Use sugar and salt tax to fund healthcare, says BAMP head Barbados Today07/10/2023097 views President of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) Dr Lynda Williams is suggesting that the revenues collected from the 20 per cent sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax and the soon-to-be-implemented… Read more
Gov’t moves to provide benefits for Barbadians in orange economy Sheria Brathwaite07/10/20230104 views Government is partnering with the private sector to give the creative sector a boost, says Minister in the Ministry in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture Senator Dr… Read more
November date for gun trial Barbados Today07/10/2023070 views The trial against firearm accused Dennis Maynard is scheduled to get underway on November 13 in Supreme Court No. 3. The Roach Village, St George man is charged with possession… Read more
Ministry lifts order that put Hill Milling operations on pause Barbados Today07/10/2023091 views Food manufacturing plant Hill Milling Company Ltd. has been given the all-clear to resume business. Almost four months after ordering the company to close because of a rat infestation, the… Read more
Veteran educator supports government’s proposed education reform Sheria Brathwaite07/10/20230158 views As teacher unions await more details about the government’s proposed education transformation, a veteran educator has put on record his general support for the plans, saying it was satisfying to… Read more
Businesses focus on better serving the deaf Barbados Today07/10/20230126 views “Don’t call us hearing-impaired nor ‘deaf and dumb’,” Marcelle Boxill and Lionel Smith signed emphatically. “We prefer to be called deaf, it is simple, it doesn’t need any addition,” Boxill… Read more
Judge warns thrice-convicted gunman to stay away from firearms Barbados Today07/10/20230127 views Not once, not twice, but thrice Don Sylvester Browne has been convicted of a firearm offence, and Justice Christopher Birch warned him on Friday as he sentenced him for his… Read more
Lane says resolution of Savvy on the Bay dispute will put vendors in better position Emmanuel Joseph07/10/20230138 views Member of Parliament for the City of Bridgetown Corey Lane is reporting there are signs of a resolution in the land dispute between the government and Savvy on the Bay… Read more
interCaribbean Airways Consolidates Operations in Barbados via FlightSupport Ltd Barbados Today06/10/20230584 views Providenciales, Turks and Caicos and Bridgetown, Barbados, October 06 2023 – The management of interCaribbean Airways is excited to announce the commencement of the airline’s full operations in Barbados with… Read more
Barbados and ECLAC discuss areas of interest Barbados Today06/10/2023095 views Areas of mutual interest to Barbados and the Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC) were highlighted recently when Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey,… Read more