Officials renew call for end to embargo as Cubana tragedy remembered Barbados Today07/10/20230112 views Barbados and other CARICOM member states joined Cuba to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Cubana Airlines disaster on October 6, 1976. During a ceremony held on Friday at the… Read more
Use sugar and salt tax to fund healthcare, says BAMP head Barbados Today07/10/20230101 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 Brathwaite07/10/20230106 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 Today07/10/2023077 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 Today07/10/2023096 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 Brathwaite07/10/20230162 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 Today07/10/20230134 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 Today07/10/20230135 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 Joseph07/10/20230143 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 Today06/10/20230810 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