#BTColumn – Parliamentary reform – The Senate matters Barbados Today15/09/20230124 views Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. By John Beale The Parliamentary Reform Committee has been discussing the relevance… Read more
Scotiabank is Barbados’ Best Consumer Digital Bank Barbados Today15/09/20230151 views Scotiabank has been named Barbados’ Best Consumer Digital Bank 2023 by Global Finance (New York) for the third consecutive year. Also for the first time, Global Finance has awarded the… Read more
Delays expected in Transport Board services as focus turns to getting children to school Barbados Today15/09/20230137 views The island’s school children will benefit from improved bus services from the Transport Board when the new term starts next Monday but general commuters are likely to suffer fallout. In… Read more
Families of nursing home residents advised to pay more attention to their care Anesta Henry15/09/20230200 views President of the Barbados Alzheimer’s Association Pamelia Brereton has suggested that Barbadians need to be more proactive and vigilant when placing their elderly family members in senior citizens’ homes. Noting… Read more
School monitors to become classroom assistants Barbados Today15/09/20230153 views The 220 people hired to work as school monitors in nursery, primary and special needs schools during the COVID-19 pandemic are being given the opportunity to transition to the role… Read more
Yearwood questions motive behind Trident ID card pinning Barbados Today15/09/20230148 views Government’s motive for asking senior citizens to pin their new Trident ID card to ride on public transportation for free is being called into question by president of the Democratic… Read more
DLP says data on homelessness needed to deal with problem Barbados Today15/09/20230145 views Third vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Felicia Dujon says the Government needs to get concrete data on the true state of homelessness in Barbados if it wants to… Read more
Escalating cost leads Roving Response Team to suspend assistance to police Emmanuel Joseph15/09/20230137 views After 30 years of helping the Barbados Police Service deal with road accidents and oil spills, the Roving Response Team (RRT) has suspended that voluntary operational support saying it is… Read more
#BTEditorial – Temporary teachers saga should have been dealt with before Barbados Today Traffic15/09/20230112 views We are just days away from the start of the Michaelmas term. Schools across Barbados, from nursery to tertiary, will all receive a fresh group of students. People from age… Read more
Court orders entrepreneur to forfeit seized foreign currency Fernella Wedderburn15/09/20230200 views A High Court judge has made it clear that ignorance of the law is no excuse as she ordered that an entrepreneur forfeit just under half of the US currency… Read more