President of the Bridgetown Port Taxi Co-Op Society Ltd Adrian Bayley says taxi operators at the island’s sole seaport are getting the short end of the stick. Speaking with members of the media at the association’s beach clean-up at Holetown Beach on Saturday, Bayley said taxi operators were receiving 20 per cent of the business […]
Category: Environment
Sandals Foundation assisted with the clean-up of Christ Church Girls School this morning. The team arrived at the school at 7 a.m. armed with cutlasses, rakes, gloves, a skip and weed whackers. They were joined by members of the Christ Church Girls School Parent Teachers Association and Paradise Junior Footballers. Public Relations Officer with Sandals […]
The pleas of vendors and retailers for an extension to the deadline for the ban of single use petro-based plastics in Barbados have been answered. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, on Thursday night announced that vendors and retailers will now have until July 1, to use their existing stock, while the ban […]
The south coast sewage crisis is on the mend, according to Minister of Energy and Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams. Abrahams gave an update on the South Coast Sewage Project during a press conference at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) headquarters this morning. He said the southern belt was “better than pre-crisis levels” with the disposal […]
Authorities have ordered thousands to evacuate from a dam at risk of giving way in south-eastern Brazil, just days after a nearby dam collapsed. At least 37 have been killed and more than 250 others are feared dead in Friday’s disaster at an iron ore mine near the town of Brumadinho. Rescue operations have been […]
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this phenomenon has been having on countries in the region since 2011. The fact-finding survey is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), that has […]
The value of Barbados’ coastal and marine resources and their potential for investment must be taken into consideration going forward. Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Dr. Leo Brewster, stated this on Friday, during a Cost Recovery Mechanisms workshop, under the theme Transitioning to a Blue Economy through Sustainable Financing at Hilton Barbados. […]
The state-owned Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) has abolished the controversial tipping fee. The SSA said in a statement today that the fee, which had been imposed on waste disposal at the Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre (SBRC) in May 2015, will be removed effective, Monday, December 3. The fee saw waste haulers or the average Barbadian having […]
Government remains committed to the development of the Blue Economy as the ocean has been identified as the “life blood” of the planet. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, emphasized Government’s commitment to the process as he addressed the inaugural Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Kenya this week. Noting that Barbados had […]
There is hope for Barbados and rest of the Caribbean when it comes to tackling the issues of climate change and building a more resilient region. However, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Ronald Jackson, said it will demand more urgent and accelerated action from every government and their citizens with […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue its fogging programme in three parishes this week, in its efforts to rid the island of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. On Monday, October 15, the fogging team will target Sunset Crest, Hibiscus Avenue, Cherry Avenue, Violet Row, Cemetery Lane, Flamboyant Avenue, Cordia Avenue, Mayhoe Avenue and environs […]
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) wishes to advise residents and businesses in St Lucy and St Peter that it will be swabbing a 10-inch main between Barrows, St Lucy, and the junction of Shermans and Colleton, St Peter, on Tuesday, October 16, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The swabbing will continue on Wednesday, October […]
Barbados’ infrastructure is in a “woeful state,” and while the Government does not have the finances to deal with all the issues it will prioritize the critical needs, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said. She made the comment following a day-long tour of flood-affected communities following the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk. The system dumped […]
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue to concentrate its efforts in Christ Church next week, as it seeks to control the mosquito population in the parish. On Monday, October 1, the team will fog Rockley New Road, Ventnor Gardens, Golf Club Road, Bynoe Road, Rendezvous Hill, Rendezvous Gardens, […]
Barbadians are being urged to play their part in protecting the environment from calamities such as climate change. Minister of Environment and National Beautification Trevor Prescod made the appeal during today’s National Arbor Day celebrations held at the National Botanical Gardens. Prescod not only wants residents to clean their surroundings but to protect and or […]
There has been a noticeable increase in the number of people participating in the annual Clean Up Barbados campaign, project manager of the Future Centre Trust Ann Harding has said. Over 1,000 volunteers gathered early this morning to clean up refuse as Barbados joined the rest of world in observing International Coastal Clean-up Day. “There are […]
Worthing Beach will remain closed until further notice. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Beautification said the continued closure was as a result of waste water entering the Graeme Hall swamp. “In an effort to protect the swamp and its environs, in addition to keeping the waste water from reappearing on the streets of the South Coast, […]
