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BHTA CEO: Linkages between tourism, agriculture being strengthened
Rudy Grant, CEO of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), as he spoke about the IDB Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Project that is being undertaken, to strengthen the linkages between...
View ArticleKite flying still being promoted in Barbados
For the last eight years parliamentary representative for St. James South, Donville Inniss has been promoting the need to keep kite making alive in that community, and by all accounts he believes the...
View ArticleKite flying tradition being kept alive with Competition and Fun Day
The annual Democratic Labour Party (DLP) St Michael North West Kite Flying Competition and Fun Day was in full swing on Monday.Kites of various shapes and sizes filled the sky over the Carlton Club in...
View ArticleHumphrey gives Stuart failing grade
Constituency office officially opens Bring it on! That’s the challenge issued by Barbados Labour Party St. Michael South candidate Kirk Humphrey to incumbent and Prime Minister, Freundel...
View ArticlePaul welcomes review of incentives programme
Reports that the Ministry of Agriculture is in the process of reviewing the structure of its incentives programme, with the view of increasing its efficiency and its impact on the local agricultural...
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Inniss ready for battle
Democratic Labour Party candidate for St. James South, Donville Inniss.Confident, but not complacent.That’s how Democratic Labour Party candidate for St. James South, Donville Inniss, feels about the...
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Junior chef sets sights on Taste of the C’bean 2018
Junior Chef, Kiara Riley.Junior Chef Kiara Riley is just 19 years old, but she has big goals.As a member of the Barbados Culinary Team, she is practising hard to achieve her goal of attending the Taste...
View ArticleDEBT HELP
HELP is on the way for Barbadians who continue to run up high credit card and other debts.It is coming from the Barbados Chapter of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA), which is this...
View ArticleDuty-free zones still on the cards
The creation of duty-free zones is still in the pipeline.This is according to Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, while speaking to The Barbados Advocate on the sidelines of...
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Kasheena Bishop in need of support for Guinness World Record attempt
Kasheena Bishop showing the award she received. Also pictured is guardian and Director of Christian Learning Clinic (CLC), Loretta Lashley.By: Marsha GittensKasheena Bishop wants to be in the Guinness...
View ArticleBCCI urges BWA to improve its communications arm
The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has suggested to the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) that it makes improvements to its communications arm, so as to provide greater clarity and...
View ArticleMoney available for cane farmers, says Finance Minister
FUNDS for the local cane farmers are available, says Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler. He stated that as far as he knows, they were paid some of the money government had...
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Release the files!
Opposition Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Mia Mottley.If you have nothing to hide, then release the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2017 Article IV report that was approved in...
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INTEGRATION CALL
Dr. Renae Ferguson-Bufford, Chairperson of CROSQ Council (left) in conversation with Sergio Mujica, Secretary General, International Organisation for Standardisation, during the opening of the 32nd...
View ArticlePay up!: CARICOM member states told
PAY your bills. That’s the advice a local Cabinet Minister is giving to member states of CARICOM, with regard to meeting their financial obligations to various regional institutions.Minister of...
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Redman retains post as President of BSTU
A jovial Mary-Anne Redman (centre), who was able to retain the post as President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) following the election process, engages members of the newly elected...
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Continuing education a must
Dr. Shaun Matthews, a Facial Reconstructive Surgeon, speaking at the CDP 2018 opening ceremony.Continuing education is a must for those in the Dental fraternity and in the medical profession in...
View ArticleCall to remove tax and ease dental fraternity
By: Nadia BranckerDr. Victor Eastmond, Chairman of the Caribbean Dental Programme (CDP), has called for an ease in taxes for the dental fraternity.Eastmond, who was speaking at the CDP opening ceremony...
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Cave Hill Campus on the move
In five years UWI will be one of the strongest economic enginesPro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Cave Hill Campus Professor Eudine Barriteau.By: Janelle HusbandsThe Cave Hill Campus is open...
View Articlepositive signs
Recent figures show that the average age of local farmers – which once stood above 50 years – is on the decline, a fact that Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) James...
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