Exceptional: Sir Arthur Lewis honoured
In his honour! Second from right, Principal and Pro Vice Chancellor, The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Prof. The Most Honourable Eudine Barriteau joins the former Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Sir Vaughan...
View ArticleSt Matthias Church to celebrate 170th anniversary
Rector of the St. Matthias Anglican Church Reverend Hugh Sandiford (right) looks on as Chairman of the 170th Anniversary Celebrations Committee Ricky Clarke speaks on the planned events for this year.A...
View ArticleChance for entrepreneurs to ply their trade
Great effort is being taken to ensure that entrepreneurs get a chance to showcase their businesses and ply their trade during the We Gatherin’ 2020 events in each parish.Word of this came from...
View ArticleNot our fault!
Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development, George Payne.While successive governments have been “somewhat tardy” in paying compensation to those who it compulsorily acquires land from, a...
View ArticleSt. Peter ready to carry the We Gatherin’ baton
Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan (second from left), with (from left) Chair of the St. Peter Parish Organising Committee, Jacqueline Gill; Minister of Creative Economy,...
View ArticleBroomes: CP ‘Hall of Fame’ to be established
The Board of Management, the Principal and the Alumni Association of the Coleridge and Parry School (CP) have jointly agreed to establish a Coleridge and Parry Hall of Fame.Word of this comes from...
View ArticleClasses resume for most L T Gay students
Students of the Lawrence T Gay school seen during morning assembly at the new location.After weeks of uncertainty and speculation, classes from Reception to Infants B finally resumed for students of...
View ArticleHousing in high demand
Minister highlights proposed and available housing solutionsMinister in the Ministry of Housing and Lands, Charles Griffith.APPROXIMATELY 20 000 requests for housing have been made to the Ministry of...
View ArticleSquatting concerns being addressed
BY the end of the current administration’s term in office, Minister of Housing and Lands George Payne is hoping to have wrestled the problem of squatting in this country to the ground.He was speaking...
View ArticlePetition to end cruelty to animals
Yesterday, members of the Action for Animals Barbados (AFAB) and the Respect Our Animals Regulations (ROAR) Barbados, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and other...
View ArticleBuilding relations
From left: CEO of the Ghanaian Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyeman presenting Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Kerri Symmonds and Acting CEO of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc Robert Chase with a token of...
View ArticleGrowth expected
Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Cleviston Haynes, in a press conference at the Bank yesterday to give a review of Barbados’ economic performance for 2019.IF all goes well, the Barbados...
View ArticleTourism sector continues to grow
Some of the journalists during yesterday’s press conference at the Central Bank.IN the fifth consecutive year of growth, the Tourism sector expanded by almost 3 per cent with long-stay arrivals growing...
View ArticleGet on board
By: Cara L. Jean-BaptisteBusinesses, no matter how small, are being encouraged to invest in data protection security systems.This encouragement came from Sandra Husbands, Minister in the Ministry of...
View ArticleCaribbean Catalyst Inc. launches BBE 2020
Managing Director of Caribbean Catalyst Inc., Rosalind Jackson.By: André SpringerRecently at the Savannah Hotel, Caribbean Catalyst Inc. launched the prestigious biennial programme – Barbados’ Best...
View ArticlePayments being made
WITH the completion of the external debt restructuring at the end of last year, the debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is on a “firm downward trajectory” towards the 2033 target of 60 per cent....
View ArticleClarke is Barbados’ latest centenarian
Governor General Dame Sandra Mason toasting with this island’s newest centenarian, Orville Clarke, during his special day.“I feel comfortable.”This was the quiet word of appreciation that came from...
View ArticleTechnology Push
Donors Ursula Pannell, Ryan Pannell, and Aron Truss, founder of The Aron & Christina Foundation with recipients of the tablet project at West Terrace Primary School.The Aron & Christina...
View ArticleMinister reveals big plans for Archives Department
Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports, the Honourable John King.Plans are underway for the establishment of a Slavery Museum at The Barbados Archives Department.This initiative of the...
View ArticleStudents receive tablets
Students from the St. Joseph Primary, St. Bernard’s Primary and St. Elizabeth Primary showing off their new devices.Aron Truss from the Aron and Christina Truss Foundation.Students from three St....
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