Local NewsNews BWA challenged by Emmanuel Joseph 26/04/2019 written by Emmanuel Joseph 4 min read The top management of the state-owned Barbados Water Authority (BWA) may end up before the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) to defend the retrenchment of two former employees who are claiming … Continue Reading 26/04/2019 3 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Speed up justice by Emmanuel Joseph 19/04/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 19/04/2019 With judges now facing the axe for not returning decisions within six months of the start of a case, the legal profession has sprung into action to ensure justice is … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Rock Hard triumphs by Emmanuel Joseph 18/04/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 18/04/2019 The Mark Maloney-owned Rock Hard Cement has won the final round of a trade dispute with the St Lucy-based Arawak Cement Company. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today settled … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Thirty-two firearms turned in โ top cop by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2019 Describing the one week gun amnesty as expectedly unsuccessful, police today revealed that 32 illegal firearms and 1,758 rounds of assorted ammunition were handed over by the deadline of midnight … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Corrupt security by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2019 In perhaps his strongest rebuke to date on the influx of illegal guns into the country, Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith today blamed what he said was corruption at the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Reducing recidivism by Emmanuel Joseph 11/04/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 11/04/2019 As concern mounts among authorities and the wider society over the shocking level of gun crime here, a local social services body has received the green light to introduce a … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews School sex worry by Emmanuel Joseph 29/03/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 29/03/2019 Child protection agency authorities here are scratching their heads over what they see as a disturbing trend of minors having sex with minors at school. Coordinator of the Child Abuse … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local News BIPA welcomes CLICO resolution, โseeks detailsโ by Emmanuel Joseph 22/03/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 22/03/2019 Although welcoming Governmentโs decision to pay out the vast majority of CLICO claims and investments, the group that champions the cause of policyholders and investors of the collapsed CLICO Life … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Economic austerity โuntil 2025โ by Emmanuel Joseph 21/03/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 21/03/2019 Six more years of fiscal medicine are what Barbadians can expect before the economy can recover fully, the Prime Minister has warned, less than six months into an International Monetary … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNews Showdown by Emmanuel Joseph 16/03/2019 by Emmanuel Joseph 16/03/2019 The state enterprise that manages cricketโs famed Mecca and the Barbados Workers Union appears headed for a showdown over pending layoffs as the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail