RegionalUncategorized UK – Windrush Victims to receiveย $200m compensation by Barbados Today 04/04/2019 written by Barbados Today 3 min read LONDON โ British Home Secretary Sajid Javid opened an estimated ยฃ200 million (US$263 million) scheme to compensate members of the so-called Windrush generation, including immigrants from the Caribbean, who were … Continue Reading 04/04/2019 6 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaNewsRegional JAMAICA – Fly Jamaica folds four months after crash landing in Guyana by Barbados Today 30/03/2019 by Barbados Today 30/03/2019 Caribbean News Service – Four months after one of its aircraft skidded off the runway at Guyanaโs main airport, Fly Jamaica has announced it is ending it operations. โThe Board … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Cayman IslandsRegional CAYMAN ISLANDS – Chief Justice rules in favour of same-sex marriages by Barbados Today 30/03/2019 by Barbados Today 30/03/2019 CMC โ Attorney General Samuel Bulgin says the Cayman Islands government will have to consider a ruling on Friday by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie that the definition of marriage as … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized REGIONAL – CARICOM PMs lash out by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 The multi-lateral meeting with five Caribbean leaders, including Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday has exposed deep divisions among CARICOM members, with several prime … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized JAMAICA – Teacher says heโs not leaving school after alleged assault by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 KINGSTON โย Head of Calabar Highโs Physics Department Sanjaye Shaw says he is still upbeat, despite the schoolโs rejection yesterday of his version of events surrounding an alleged assault involving two … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized VENEZUELA – Blackout again by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 by Barbados Today 25/03/2019 CARACAS, Venezuela โ A widespread new power outage spread across Venezuela on Monday, knocking offline much of the countryโs communications and stirring fears of a repeat of the chaos almost … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsNewsPoliticsRegionalVenezuela Caribbean foreign ministers hold talks with Venezuelan Opposition leader by Barbados Today 24/03/2019 by Barbados Today 24/03/2019 CMC โ Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers on Saturday met with Venezuelaโs Opposition Leader Juan Guaidรณ, who has declared himself the interim president of the South American country. The meeting … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaPoliticsRegional GUYANA – Parliament to meet following Court of Appeal ruling by Barbados Today 23/03/2019 by Barbados Today 23/03/2019 CMC โ The Guyana government says Parliament will soon meet to conduct the affairs of the country even as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said the main opposition Peopleโs Progressive Party … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaNewsRegional JAMAICA – PM pleased with two-hour talks with Trump by Barbados Today 23/03/2019 by Barbados Today 23/03/2019 CMC โ Jamaicaโs Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the message coming out of the discussions the United States President Donald Trump had with a select group of Caribbean leaders is … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalUncategorized TRINIDAD – Fear at school as child dies from meningitis by Barbados Today 18/03/2019 by Barbados Today 18/03/2019 PORT OF SPAIN โย Public health officials are expected to visit the Fifth Company Baptist Primary School today, following the death of a child from a suspected case of meningitis. The … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
