Government is getting an unexpected partner in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the promotion of responsible drinking – the drinks industry, officials said today. The West Indies Rum …
Marlon Madden
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A number of businesspeople in Barbados have been confessing privately to having paid bribes amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars to public officials, Attorney General and Minister of Legal …
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A former detective is advising the police to step up its stop-and-search tactic in a bid to drive down the wave of violent crime And Valman Thompson has suggested bringing …
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A new campaign group, opposed to the eventual legalisation of marijuana use, was launched on Monday, issuing a sharp warning to patients to source medical cannabis drugs through legal channels. …
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President of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen has renewed her call for the age limit for the purchase of alcohol to be raised. The road safety advocate …
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Despite “minor delays”, Barbados has managed to make a strong start in implementing its economic austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund said today, prompting the IMF’s second release of credit …
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Barbados stands to suffer severe consequences if there is no improvement soon in the declining coral reef stock in the region. In addition, local authorities have expressed grave concern about …
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Barbados-based Trident Insurance Company Limited and Brydens Insurance, a branch of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Tatil Insurance company are in discussions with the possibility of forming a partnership. Tatil, which …
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Barbados will soon have new guidelines for a national emergency protocol, Minister of the Environment Trevor Prescod has revealed. The guidelines are among policy decisions emerging from Wednesday’s massive landfill …
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Despite the end of the contract between private waste haulers and the state-owned Sanitation Services Authority (SSA) seven months ago, the arrangement continues in which the firms continue garbage collection …