Bajan-Brit eyeing World Cup berth Barbados Today06/03/20190242 views He may have been all but pigeon-holed as a 20-over specialist but, having done everything he could to thrust his name to the forefront of selectors’ minds in England’s opening… Read more
Cruise ship passengers on Virgin flight from Barbados quarantined at Gatwick airport Barbados Today06/03/201912280 views SOURCE: The Telegraph: Three people have been taken to hospital after a flight reserved for passengers on a cruise ship from Barbados was quarantined when passengers and crew became unwell. All… Read more
Of tooth and tongue Barbados Today06/03/20190211 views Our detractors keep insisting that we should stop writing about the ISO 9001 international management standard because the public is generally unaware of it. Only in the politically partisan world… Read more
Food security Barbados Today06/03/201912392 views “The quest for food security can be the common thread that links the different challenges we face and help build a sustainable future.” – José Graziano da Silva, United Nations… Read more
Time for talk is over Barbados Today06/03/20198271 views As stakeholders consulted last Wednesday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on the response to crime in Barbados, news reached that another young man lost his life due to senseless… Read more
By the grace of God Barbados Today06/03/20198268 views Centenarian Dorothy Elaine Cumberbatch was the first of ten children, and she is now one of two that are still alive. Today, as she celebrated her 100th birthday with a… Read more
UPP slams VAT on online transactions Barbados Today06/03/201949378 views Government’s decision to amend the Value Added Tax Act to allow for the 17.5 per cent tax to be collected for online transactions, has received a thumbs down from the… Read more
BIPA still willing to hear Govt’s plan Barbados Today06/03/201913238 views With over 300 deaths among CLICO policyholders in the last ten years the Barbados Investors and Policyholders Alliance (BIPA) is again pleading with Government to “do right” by its most… Read more
Return of drums at school sports gets Broomes’ blessing Barbados Today06/03/20197285 views The man regarded as the driving force behind the ban on drums at the Barbados Secondary School Athletic Championship (BSSAC) now says he supports an end to it. This morning,… Read more
Abrahams miffed about $6 million overrun Barbados Today06/03/201923291 views Minister of Energy and Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams has expressed disgust as the $18 million construction project for a new School Meals Service building has overrun by $6 million. The… Read more