New development law before year-end
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, left, chatting with President of the Barbados Town Planning Society, Dr. Yolanda Alleyne, during a stakeholder consultation on reforming the Town and Country Planning...
View ArticleProtecting rights
Senior Director, Caribbean Regional Programme and Canadian Director to the Caribbean Development Bank Benoît-Pierre Laramée says consumer protection is vital.Minister Counsellor (Development), Senior...
View ArticleGovernment must partner to address energy challenges
By: Regina Selman MooreIf Government is to achieve its target of having Barbados transition to be the first 100 per cent green and carbon neutral island-state in the world by 2030, then it must walk...
View ArticleLIAT renews partnership
Chief Commercial Officer at LIAT, Audra Walker as she signed the partnership agreement, while CEO of the NCF Cranston Browne looks on.The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) welcomes LIAT as a Gold...
View ArticleFirst-time finalists draw number one spots
Some of the finalists and representatives of the finalists showing their numbers after drawing the order of appearance for the Sweet Soca competition.First-time finalists, Chrissy D and Bo Bo will be...
View ArticleWhistleblowers welcome
Come clean! That’s the call from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley to those who engaged in or know about any transgressions that took place in Government. She was speaking yesterday morning in the House...
View ArticleWhite Oak concerns addressed
Questions raised about Government’s hiring of the London-based financial advisory firm White Oak Advisory Limited, to assist the efforts being made to restructure the country’s debt, led yesterday to a...
View ArticleD’Junction receives welcome for Crop Over 2018
Ria Karim, Developer of the D’Junction app, guides Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports, John King, through her app, D’Junction.Ria Karim, Developer of the D’Junction app with John King,...
View ArticleFocus on safety
Managing Director of the Barbados Light and Power (BL&P), Roger Blackman signing the contract as Manager of Administration with the NCF; Wayne Webster, Producer of the Barbados Light and Power/HOTT...
View ArticleNGO: ‘Please for an ease’
By: Anesta HenryTHE head of a Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO) which works with at risk youth, is asking Government for some sort of relief from the fuel tax which took effect from July 1. Founder...
View ArticleFirst flight
Inaugural Copa Airlines flight from Panama to Barbados a successSome of the passengers that travelled on Copa Airlines’ inaugural flight to Barbados.By: Cara L. FosterYesterday was the first day of a...
View Articlepm: plans On track
Phase Two of Government’s Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan will get under way next month.That’s the assurance from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley as she fielded questions yesterday afternoon...
View ArticleNCC’s Operation SOS commences
Participants in the 2018 edition of the National Conservation Commission’s (NCC) Operation S.O.S ‘Save Our Selves’ summer programme working with lifeguards yesterday at Browne’s Beach.NCC’s General...
View ArticleSlow down
BAMP president says more research needed before allowing medical marijuana useTHE pros and cons of medical marijuana use were examined on Wednesday night during a forum hosted by the Barbados...
View ArticleWorkplace Wellness Policy soon
From right to left: Senator Toni Moore, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU); Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George; and Dr. David Byer, Manager of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Project...
View ArticleCHURCH DECRIES lGBT agenda
From left: Apostle Fitzroy Wilson, Reverend John Carter, Apostle Elesius Joseph, sociologist Dr Veronica Evelyn, and Bishop Dr Marlon Husbands, who are concerned about the agenda the upcoming Gay Pride...
View ArticleNewton speaks about Impact Justice
Regional Project Director of the IMPACT Justice Project Professor Velma Newton as she addressed the gathering.Twenty-six experts in the area of consumer protection from 12 CARICOM countries gathered at...
View ArticlePush through the obstacles
Captain Chetwyn Clarke.By: Cara L. FosterFor those pursuing the career of a pilot, it is well-known that this it is a career path filled with obstacles, however, successful, Barbadian pilots have...
View ArticleLowering risk of persons dying from SCA
Dr. Brian Charles, Managing Director of Sandy Crest and Coverley Medical Centres speaking with Professor Sir Errol Walrond, Honourary Consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), at the Regal...
View Articlehelping patients key
Senior Nursing Officer June Robinson wants to see research go further.Take your research work to the next level.Commending the research being done by doctors within their disciplines, Senior Nursing...
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