Stop spreading propaganda, says Prescod Barbados Today03/01/201957591 views Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Trevor Prescod has called on some Barbadians to stop “deliberately spreading propaganda about Barbados” by overstating the country’s garbage collection woes. Prescod was… Read more
Prosecute them! Barbados Today03/01/201911360 views Indiscriminate dumping continues to be a major problem across Barbados and James Paul, Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is calling on policymakers to enforce the regulations.… Read more
Correction Barbados Today03/01/20190413 views In the Friday, December 31 edition of the Barbados TODAY E-paper, the article Strike averted on Page 46 incorrectly stated: “APTO Chairman Morris Lee called on drivers and conductors to… Read more
Garbage limbo Barbados Today03/01/20194560 views The question of whether there will be garbage pickups on the weekends is again up in the air as the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and workers failed to reach agreement… Read more
Central Bank apologizes for pay delay Marlon Madden03/01/20192428 views Not only has the interest rate been slashed but some domestic holders of government securities will have to wait a while longer before receiving payments that were due on December… Read more
Tax amnesty enters last day Barbados Today03/01/20190326 views Taxpayers have been racing to take advantage of a tax amnesty extension which ends on Friday, a Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) spokesman has said. Since the extension was announced, there… Read more
Salvation Army: 2018 a good year for giving Barbados Today03/01/20190338 views The Salvation Army says 2018 has been good year for the church as Barbadians have been good to it. During an interview with Barbados TODAY at the Army’s headquarters in… Read more
Cut more foreign spending Marlon Madden03/01/20193482 views Economist and former Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell is urging Government to use funds received from multi-national agencies to address the country’s balance of payments problems and its deteriorating… Read more
#BTEditorial – Let’s get serious about our waste management Barbados Today03/01/201931.4K views “Two million tonnes a day, that’s what Barbados throws away.” The lyrics of the jingle advertising the Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre (SBRC) for the last two years contain a not-so-fun… Read more
Shillingford cited for throwing again Barbados Today03/01/20193434 views ROSEAU, Dominica – Former Test off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been reportedly suspended by Cricket West Indies for an illegal action, ruling him out of the third round of the Regional… Read more