On stand-by
CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit ready to offer support Ahead of one of the strongest hurricanes to pass through the Caribbean in a decade, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)...
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Strong winds cause major damage to Christ Church home
The roof of 68-year-old Patsy Trotman’s house was extensively damaged yesterday.AN elderly Christ Church woman is lucky to have escaped major injuries when strong winds extensively damaged the roof of...
View ArticleProgramme seeks to improve business, trade
“WE must commit to simplifying and streamlining existing regulations, behaviours, and practices that impact business and trade facilitation.”This is according to Christopher Sinckler, Minister of...
View ArticleScores of flights cancelled due to Hurricane Irma
Scores of flights have been cancelled and regional airports closed as islands batten down ahead of Hurricane Irma.Irma was upgraded to an extremely dangerous Category Five Hurricane yesterday morning...
View ArticleUnions, educators must come together to aid crime fight
A call has been for teachers’ unions in Barbados and school principals to come together, to ensure that less school leavers fall through the cracks, resulting in less persons available to engage in...
View ArticleHinkson: “We are all affected” by crime
Member of Parliament for St James North Edmund Hinkson, believes the current crime situation affects everyone on the island.“I think that it is incumbent upon us not to stay within our communities and...
View ArticleCall for more psychologists in schools
A call has been made for more psychologists in local schools, to ensure that the volume of students falling through the cracks can be reduced, as well as the crime wave in Barbados.The call came...
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Cancer Society receives generous donation
From left: Members of the fundraising committee, Shelley Shepherd, Ronald Gittens and Nick Harrison (far right), Sonia O’Neal, Administrative Director of the Barbados Cancer Society (second right) and...
View ArticlePay careful attention to climate change
Barbados’ Minister of Housing, Denis Kellman, in an address recently to the United Nations General Assembly stressed the need to pay careful attention to the impacts of climate change when planning for...
View ArticleNCDs remain a challenge
The incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension remain a concern in this country, and Minister of Health, John Boyce says he wants to see Barbadians doing more to...
View ArticleGov’t seeking stronger food labelling policies
THE Ministry of Health is working closely with other Government agencies, including the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, to explore standards that would make it possible for stronger food labelling...
View ArticleStudents urged not to destroy school property
As students get set to return to the classroom next week, an appeal is going out to them not to deface or damage their school property.Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ronald...
View ArticleLate start for five schools
FIVE schools will not open their doors for the scheduled start of the Michaelmas term.This was revealed by Minister of Education Ronald Jones, who briefed the media at his Ministry’s headquarters...
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Safe tablets
Education Minister, Ronald Jones (centre), shares a word with CEO of Digicel (Barbados), Alex Tasker, while Chief Education Officer, Karen Best, looks on.Education Minister, Ronald Jones (fourth from...
View ArticleWhite Paper on financing health care to come
Determining how to best finance health care in this country remains a priority for Government and to further delve into the topic, there are plans to produce a White Paper.That’s according to Minister...
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Dare to be different!
Rhea Proverbs (left) receiving her award from a BWUCCUL representative. She was one of several scholarship winners on hand yesterday to receive their awards.By: By Cara L. FosterExecutive Director of...
View ArticleNo to hanging
State sponsored murder!This is how Roman Catholic Bishop for Bridgetown, Barbados, The Most Reverend Dr. Charles Jason Gordon described proposals by some Barbadians to bring back hanging as a form of...
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BWUCCUL honours scholarship award winners
General Manager of the BWUCCUL, Corrine ClarkeAjani Headley (left) receiving his award from BWUCCUL representative.By: Cara L. FosterYesterday evening at their Solidarity House headquarters, the...
View ArticleLecture to dispel myths about diabetes
The Barbados Drug Service in collaboration with the Abbott Nutrition will soon be hosting a public lecture for the benefit of Barbadians, entitled, “No More Sugar Coating: Dispelling The Myths About...
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The ‘Solar Express’ comes to town
GEF/SGP Subregional Associate Programme Officer with the United Nations Development Programme, Tamaisha Eytle speaking to Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business...
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