Govt exploring partnership to run airport Barbados Today14/02/201911326 views Ministers are to consider a proposal to begin a worldwide search for a private firm to partner with Government to run the Grantley Adams International Airport, Minister of International Transport… Read more
More education on HIV needed for older generation Barbados Today14/02/20191190 views The Minister in charge of the elderly is appealing to the older folks to get tested for HIV. Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Cynthia Forde, said research has… Read more
Tourism outlook ‘optimistic despite tax bugbear’ Marlon Madden14/02/20192254 views Although high taxes on Caribbean air travel remain a concern, the region’s tourism watchdog is cautiously optimistic that the industry is set to continue to deliver solid results into 2019.… Read more
‘Appalled’ Barbados Today13/02/20195407 views A man’s torrent of abuse in which two tourists were threatened with violence – captured in a video that has gone viral – has been strongly condemned by Minister of… Read more
Transport Board funding cut by a third Marlon Madden13/02/201921413 views In the clearest indication yet that Barbadians could face a rise in bus fares and likely more private operators in mass transit, Government has slashed its subsidy to the Transport… Read more
Union ‘to report to SSA workers on overtime talks’ Barbados Today13/02/20190260 views The union representing Sanitation Service Authority workers is reporting that it is making slight progress in negotiations for the restoration of overtime pay. The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW)… Read more
Minister alarmed at attacks on elderly Barbados Today13/02/20190210 views The Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs is finding difficulty in accepting that three elderly people have been brutally killed in less than one month. In the wake of… Read more
St Thomas pensioner slashed to death Barbados Today13/02/20194325 views Broken glass, blood stains and tight lips summed up the scene at Walkes Spring, St Thomas, after the community was rocked by a vicious cutlass attack that robbed it of… Read more
Enough! Barbados Today13/02/20194385 views Several teachers at the Ellerton Primary School stayed off the job today in an apparent response to the Ministry of Education’s perceived failure to adequately address their security concerns. Barbados… Read more
Linton granted $20, 000 bail Sandy Deane13/02/201920508 views Twenty-year-old Teriq Kaareem Linton was granted $20, 000 bail today when he appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant in the District ‘A’ Magistrate Court on multiple charges. Linton, of #2 Canewood… Read more