Back to life Barbados Today03/01/20198586 views The quaint, northern community of Speightstown is slowly regaining prominence as a destination for locals and visitors – but business people are adamant that the town must not be a… Read more
Stranded Haitians still at Salvation Army hostel for now Barbados Today03/01/201914372 views The stranded Haitian men who were moved to the Salvation Army’s City hostel after they were evicted from the Brittons Hill home they were renting are being allowed to stay… Read more
New garbage trucks land at port Barbados Today03/01/201930446 views Government is slowly delivering on a promise to kickstart a new and improved garbage collection system by adding two of seven Japanese-made garbage trucks to its aging fleet, amid several… Read more
Stop spreading propaganda, says Prescod Barbados Today03/01/201957584 views Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Trevor Prescod has called on some Barbadians to stop “deliberately spreading propaganda about Barbados” by overstating the country’s garbage collection woes. Prescod was… Read more
Prosecute them! Barbados Today03/01/201911359 views Indiscriminate dumping continues to be a major problem across Barbados and James Paul, Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is calling on policymakers to enforce the regulations.… Read more
Correction Barbados Today03/01/20190411 views In the Friday, December 31 edition of the Barbados TODAY E-paper, the article Strike averted on Page 46 incorrectly stated: “APTO Chairman Morris Lee called on drivers and conductors to… Read more
Garbage limbo Barbados Today03/01/20194560 views The question of whether there will be garbage pickups on the weekends is again up in the air as the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and workers failed to reach agreement… Read more
Central Bank apologizes for pay delay Marlon Madden03/01/20192428 views Not only has the interest rate been slashed but some domestic holders of government securities will have to wait a while longer before receiving payments that were due on December… Read more
Tax amnesty enters last day Barbados Today03/01/20190326 views Taxpayers have been racing to take advantage of a tax amnesty extension which ends on Friday, a Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) spokesman has said. Since the extension was announced, there… Read more
Salvation Army: 2018 a good year for giving Barbados Today03/01/20190338 views The Salvation Army says 2018 has been good year for the church as Barbadians have been good to it. During an interview with Barbados TODAY at the Army’s headquarters in… Read more