Private cane farmers not interested in running industry Barbados Today07/09/20230106 views With Government looking to divest the sugar industry, it appears that its assets were not attractive enough to generate interest from private cane farmers. Chairman of the Barbados Sugar Industry… Read more
Employees advised to act quickly on unsatisfactory changes to work contracts Barbados Today07/09/20230150 views A labour law expert is warning employees that if they do not promptly challenge changes to terms and conditions of their employment, they could be stuck with them. However, according… Read more
BLPC ordered to pay plant attendant who was unfairly dismissed in 2016 Marlon Madden07/09/20230141 views Former Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC) employee Jepter Lorde will not get back his job but the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) has ordered that he be paid just over… Read more
MP’s rape case committed for trial before judge and jury Fernella Wedderburn07/09/20230166 views Rape accused parliamentarian Neil Rowe is now set to face a judge and jury. On Thursday, Magistrate Deidre McKenna committed the accused, in the presence of his attorneys, to stand… Read more
Co-op Energy dismisses critics of its planned takeover of sugar industry Sheria Brathwaite07/09/20230214 views The Barbados Sustainable Energy Co-operative Society Limited (Co-op Energy) has revealed that it has international financial backing to redirect the island’s sugar industry to renewable energy production, as it hit… Read more
Scholarship and Exhibition winners to be announced Thursday Barbados Today07/09/20230121 views The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) will announce the 2023 Barbados Scholarship and Exhibition winners, tomorrow, Thursday, September 7, at the Erdiston Teachers’ Training College Auditorium, Pine… Read more
Businesses urged to help cover Christmas in the Square decoration costs Anesta Henry06/09/20230118 views With plans in the works to decorate close to 300 trees to mark the 10th anniversary of the Christmas in the Square project spearheaded by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS),… Read more
Late former BCC Principal remembered for his contribution Barbados Today06/09/20230175 views By Anesta Henry The mood was sombre at the Barbados Community College (BCC) on Tuesday when the body of former principal Dr Gladstone Best was reposed for viewing in the… Read more
ONE OF THE BEST Barbados Today06/09/20230103 views A day before former principal of the Barbados Community College (BCC) Dr Gladstone Best will be laid to rest, the relatives, friends and BCC family he left behind, when he… Read more
Plea for price ease Barbados Today06/09/20230153 views BCEN head calls for subsidies or better social compact to reduce pressure on consumers By Jenique Belgrave A consumer advocate believes the Government should either subsidise food prices or re-engage… Read more