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 Today06/03/201923292 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
School to reopen Barbados Today06/03/20197449 views The Alma Parris Memorial Secondary, closed for nearly two years, is to be reopened – as soon as the Government comes into money, according to Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw.… Read more
Parents protest conditions at Milton Lynch Barbados Today06/03/20191247 views Frustrated! That was the cry of parents at the only Government all boys’ primary school. The disgruntled parents took to the streets for a silent protest over the environmental concerns… Read more
Reforms coming Barbados Today06/03/201913352 views In what is likely to be the biggest shift in education in two generations, the “archaic’ Common Entrance Exam, set for 11-year-olds to transition from primary to secondary school, may… Read more