UNICEF congratulates Barbados on schools’ re-opening Anesta Henry11/03/20220124 views Representative of UNICEF’s Eastern Caribbean Area Office, Dr Aloys Kamuragiye has commended the Ministry of Education for making the move to resume face-to-face classes on February 21. On Thursday, while… Read more
Retired clergyman says sexuality and gender in all of its forms are gifts from God Anesta Henry11/03/20220146 views Retired Anglican Bishop of Kingston, the Right Reverend Dr Robert Thompson has called for the buggery law to be repealed. And he has urged persons interested in that becoming a… Read more
More resources needed for human trafficking fight Barbados Today11/03/20220118 views An activist on the frontlines of Barbados’ human trafficking fight is not convinced that local law enforcement and lawmakers are adequately equipped to identify or address the scourge of modern-day… Read more
Homelessness in The City to be addressed Sandy Deane11/03/20220122 views A plan, spearheaded by the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc (BTI,) is in the works to assist the growing number of homeless people in The City as part of a wider… Read more
Ghanaian nurses desperately needed, says head of QEH Anesta Henry11/03/20220167 views Executive Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland says the nurses coming from Ghana are needed to fill critical shortages in the healthcare system. The imminent arrival of… Read more
One man dead, another injured in shootings Barbados Today11/03/20220113 views One man was killed and another injured in two separate shooting incidents in St Michael today. At 7th Avenue, New Orleans, 56-year-old Merton Patrick Hinds was shot in his chest… Read more
APP wants to see VAT reduced, land tax abolished among measures in upcoming budget Sandy Deane11/03/20220100 views Ahead of the presentation of the national budget next Monday, the Alliance Party for Progress (APP) insists Government must tackle the high cost of living head on, through a reduction… Read more
BAEH President wants two young people off the streets and back in safe homes Barbados Today11/03/20220126 views The Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness (BAEH) cannot provide all of the social interventions necessary to assist a growing number of people, particularly youth, in search of shelter. This was… Read more
High Court Justice urges youth to put down guns, take up opportunities for improvement Fernella Wedderburn11/03/20220101 views On a day that Barbados recorded its third firearm-related murder for 2022, gun offenders and would-be culprits are being urged to “raise up” their country and “stop shooting it down”.… Read more
Tourism’s revival could be short-circuited by crisis Marlon Madden11/03/2022079 views Barbados and other regional states are being warned that another global recession could be on the horizon, as oil, food and other commodity prices continue to increase, sanctions are stacked… Read more