Power restored to some customers Barbados Today21/09/20230391 views Electricity is being gradually restored across the country following an island-wide power outage that occurred around 11:30 a.m. The outage which disrupted activity across Barbados triggered the closure of schools… Read more
Parliamentary Reform Commission’s town hall meeting postponed Barbados Today21/09/20230119 views Members of the public are advised that the Parliamentary Reform Commission’s town hall meeting, slated for 7:00 tonight, Thursday, September 21, at the Daphne Joseph Hackett Theatre, has been postponed… Read more
Classes at BCC still on Barbados Today21/09/20230162 views Classes are on as usual at the Barbados Community College (BCC) today. Following the islandwide power outage earlier in the day, the BCC said both its ‘Eyrie’ campus at Howell’s… Read more
Hospital ophthalmology department gets equipment to improve eye care services Sheria Brathwaite21/09/20230195 views By Sheria Brathwaite The Barbados Canada Foundation (BCF) donated four new pieces of equipment to the Ophthalmology Department in an effort to help the Lion’s Eye Care Centre at the… Read more
Teen gives up cricket dream to become business owner Sasha Mehter21/09/20230203 views Whether it’s competing at the highest levels of domestic cricket in Barbados, building his first computer at age 13, or launching his tech business at 16, Micaiah Bartlett gives it… Read more
#BTEditorial – Strengthen the hand of the Auditor General Barbados Today21/09/2023080 views Like clockwork, Barbados’ Auditor General Leigh Trotman is drawing to our attention a long list of apparent infractions of the country’s financial rules regarding the use of millions of dollars… Read more
Local lab could become WHO centre to detect antimicrobial resistance Barbados Today21/09/20230140 views The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory could soon become a World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborating centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) detection and surveillance. This was revealed by PAHO/WHO Representative for… Read more
NUPW urges BRA to hold off changing workers’ terms Barbados Today21/09/20230160 views The island’s largest public sector trade union is calling on the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) to halt any further action on what the bargaining body considers a change in the… Read more
QEH clearing backlog of patients in Accident & Emergency Department Sheria Brathwaite21/09/20230218 views By Sheria Brathwaite The number of patients backed up in the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on Tuesday is now significantly reduced, but Barbadians… Read more
Gov’t moves to get back lands used as collateral to settle CLICO claims Barbados Today21/09/20230281 views The Government is renegotiating the return to local ownership, lands which were used as collateral under the previous Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration to settle millions of dollars in insurance… Read more