Festival rocking, rolling, mixing Barbados Today20/02/20240216 views By Simone Tull The Holetown Festival was a heady mix of music and cocktails on Saturday as the celebration of Barbados’ English settlement in its very first town four centuries… Read more
Teachers, ‘unhappy’ with staff crisis handling at Good Shepherd Sheria Brathwaite20/02/20240160 views Teachers stayed away from work en masse at the Good Shepherd Primary School, forcing the school to close early on Monday, as a staff crisis deepened. Officials told Barbados TODAY… Read more
Tests pinpoint sickening stench’s source at Lester Vaughan School Sheria Brathwaite20/02/20240264 views The horrible stench that has driven teachers and students from The Lester Vaughan School — prompting its week-long closure on Monday — is coming from a seriously defective sewage system,… Read more
Labour bill meets higher bar – investment minister Barbados Today20/02/20240199 views Newly appointed minister for economic affairs and investment Senator Chad Blackman has defended the government’s moves to enact new labour standards regulations, declaring that in the post-COVID age, more corporations… Read more
BSIL farmers ‘ready, waiting’ as new co-op works to start mill Sheria Brathwaite20/02/20240296 views By Sheria Brathwaite The Barbados Sugar Industry Limited (BSIL), the original grouping of private sugar growers before the government’s divestment of its stake in the industry, declared Monday it is… Read more
India open to assisting Barbados’ renewable energy efforts Barbados Today20/02/20240217 views By Dawne Parris – In India A leading global think tank in energy, environment and sustainable development could be offering Barbados a hand in its efforts to tackle climate change… Read more
Thorne, Yearwood split political leader, party leader powers Emmanuel Joseph20/02/20240190 views The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) was set to return to the elected legislature on Monday after spending six years in the parliamentary wilderness, banished by the voters from the House… Read more
Wickham slams DLP pres for opposition leader’s delayed membership Barbados Today20/02/20240237 views Pollster Peter Wickham has slammed DLP President Dr Ronnie Yearwood for the slow pace of accepting newly appointed opposition leader Ralph Thorne back into the Democratic Labour Party, describing the… Read more
95 new COVID cases Barbados Today20/02/20240238 views Barbados recorded 95 new COVID-19 cases over the last five weeks. In its latest update, for the period January 20 to February 16, the Ministry of Health and Wellness said… Read more
DLP confirms Ralph Thorne as political leader and new member Barbados Today19/02/20240590 views The Democratic Labour Party has confirmed Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne KC as a member and the party’s new political leader following talks this evening. Dr Ronnie Yearwood remains the party’s… Read more