TECH focus AT SJPI
Wayne Maycock of SJPI (left) accepts his certificate from Sheron Waithe, Operations Manager, Megapower.The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) is set to make several new technology...
View ArticleIndian Association makes donation to students
FROM LEFT: Principal Orson Alleyne; awardees Brandon Hinkson and Jennelle Bovell; Deputy Principal Harriette Williams; and Form Teacher Modibo Holder.Recently, the Indian Association of Barbados...
View ArticleOnline Guide for investors
Chief Executive Officer of Invest Barbados, Kaye-Anne Brathwaite addressing the audience.From left to right: UN Resident Coordinator (ad interim) for Barbados and the OECS, Cleveland Thomas, Senior...
View ArticleWe must do more to reduce carbon footprint
Kritzan-Ari Yarde (left), 3 years old and Gia Ifill, 4 years old (partly hidden) from Erdiston Nursery School as they got help from the Principal of the Nursery School, Patricia Gooding with planting a...
View ArticleSt. Andrew residents support People’s Assemblies
Chairing the St. Andrew Thorne Commission Town Hall meeting were commission members (from left) Richard Carter, Krystle Howell and Cheryl Hunte.By: André SpringerThe proposed establishment of the...
View ArticleSpeightstown comes alive!
Locals and tourists experienced aspects of old time Barbados during yesterday’s ‘Speightstown Alive – The Carolina’s Link’.The historic location of Speightstown in St. Peter was abuzz with activity...
View ArticleGood things expected from CP for BSSAC
Victor Ludorum Mekhi Griffith will be one to watch when BSSAC rolls around this year.With their inter-house championships out of the way, the Coleridge and Parry School have their sights set on doing...
View ArticleHONOUR ALL OUR HEROES
General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration, David Denny and General Secretary of the Non-State Actors Reparations Commission, Reverend Buddy Larrier, stand in the shadow of...
View ArticleTrue act of love
From left: Dionne Timothy, Dr. Nerissa Jurawan and Pamela Whitehall.By: Cara L. Jean-Baptiste Love is more than a feeling, it is an action, and Dionne Timothy got the rare opportunity to show her...
View ArticleMoore: Barbadians should be first choice for jobs
As this country moves to open its borders to more skilled nationals from the region, one independent senator is adamant Barbadians must be given the first choice of available jobs.Head of the Barbados...
View ArticleBWA experiencing low levels at several facilities
The Barbados Water Authority wishes to advise Barbadians that as the extreme regional drought conditions continue, water levels at some of its reservoirs continue to read lower than normal. As a...
View ArticleTesting being done on containers
Executive Chairman of COT Holdings, Nigel Worme, showing Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey (left) one of their new products.The possibility that the food-grade containers...
View ArticleSeaweed to be tackled
In this 2018 file photo Sargassum seaweed blankets the beach along the East Coast of the island.Government is seeking to minimise the challenges posed by Sargassum seaweed in this country.So says...
View ArticleCanadian Prime Minister cancels trip to Barbados
THE much-anticipated visit by Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau to Barbados today has been cancelled.News broke of the cancellation yesterday reportedly amid criticism over his government’s...
View ArticleBIGGER, BETTER
Holetown Festival off to grand startHaynesville Youth Group Dancers and Dancin’ Africa performing at the Holetown Monument.This year’s Holetown Festival is set to be even bigger and better.Yesterday...
View ArticleHigh cost concern
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey says he is concerned about the high cost of some of the eco-friendly food-grade products available on the local market.He made the...
View ArticleHELP COMING
Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight Sutherland during his address.By: Shamar BluntEntrepreneurs who often found it difficult to attain necessary funds from financial...
View ArticleStuart: More than laws needed to address corruption
Legislation by itself cannot address issues of corruption.Former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart made the point in a wide ranging address to party faithfuls on Sunday evening at the Princess Margaret...
View ArticleNot a law: 12 weeks of import cover a benchmark
A benchmark is not a law.So says former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. Speaking at a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) St. Philip North meeting at the Princess Margaret Secondary School on Sunday evening,...
View ArticleUnder DLP, country not mismanaged
Not so!Repeated claims that the last administration mismanaged the country and the economy is not sitting well with the man who was at the helm of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) for eight of the 10...
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