Association applauds FTC ruling on BLPC, awaits final order Barbados Today29/11/2023095 views The Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) says it is “encouraged” by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) decision not to grant the island’s sole electricity company the full electricity rate… Read more
New facility opens with aim to help improve farming sector Barbados Today28/11/20230153 views The Paradise Nature Park has officially opened and officials are hoping that the new facility will help improve and diversify the farming sector. During the brief opening ceremony on Monday,… Read more
Bridgetown readying for cargo hub deal with Guyana Emmanuel Joseph28/11/20230180 views By Emmanuel Joseph Barbados is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into readying the Port of Bridgetown as a regional transhipment hub, and Guyana is one of the key markets… Read more
ALMOST READY Emmanuel Joseph28/11/20230163 views ‘We Loyal Sons and Daughters All’ in National Heroes Square is all but ready for its unveiling on Tuesday. Workmen were seen on Monday applying the finishing touches to the… Read more
Symmonds urges Bajans to support education reform Sandy Deane28/11/20230112 views Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds has urged Barbadians to embrace and be part of ongoing efforts to transform education given the current level of underperformance and… Read more
BACA calls for posthumous recognition of Stoute Shamar Blunt28/11/20230143 views Late Barbadian entertainer Richard Stoute should be awarded the highest national honour – the Order of the Freedom of Barbados – and given an official funeral, fellow entertainer and president… Read more
Hinkson: Samoa Agreement a win-win Fernella Wedderburn28/11/20230180 views Barbados’ Representative to the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP)-European Union (EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly has sought to “clear up some misconceptions” about the recently signed Samoa Agreement amid concerns that the… Read more
‘Godfather’ remembered Shamar Blunt28/11/20230189 views Richard Stoute was remembered as a true Bajan icon and the godfather of entertainment by an array of colleagues and commentators inside and outside the entertainment industry in the hours… Read more
Excellence celebrated at NIFCA Gala Barbados Today28/11/20230145 views Confirming the enduring nature of great art, a selection of award-winning pieces made a return to the stage as the 50th anniversary of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts… Read more
Parents and students to join teachers taking action at St John’s Primary School Sheria Brathwaite28/11/20230188 views A report by an environmental hygienist five months ago confirmed mould and other environmental issues at the St John’s Primary School and made recommendations for corrective action to be taken,… Read more