PM: Bright future ahead
Some of those present at the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) 81st Annual Conference yesterday.By: By Cara L. Jean-Baptiste The future is bright for Barbados.So assured the Prime Minister of Barbados, the...
View ArticleYouth the way forward for DLP and Barbados
Business executive Ryan Walters.GREATER emphasis must be placed on the youth, not only at the national level, but also at the level of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) as it seeks to rebuild its...
View ArticleRespect due
Region facing new efforts at colonial domination(from right to left) Prime Minister the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley; Premier of Nevis the Hon. Mark Brantley; General Secretary of the Barbados Labour Party,...
View ArticleYWCA committed to empowering women
President of the Young Women's Christian Association of Barbados, Margaret Pollard (left) greeting patrons of the YWCA’s 69th Anniversary Tea Party at the Barbados Yacht Club.Over the past 69 years,...
View ArticleBarbados and Suriname pledge to do greater business together
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Simone Rudder (right) and Ambassador Miriam A. Mac Intosh, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Suriname, as...
View ArticleCo-ordinated strategy needed
Executive Director of the Regional Security System (RSS), Captain Errington Shurland, as he delivered brief remarks at the project launch of the Development of a Maritime Security Strategy for the RSS...
View ArticleDrugs destroyed
Acting Station Superintendent, Peter Gibson.Drugs making their way into the incinerator.THE Royal Barbados Police Force continues to make huge strides in its fight against illegal narcotics when the...
View ArticlePARTNERSHIPS key
From left: Country Coordinator of the A Ganar Programme, Ytannia Wiggins; Executive Director of the TVET Council Barbados, Henderson Eastmond; Head of HR at Roberts Manufacturing Co Limited and...
View ArticleMore therapists needed
President of the BOPTA, Melanie Buge as she spoke with media.By: Cara L. Jean-BaptisteThere is a need for more occupational therapists (OTs) to be in the public and private system.Speaking to The...
View ArticleCalculated hat-trick: Charles F Broomes School wins Primary Mental Maths...
(From left) Team Coach Stephan Walker, Jovani Lovell, Alainna Davis, Amyah Willett, Thomas Armstrong, Touraj Simmons and school Principal, Dr Monica Walton.By: Shamar BluntIt was a glorious moment for...
View ArticleMinistry of Health committed to producing action plan
Registrar of the BNR, Shelly-Ann Forde.The Ministry of Health and Wellness hope to have the National Cancer Action Plan ratified and shared as soon as possible.Word of this came from Dr. Arthur...
View ArticleThree St. Michael schools to reopen today
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training has advised that the Wesley Hall Infants, Wesley Hall Junior and the St. Mary’s Primary Schools will reopen today, Friday November 1,...
View ArticleFocus on health and wellness at Ministry of Education
Health checks were available for those who were curious about their blood pressure and blood sugar levels.Kelly Corbin of Coconut Court (left) was amongst those receiving an award of appreciation for...
View Article‘TOUGH TIMES AHEAD’
By: Jenique BelgraveBarbadians should brace themselves for more lay-offs and higher taxes come 2020.Scott Weatherhead, of the People’s Party for Development and Democracy (PdP), sounded this warning...
View ArticleLabour Ministry working on anti-discrimination legislation
Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan (left), in conversation with Dennis de Peiza, General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados...
View ArticleA Ganar Barbados a success!
A Ganar has beena life-changing experience for Barbadian youth. This youth workforce development programme was one of the highlights of the Skills of the Future Programme, executed by the Ministry of...
View ArticleFocus on rebuilding
Members of ICAB (from left to right) Executive Director Kathy-Ann Hewitt, President Lydia McCollin, ICAB member Fiona Jones, Past President Lisa Padmore and Deputy Executive Director Lesah...
View ArticleDo the right thing!
Minister Rev. Dr. Marcelle Brathwaite reads a prayer during service at the Dalkeith Methodist Church yesterday.By: Krystal Penny BowenWe all can make the effort to do what is right. This was the...
View ArticleCSME important
From left: Assistant Secretary General, CARICOM, Joseph Cox; Adviser, CARICOM Single Market and Economy, Desiree Field-Ridley and Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at yesterday’s...
View ArticleLoans help give back life to business
Over 2 700 loans valued at over $12 million were provided by the Trust Loan Fund as of last month.This disclosure came from Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce Dwight Sutherland...
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