BAMP warns of potential for fresh outbreak of breathing illnesses in schools Emmanuel Joseph10/01/20240199 views The new school term could see an unwelcome companion to thousands of children returning to the classroom – a rash of respiratory illnesses – the head of the Barbados Association… Read more
No mask mandate Barbados Today10/01/20240287 views The Ministry of Health and Wellness has dismissed social media reports that there is a mask mandate in Barbados again. However, it did advise persons who have respiratory symptoms and… Read more
While AOPT warns of collapse, GIAB blames ‘uncontrolled’ PSV behaviour Emmanuel Joseph10/01/20240220 views Four years after gaining a 75 per cent rise in bus fares, minibus and route taxi owners are pressing the Mia Mottley administration to raise fares or subsidise the industry,… Read more
Repair work continues at Hampton Pumping Station Barbados Today10/01/20240146 views Barbados Water Authority (BWA) said personnel pressed ahead with repair work being conducted at the Hampton Pumping Station in St Philip on Tuesday. Crews are working on lifting the damaged… Read more
No mask mandate in effect Barbados Today09/01/20240173 views The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that contrary to information circulating on social media, no mask mandate has been reinstituted for the public of Barbados. With the island… Read more
Classes get underway at Mount Tabor Primary Sheria Brathwaite09/01/20240279 views Around 80 students from the St John’s Primary School settled into classes at Mount Tabor Primary on Tuesday. Just after 8 a.m., parents were seen dropping off their wards.… Read more
PM welcomes new ministers, senator ‘to address global challenges’ Barbados Today09/01/20240246 views By Ryan Gilkes Prime Minister Mia Mottley trumpeted the roles of two new government ministers and a government senator in addressing the island’s economic, innovation, and investment priorities as they… Read more
NEW JOBS Barbados Today09/01/20240300 views A Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Mia Mottley last weekend led on Monday to three people taking oaths before President Dame Sandra Mason. Marsha Caddle is officially back in… Read more
BUT keeping keen eye on new term amid school changes Sheria Brathwaite09/01/20240199 views The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) declared Monday it intends to keep watch on school environments as the new term begins on Tuesday. BUT president Rudy Lovell told Barbados TODAY… Read more
Bruce: No ‘efficiency, effectiveness’ in reshuffle Shamar Blunt09/01/20240125 views By Shamar Blunt Political scientist Devaron Bruce has questioned the efficiency and effectiveness of Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s minor Cabinet reshuffle. He pushed back directly on the PM’s claims that… Read more