Police search for three masked men following last night’s Beckwith Street shooting Sandy Deane27/11/20190349 views A St Michael man is nursing gunshot wounds following a shooting incident at Beckwith Street, St Michael last night. Akil Amar Jaunai, 23, of Beckwith Street, was shot in his… Read more
Hold on loans at BTLF Barbados Today27/11/20190349 views The Barbados Trust Loan Fund Ltd (BTLF) has slowed the disbursement of loans to small business people as the fund tries to collect from those who have already benefitted. However,… Read more
Rastafarians vent concerns about Sacramental Cannabis Bill Barbados Today27/11/20190406 views While Government seeks to accommodate the ritual use of marijuana by Rastafarians, some members of the dreadlocked faith have rebelled against having to acquire a special licence to do so.… Read more
Scotiabank to trim staff Marlon Madden27/11/20190462 views Up to 20 Scotiabank (Barbados) staff members could find themselves on the breadline as a result of the sale of the financial institution’s Eastern Caribbean operations, Barbados TODAY has learned.… Read more
‘Intermittent water outages as Hampton recovers’ – BWA Barbados Today27/11/20190240 views Operations at the Hampton Pumping Station are slowly returning to normal almost a week after the well floor collapsed while a Barbados Water Authority crew was attempting repairs, the BWA… Read more
School, workplace violence ‘link’ Barbados Today27/11/20190290 views Violence in schools has reached “crisis proportions” the labour union movement’s umbrella organisation today declared, as it sought to link the trend to a wider problem in the workplace. In… Read more
‘No silver bullet’ solution to violence Barbados Today27/11/20190310 views The number two officer in the Police high command has warned there is no “silver bullet” solution to deviant behaviour among young people. Erwin Boyce, currently acting as Police Commissioner,… Read more
#BTEditorial – The Hyatt Ziva concept. For Barbados or Bali? Barbados Today27/11/20190616 views Over the past week, we saw another step in the process of making the proposed Hyatt hotel in Bridgetown’s city centre a reality. The developers hosted a town hall meeting… Read more
BL&P ‘to add extra 15 megawatts’ to grid Barbados Today27/11/20190269 views The Barbados Light & Power Company has agreed to urgently add another 15 megawatts of generating capacity to the national grid, as it attempts to guarantee its capacity in the… Read more
Cry for blood Barbados Today27/11/20190401 views After World War II, most people in developed countries smoked cigarettes. Doctors were irresponsibly promoting this harmful practice, because they smoked. Offices, entertainment venues and aeroplanes were designed for smokers… Read more