British Airways to operate extra services between London Gatwick and Barbados Barbados Today08/10/20220155 views Next Easter, from March 26 through April 16, British Airways will operate extra services between London Gatwick and Barbados. The additional 10 flights will operate Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to/from… Read more
Lending rebounding, says new report Marlon Madden08/10/20220107 views By the end of March this year, Barbadians had some $10.7 billion in savings, while there was a rebound in lending during 2021, according to the latest Financial Stability Report.… Read more
No word on if mask mandate will continue in schools Barbados Today08/10/2022075 views Stakeholders in the education sector are awaiting instructions from the Ministry of Education on whether masks will remain mandatory in schools. But at least one union and the island’s parent-teacher… Read more
862 Barbadians get cruise jobs, more coming Barbados Today08/10/20220167 views Out of the recent Royal Caribbean Group job fair and the Princess Cruises recruitment sessions, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc’s (BTMI) Senior Business Development Officer in the Cruise Department, Tia Broomes… Read more
Merit in hike Emmanuel Joseph08/10/20220232 views A senior Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) official has claimed that an increase in electricity rates would have a positive impact on the economy and the island’s productive sectors.… Read more
Tourism officials sticking with US market but open to other opportunities Dawne Parris08/10/20220101 views Barbados does not intend to stop wooing travellers from the United States in favour of trying to get more visitors from the expanding Latin America market. But acknowledging the potential… Read more
CIBC FirstCaribbean moving swiftly to protect accounts amid attack Barbados Today08/10/20220188 views CIBC FirstCaribbean has sought to assure customers that it has been aggressively warding off an attack on a small range of its Visa debit cards. In a statement issued on… Read more
Evangelical association questions test rationale Randy Bennett08/10/20220143 views President of the Barbados Evangelical Association (BEA) Dr Nigel Taylor has questioned the rationale behind the highly controversial Computer Science pretest given to 11-year-olds. In an interview with Barbados TODAY,… Read more
Broomes says principals at fault for allowing contentious test in schools Randy Bennett08/10/20220108 views Veteran educator Jeff Broomes has pointed fingers at principals for allowing the controversial Computer Science pretest to be administered at their schools. But the head of the Barbados Association of… Read more
Atherley, CTUSAB says heads should roll after probe into test fiasco Randy Bennett08/10/2022052 views Someone should be held accountable for the recent Computer Science test fiasco, say leader of the Alliance Party for Progress (APP) Bishop Joseph Atherley and the Congress of Trade Unions… Read more