Gov’t to expand net for citizenship qualification Barbados Today23/09/20220191 views Legislation to allow more categories of people to attain Barbadian citizenship is to go before Parliament soon, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams disclosed on Thursday as he… Read more
Gov’t offered wide proposals to stimulate small business sector Marlon Madden23/09/2022078 views By Marlon Madden Officials of the Small Business Association (SBA) are calling on Government to remove the two per cent foreign exchange tax on online transactions and review the policy… Read more
Police: Accused admitted hitting victim with “one rock” Barbados Today22/09/20220138 views A police officer on Thursday recounted that murder accused Raheim Ricardo O’Neil Hinds claimed he threw a stone at Michael Yearwood in self-defense. That was the evidence of Station Sergeant… Read more
Wrong man! Barbados Today22/09/20220376 views It was not me! That was the impassioned statement of Kemal Mario Straker who today maintained his innocence and suggested that police were trying to frame him. Straker, of #15… Read more
Cabinet approves changes to mask mandate and travel protocols Barbados Today22/09/20220207 views Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw has disclosed that the Cabinet of Barbados met today and approved a number of fundamental changes to the COVID-19 directives that have governed the management… Read more
#BT Column – A modern monarchy as a mirror of hope and truth Sasha Mehter22/09/20220132 views By Walter Edey Charles III is now the King of Great Britain and head of the Commonwealth, but the form and nature of the monarchy remains uncertain. And, as some… Read more
#BT Column – The oil and gas sector in Guyana: Catalyst for agriculture and food sector growth Sasha Mehter22/09/20220106 views Guyana lifted its first commercial shipment of oil in December 2019. This is projected to be the start of a very dominant national oil and gas industry with estimated reserves… Read more
#BT Column – Mandatory imprisonment for firearms Sasha Mehter22/09/20220254 views One is almost sure to find a melee of spirited Barbadians berating government, and fortifying their resolve for the imposition of harsher punishments, whenever and wherever reports of crime are… Read more
Ross University welcomes new medical students Sasha Mehter22/09/20220111 views Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) officially welcomed 363 new first-year September 2022 semester medical students during the White Coat Ceremony, held at Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Friday, September… Read more
The NCF brings local culture to ACTIF Sasha Mehter22/09/20220107 views The inaugural AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum’s 2022 (ACTIF) had its share of fine Bajan arts and artisans showcased, thanks to the National Cultural Foundation (NCF). The ACTIF 2022 welcome… Read more