Students raise more than $7 000 in Variety’s Gold Heart campaign Barbados Today12/03/20240838 views In support of the Variety – The Children’s Charity’s 2024 Gold Heart Campaign, St Winifred’s School students worked tirelessly last to help raise over $7 000 to help purchase needed… Read more
Ross, Rotary Club partner to offer health care in the community Barbados Today12/03/20240599 views Shoppers at Sheraton Mall on Monday took advantage of a free community clinic, organised by the Rotary Club of Barbados in collaboration with Ross University and Spelman College. They received… Read more
Saffie victorious in Tampa Bay Barbados Today12/03/20240492 views Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph found himself in winners’ row at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday when 3-5 favourite Skippylongstocking dismissed his challengers to win the US$100 000 Grade 3 Michelob… Read more
NEW BUDGET, OLD ‘VOWS’ Emmanuel Joseph12/03/202401.1K views A UWI economist is forecasting that Prime Minister Mia Mottley will provide some relief for consumers from the high cost of living when she delivers her 2024 Budgetary Proposals in… Read more
‘What about us?’ Barbados Today12/03/202402.3K views City of Bridgetown MP Corey Lane wants his constituents, particularly those living around Kensington Oval, to be given a chance to benefit from the staging of the T20 World Cup… Read more
Wilkie Cumberbatch burglary prompts security call Sheria Brathwaite12/03/20240705 views An apparent burglary at the Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School in The Pine led to the school’s early closure on Monday and prompted the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) to call… Read more
Only two locals interested in QEH CEO post; neither chosen Fernella Wedderburn12/03/20240544 views A chief executive officer (CEO) has been chosen for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and it is not a Bajan. According to Minister of Health and Wellness, The Most Honourable… Read more
‘PREFERENTIAL PORK’ Shamar Blunt12/03/202401.2K views James Paul, the head of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), has sounded a strong call for protection of the island’s pork industry from imports, declaring the industry on the verge… Read more
Haiti PM resigns Barbados Today12/03/20240649 views Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned from the unelected role he has held since the 2021 assassination of the country’s last president, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Irfaan Ali announced… Read more
‘DISTRESSING, SAD REALITY’ Emmanuel Joseph12/03/20240679 views Police and the Ministry of Education are working together to investigate a stabbing incident involving several students at Parkinson Memorial School that left a 15-year-old boy stabbed in the abdomen… Read more