COVID-19 update: 202 new cases Barbados Today09/07/2022089 views Barbados recorded 202 new COVID-19 cases, 94 males and 108 females, on Friday, July 8, out of 666 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Of that number,… Read more
Police probe Goddings Road shooting Barbados Today09/07/20220122 views Police are investigating a shooting incident in Goddings Road, St Michael. Shortly before 11 p.m. Friday night, officers at the District A Station received information that a 22-year-old man from Savannah Road,… Read more
Barbados Tourism announces appointment of two new directors Barbados Today09/07/20220104 views Aprille Thomas and Jameela Hollingsworth have been promoted to new roles at the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI). Thomas is the new Director of Public Relations and Communications, and Hollingsworth… Read more
Credit union supports initiative at Ellerton Primary Barbados Today Traffic09/07/20220121 views The BWU Co-operative Credit Union Limited (BWUCCUL) recently made a donation to the Ellerton Primary School towards the refurbishment of their shade house. This was a critical component of the… Read more
House of Soca off with a bang Barbados Today Traffic09/07/20220119 views By Charmaine Walker There was hardly any standing room at the Derrick Smith School and Vocational Centre at Jackman’s St. Michael as kaiso enthusiasts came out in their numbers to… Read more
Junior Monarch contestants ensuring calypso artform thrives Barbados Today Traffic09/07/20220119 views By Kimberley Cummins Although some might argue that the political tradition of critique in calypso might be waning in Barbados, a cultural official says the future of the genre is… Read more
WiAN accuses Abrahams of ‘prideful and dismissive stance’ towards women Barbados Today09/07/20220106 views Women in Action Network (WiAN) has accused Minister Wilfred Abrahams of taking a “prideful and dismissive stance” towards the women of Barbados. WiAN wants Abrahams to answer a series of… Read more
New café at revitalized El Sueño property in Christ Church is the second Starbucks store in the market Barbados Today09/07/20220206 views Today, Caribbean Coffee Traders Limited, the operating licensee of Starbucks in Barbados, announced the opening of its first drive-thru store in the market at the historic El Sueño property in… Read more
BHTA and BETA sign Memorandum of Understanding Barbados Today09/07/20220179 views The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) and the Barbados Entrepreneurship & Tourism Association (BETA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The two-year arrangement, intended to reinforce the strength… Read more
#BTEditorial – Pay women to have more babies Barbados Today09/07/2022097 views The suggestion from a Bahamian actuary that the solution to our social security and pension woes was for our citizens to spend longer years in the workforce, while at the… Read more