Ganja grower placed on a bond Barbados Today17/04/20200151 views Farmer Selvin Kingsley Maynard who was discovered growing illegal herb at his residence has been placed on a bond for the next six months. If the 56-year-old first-time offender from… Read more
Lawyer urges court to hear complainant in indictable matter Barbados Today17/04/20200149 views Legal counsel Arthur Holder has described as “malicious” a 2016 indictable charge leveled against a 30-year-old man, saying that the complainant in the matter had informed police that his client… Read more
Walker’s plea Barbados Today17/04/20200211 views Robert DaCosta Walker today tried to convince a Bridgetown magistrate to grant him bail because he “ain’t went nowhere and rob nobody,” and was the “most perfect husband”. His application… Read more
#BTEditorial – Call Trump’s withdrawal of WHO funding what it is – an act of evil Barbados Today16/04/2020065 views It would be hard to dispute that before January of this year, most Americans had never heard of the World Health Organisation. What is distressingly ironic is that the WHO,… Read more
US releases BVI’s shipment of protective gear Sandy Deane16/04/2020077 views SOURCE: CMC: A shipment of medical supplies to help the British Virgin Islands territory fight the COVID-19 pandemic, has been released by the United States. This was revealed by the… Read more
New shopping schedule applies to gas stations Sandy Deane16/04/20200105 views The new alphabetic-based shopping system applies to gas stations, COVID-19 Czar Richard Carter confirmed today. Members of the public have expressed concern that they have not been able to fill… Read more
Ministry of Education offering counselling services for students Barbados Today16/04/2020093 views Primary and secondary school students who are having challenges coping with the COVID-19 pandemic may access the services of a trained counsellor. This resource was available from Wednesday, April 15,… Read more
Shoppers endure more long lines to shop in supermarkets Barbados Today16/04/2020083 views A new system of shopping aimed at reducing numbers at supermarkets, fish markets, banks, and hardware stores appears to have yielded the same results that policymakers were hoping to avoid.… Read more
‘Pace of recovery could depend on banks’ Stefon Jordan16/04/2020051 views A lot of Barbados’ economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic will depend heavily on financial institutions and how soon construction projects can get started, says economist Jeremy Stephen. Giving an… Read more
Nine out of ten hotels closed in industry’s worst crisis Randy Bennett16/04/20200100 views COVID-19 has crushed the tourism industry, accounting for 5,000 hotel worker’s jobs lost and shuttering nearly nine out of ten hotels in the industry’s worst crisis, according to the Barbados… Read more