BTEditorial – Ending blissful ignorance of Estimates Barbados Today21/02/20194253 views Not known for any great legal conceits or passions, David Souter, a justice of the US Supreme Court, distinguished himself by retiring at a relatively young age to return to… Read more
Not so minister, says union Barbados Today21/02/20195258 views President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Sean Spencer is pushing back on claims by Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw, that his union failed to formally report the environmental… Read more
Retrenched workers not forgotten Barbados Today21/02/201913306 views Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan is promising laid off workers that Government has not forgotten them. Jordan said the recent separation of workers from the Public… Read more
Bridgetown jetty in need of repair too – fisherfolk Barbados Today21/02/20191321 views Fishermen, boat owners and fish vendors all agree that while the announcement that the Bridgetown Public Market will get a facelift is long overdue, they would like the jetty fixed… Read more
Barbadians urged to get on board with plastic ban Barbados Today21/02/20199345 views With Government’s proposed ban on single-use plastics and Styrofoam set to take effect on April 1, BICO’s Executive Chairman Edwin Thirlwell is encouraging industry stakeholders to embrace the project which… Read more
No sympathy Barbados Today21/02/201915345 views The public relations officer (PRO) of the Future Centre Trust has no sympathy for local packaging firms crying out for more time to get rid of thousands of dollars of… Read more
Not too late for deviant youth Barbados Today21/02/201911328 views All is not lost for Barbadian youths who have been labelled as deviant, and as a matter of fact, many can be brought into the fold of productive members of… Read more
School surveillance urgently needed, says former BUT boss Barbados Today21/02/20192239 views Former head of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Pedro Shepherd, is calling on the Ministry of Education to install surveillance cameras at schools across the island, following two break-ins… Read more
SDA church cries shame on fraudsters Barbados Today21/02/20198318 views The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church is crying shame on fraudsters who are seeking to exploit the church. President of the Barbados-based East Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Danforth Francis raised… Read more
Dying tax Barbados Today21/02/20197462 views Government’s decision to make Barbados a low-tax jurisdiction across the board will not go down in history as a make-or-break moment for Barbados’ economic sustainability, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has… Read more