School heads praise work of students, teachers Anesta Henry23/09/20220123 views Heads of two schools that won 2022 national scholarships and exhibitions are pleased with the performance of their students. Harrison College’s principal Juanita Wade said the 15 scholars, including the… Read more
Plans to help former football administrator Barbados Today23/09/20220402 views A former longstanding referee and administrator, Caveton ‘Food Franklyn’ Greenidge is calling on the football community of Barbados for financial assistance having lost both of his legs and is seeking… Read more
FTC to continue with rate hearing until court says otherwise Emmanuel Joseph23/09/2022099 views The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) on Thursday ruled that the hearing into a proposed basic rate hike for the Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) will not be suspended unless… Read more
Time for reform Marlon Madden23/09/20220201 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley is seeking support for a Bridgetown Agenda that Barbados has created to encourage reform of the Bretton Woods system, as she urged world leaders to remove… Read more
Government lifts mask mandate from today Barbados Today23/09/2022093 views The mask mandate has been lifted. From Friday, the wearing of masks will be optional except in schools, in healthcare facilities, in penal institutions, and on public transportation where they… Read more
Six dollars more? Emmanuel Joseph23/09/20220206 views The island’s sole electricity supplier told a rate hearing today that it proposes to cap the bills of 41 000 low-income consumers at $6 per month provided they don’t go… Read more
Gov’t to expand net for citizenship qualification Barbados Today23/09/20220197 views Legislation to allow more categories of people to attain Barbadian citizenship is to go before Parliament soon, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams disclosed on Thursday as he… Read more
Gov’t offered wide proposals to stimulate small business sector Marlon Madden23/09/2022087 views By Marlon Madden Officials of the Small Business Association (SBA) are calling on Government to remove the two per cent foreign exchange tax on online transactions and review the policy… Read more
#BTEditorial – We allowed the vaccine to divide us – now here we are Barbados Today23/09/20220116 views It was not so long ago, a year to be exact, that the country engaged in a raging debate over the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Some were… Read more
Police: Accused admitted hitting victim with “one rock” Barbados Today22/09/20220163 views A police officer on Thursday recounted that murder accused Raheim Ricardo O’Neil Hinds claimed he threw a stone at Michael Yearwood in self-defense. That was the evidence of Station Sergeant… Read more