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Boost for agriculture
Multiple benefits to come from BARMISMinister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management, Dr. David Estwick, making a point yesterday.The new Barbados Agricultural Marketing and...
View ArticleAnglican Church playing big role in protecting environment
THE Anglican Church in Barbados is playing a major role in the preservation and protection of the environment, and a distinguished son of the soil is encouraging government to get in on the...
View ArticleUTTER DISRESPECT!
THE Barbados Secondary School Teachers’ Union (BSTU) feels disrespected that the Ministry of Education barred the Union from attending meetings between education officials and teachers at the Grantley...
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Sewage relief soon
Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management, Dr. David Estwick (left), chatting with General Manager of the BWA, Keithroy Halliday, and Director of Engineering at the BWA,...
View ArticlePolice Force weeding out bad cops
The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) has been using lie-detector tests to weed out bad cops.Last year, the Force expanded its internal use of polygraph testing as a tool to identify and counter...
View ArticleBYDC aiming to rebrand to better engage youth
By: Cara L. FosterThe Barbados Youth Development Council (BYDC) is looking to rebrand the Council as it seeks to find ways to further engage the youth of the island.This comment was made by the...
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More men needed
Sir Marston’s mission to get more males involved with Boy ScoutsChief Scout Sir Marston Gibson (left) congratulating Leader Trainer Trevor Jones, who received The Order of the Broken Trident, which is...
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Mottley: Estimates an exercise in futility
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley.“An exercise in futility” and “an insult to the intelligence of the people of Barbados”.These were the terms used by Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley to describe the...
View ArticleNew model needed
MINISTER of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, said that there is need for a new model to deal with pay increases for public officers.This as he believed that pay increases for public...
View ArticleFiscal deficit reduction hindered by delays
THE sale of the Hilton Barbados and the Barbados National Terminal Company Limited (BNTCL) would have led to a two per cent reduction in this island’s fiscal deficit.So stated Minister of Finance and...
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Customs issue to be settled soon
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler.GOVERNMENT has taken a decision to legislate the transition of the Customs and Excise Department into the Barbados Revenue Authority...
View ArticleBrathwaite: Senior officers were wary of tapped phones
ATTORNEY general and Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite says, while on the campaign trail for the 2008 election, senior police officers with whom he came into contact were wary of persons...
View ArticleIdentity issues, parenting among issues leading to violence in country’s schools
By: Patricia ThangarajIdentity issues and parenting are two of the issues that have been identified as probable causes of the recent surge of violence in schools, the latest of which was a stabbing...
View ArticleAdministration reforming state-owned enterprises, says Sinckler
GOVERNMENT will be undertaking reforms to the country’s State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) through the introduction of a new Financial Management and Audit Entities Act to govern their financial...
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DLP building ‘ladders of opportunity’
DLP St. Michael North candidate Kim Tudor.Barbadians are being reminded that they have all benefitted in some way from the “ladders of opportunity” initiated by the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).In...
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PM warns of ‘political alarmism’
Urges naysayers to take Police Act to courtPrime Minister Freundel Stuart.AMIDST suggestions that the recently amended Police Actis unconstitutional, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is calling on...
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Amendment to Police Act necessary to address changing criminal behaviour
Attorney General of Barbados Adriel Brathwaite.ATTORNEY General of Barbados, Adriel Brathwaite says the objective of the amendments to the Police Act is not to trample the rights of Barbadians but to...
View ArticleNo sound footing achieved after two terms
After a decade in office, the current Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration’s has failed to put this island’s economy back on any sound footing.This was the stance taken by Opposition...
View ArticleSecurity personnel should attempt to stop students fighting
SECURITY personnel at schools should not simply stand by and watch students fight. They must attempt to stop it.This is according to Minister of Education, Ronald Jones, who is making it clear that any...
View ArticleSealy backs Government’s plan
Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Richard Sealy is giving his support to the Barbados Sustainable Recovery Plan (BSRP).Contributing to the debate on the Appropriation Bill in the House...
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