Bridgetown jetty in need of repair too – fisherfolk Barbados Today21/02/20191117 views Fishermen, boat owners and fish vendors all agree that while the announcement that the Bridgetown Public Market will get a facelift is long overdue, they would like the jetty fixed… Read more
Barbadians urged to get on board with plastic ban Barbados Today21/02/20199125 views With Government’s proposed ban on single-use plastics and Styrofoam set to take effect on April 1, BICO’s Executive Chairman Edwin Thirlwell is encouraging industry stakeholders to embrace the project which… Read more
No sympathy Barbados Today21/02/201915139 views The public relations officer (PRO) of the Future Centre Trust has no sympathy for local packaging firms crying out for more time to get rid of thousands of dollars of… Read more
Not too late for deviant youth Barbados Today21/02/20191176 views All is not lost for Barbadian youths who have been labelled as deviant, and as a matter of fact, many can be brought into the fold of productive members of… Read more
School surveillance urgently needed, says former BUT boss Barbados Today21/02/2019285 views Former head of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Pedro Shepherd, is calling on the Ministry of Education to install surveillance cameras at schools across the island, following two break-ins… Read more
SDA church cries shame on fraudsters Barbados Today21/02/20198135 views The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church is crying shame on fraudsters who are seeking to exploit the church. President of the Barbados-based East Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Danforth Francis raised… Read more
Dying tax Barbados Today21/02/20197227 views Government’s decision to make Barbados a low-tax jurisdiction across the board will not go down in history as a make-or-break moment for Barbados’ economic sustainability, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has… Read more
Police probe burglaries at Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary Sandy Deane21/02/20190191 views Police in the Bridgetown Division are continuing investigations into reports of two burglaries at the Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School located at Lascelles Terrace, Pine, St Michael. According to lawmen, an… Read more
Murder accused remanded Sandy Deane21/02/20194179 views Lloyd Allan Leacock was today remanded to HMP Dodds after appearing in the District ‘D’ Magistrate’s Court on murder charges Leacock, 47, of Clifton Hall, St Thomas is accused of… Read more
St Philip man nursing gunshot wound Sandy Deane21/02/20194190 views Police are continuing investigations into a shooting in Ruby Tenantry, St Philip that occurred around 9:30 last night. Twenty-eight-year-old Neico Omali Blackman was attacked by two masked men at… Read more