Future earnings no longer to be accounted in compensation – Blackman Emmanuel Joseph09/05/2020281 views The Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) is today acknowledging that yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling in the unfair dismissal case of a former Chefette senior employee, will influence a… Read more
Buyer beware: Online price check ‘coming’ Randy Bennett09/05/2020078 views Consumers will soon be able to go online and compare prices at supermarkets and minimarts before they set out to shop, Minister of Commerce Dwight Sutherland has revealed. The price… Read more
Contained but not killed – UWI scientist on COVID-19 Barbados Today09/05/2020081 views The COVID-19 coronavirus has been contained in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, a leading UWI researcher declared today. But the researcher, Professor Clive Landis, pro-vice-chancellor for undergraduate studies… Read more
Homeless folk get masks Anesta Henry09/05/2020072 views The City’s homeless have been issued with masks, as the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness (BAEH) moves to protect them from COVID-19. President Kemar Saffrey told Barbados TODAY the move… Read more
DLP’s ‘taxi drive’ in pandemic recovery Randy Bennett09/05/2020041 views Government should incorporate taxis into the public transport system, the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) spokesperson on Small Business Ryan Walters has suggested. He said he believes that the current plans… Read more
Health protocols to influence hotel design Emmanuel Joseph09/05/2020043 views A local construction magnate is forecasting that technology will have to play a greater role in structural designs that promote the health and safety of people resulting from the COVID-19… Read more
#BTEditorial – A reminder Mr Marshall, you’re the people’s servant Barbados Today09/05/2020741 views A study undertaken by noted democracy advocacy group, Freedom House, previously indicated that the world had its highest rate of fully free democracies of 46.1 per cent in 2008. By… Read more
Commerce Minister angered as firms flout reopening limits Randy Bennett09/05/2020434 views Businesses which continue to operate without authorization from Government will be dealt with harshly. That assurance has come from Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce Dwight Sutherland, amidst reports… Read more
MPs to distribute $1.5 million in vouchers from charity Barbados Today09/05/2020136 views The charity linked to the nation’s most exclusive hotel, Sandy Lane, is to distribute through MPs $1.5 million dollars in grocery vouchers over the next six weeks to help struggling… Read more
Pork aplenty – Williams Anesta Henry09/05/2020122 views Pig farmers are counting thousands in losses as their businesses receive a significant hit from the closure of hotels and restaurants due to the COVID-19 pandemic. President of the Barbados… Read more