light in complexion, clean shaven and about 184cm tall, was… Read more
Forde promises Gov’t will respond Barbados Today24/01/20191189 views Yet another Government Minister has joined the chorus of people demanding an end to the country’s deadly spate of murders. Hours before Barbados recorded its eighth murder for the year,… Read more
Axe to fall again at Nation Barbados Today24/01/201917303 views Staff of the Nation Publishing Company are bracing for more job cuts. According to reports reaching Barbados TODAY, a number of positions will be made redundant in the coming months.… Read more
Garbage row fix Barbados Today24/01/20193291 views The discord between the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and its workers over the issue of overtime pay for weekend work, has been settled for the time being. Minister of the… Read more
Focus on restructuring SOE Emmanuel Joseph24/01/20191246 views Government’s Senior Technical Advisor is urging the Mia Mottley-administration not to back off from restructuring its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the next three years. Dr Kevin Greenidge, a Barbados-born economist… Read more
Extradition hearing adjourned Barbados Today24/01/20190236 views For the third time in as many hearings a Barbadian man fighting an extradition attempt by Canada had his matter adjourned. When 64-year-old Errol Vivian Jones, of Bridgefield, St Thomas… Read more
Farmer Edwards fined $3,500 for growing weed Barbados Today24/01/20190282 views Vowing to “go out there and work”, a 56-year-old St Michael farmer admitted to having drugs and told a Bridgetown Magistrate today: “I will try to do better.” Julius Alexander Edwards… Read more