Agriculture

The sugar harvest was expected to resume on Friday after being interrupted by a wildcat strike by some workers at the lone sugar mill, Portvale in St James, over a …

Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams has called for farm theft, widely known by the archaic legal term of praedial larceny, to be treated with far greater urgency, warning that growing complacency …

Uncertainty over who employs them, and lingering disappointment over a failed plan that once promised them a stake in the sugar industry, have deepened frustration among employees at the Portvale …

A simmering row over union recognition and working conditions erupted into industrial action on Wednesday when dozens of workers at the Portvale sugar factory walked off the job, disrupting the …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described the 2026 Budget as a “people’s budget”, saying it delivers on campaign promises while taking steps to protect Barbadians from mounting global pressures. Speaking …

President of Friends of Democracy Senator Karina Goodridge says the 2026 Budget, while containing some positive steps, does not go far enough to ease the pressure on Barbadians already struggling …

The 2026 sugar crop is set to begin on Tuesday with Portvale Sugar Factory accepting canes from daybreak, but veteran farmers warned that the centuries-old sugar industry now stands at …

Fish vendors at the Consett Bay Fish Market are crying foul over repairs being carried out without notice, saying the unexpected work has disrupted their operations just weeks before the …

Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight has denied that septic waste was dumped on farmland at Spencer’s, Christ Church, insisting the material was left nearby but not on cultivated land, and …