Shortage Barbados Today15/03/20240819 views The Environmental Health Department is constrained by a shortage of officers, but senior officials assure efforts are afoot to remedy the problem. Chief Environmental Health Officer Francina Bascombe told the… Read more
New life for old plantation Barbados Today15/03/202401.7K views Haymans Market, a new dining, retail and entertainment complex, now into its fourth month on the site of the old Haymans sugar plantation and factory in St Peter, was formally… Read more
Haymans ‘points way to other assets reuse’: PM Barbados Today15/03/20240763 views The Prime Minister has suggested the repurposing of the old Haymans sugar factory in St Peter into the Haymans Market could be applied to several assets lying dormant across the… Read more
Number Three Emmanuel Joseph15/03/20240787 views Reports of yet another violent school outbreak, the third in as many days – this time involving a parent – have emerged while the Ministry of Education agreed to introduce… Read more
Barbadians ‘toxic’, violence epidemic not new: Hinds Shamar Blunt15/03/20240713 views By Shamar Blunt The former head of the National Organisation for Women (NOW) has challenged the finding that there has been a rise in domestic violence, suggesting instead the island… Read more
Trade unionist slams NUPW for backing NIS reform Sasha Mehter15/03/20240995 views A leading international labour figure has raised questions about the former National Insurance Scheme’s transition to the new National Insurance and Social Security Service (NISSS), strongly suggesting the move was… Read more
CROP ‘START’ Sheria Brathwaite15/03/202401K views By Sheria Brathwaite The bell has finally been rung to start the 2024 sugar harvest season. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Browne, chairman of the two new cooperative-owned firms that took… Read more
HAITI ‘HOLD’ Emmanuel Joseph15/03/20240998 views The deployment of Barbadian peacekeeping troops to crisis-torn Haiti has been put on hold, a senior government minister has revealed. Minister of Foreign Affairs Kerrie Symmonds disclosed on Thursday that… Read more
Broken Culvert in Foster Hall, St Joseph reduces road to one-lane Barbados Today14/03/20240624 views Motorists are advised to drive with caution through Foster Hall, St Joseph as a culvert has partially collpased, leaving a hole in the road. A crew from the Haggatts depot… Read more
Spike in domestic violence despite drop in serious crime Shamar Blunt14/03/20240874 views Despite a two per cent decline in serious crimes in 2023, The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) has reported a concerning spike in domestic violence incidents, according to Commissioner of Police… Read more