Program allows businesses to show their commitment to COVID-19 fight
Ryan Brathwaite, Chairman of Barbados National Standards Institute (BNSI).Barbados National Standards Institute (BNSI) Safe Business Verification Program has presented businesses and organisations with...
View ArticleTime to address drainage issues
Phase Three of Constitution River Project launchedMinister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Member of Parliament for St. Michael South Central, Marsha Caddle, shows the media the artist’s...
View ArticleJobs coming, PM assures
Prime Minister and BLP Leader, Mia Amor Mottley, making a point during the meeting.Government is making good on its promise to provide jobs for Barbadians during this difficult period as COVID-19...
View ArticleReifer the right choice
President of the Democratic Labour Party, Verla De Peiza and the party's St. George North candidate, Floyd Reifer, on stage Sunday night as he formally launched his campaign to contest the November 11,...
View ArticleSmall businesses to get better understanding of int’l practices
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Minister Kerrie Symmonds (right) spoke on the need of ensuring that Barbadian products were up to international standards to gain foreign exchange through exports...
View ArticleMoore no longer a senator
St. George North Candidate Toni Moore addressing the audience.The Barbados Labour Party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election in St. George North, Toni Moore, has tendered her resignation as an...
View ArticleMajor overhaul at Pile Bay Fish Landing Facility
Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey (second left), looks over plans of the refurbished Pile Bay Fish Landing Facility with Reon Cornelius (left), Manager of Empire Building...
View ArticleIdentify vulnerable areas in the community
Several District Emergency Organisation (DEO) volunteers attended the reactivation of Christ Church South District Emergency Organisation at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church on Sunday.Barbadians are...
View ArticleFloyd Reifer ready and willing candidate
Big on works and not words. Those were the sentiments of former Barbados and West Indies cricketer Floyd Reifer as he addressed patrons of the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) ‘Lift Up and Praise’...
View ArticleColin Spencer endorses Reifer
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) St George North Branch member, Colin Spencer.This weekend, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St George North, Floyd Reifer received an endorsement from...
View ArticleSurvival key at present
While the Covid-19 pandemic is heavily impacting small businesses, several owners remain optimistic that by making several adjustments, they will survive.Saying his business has fallen by a staggering...
View ArticleKeeping COVID patients active
Donation for the Children at Harrison Point Isolation Centre: (from left) Charles Belle, Marketing Co-ordinator at TMR Sales and Service Ltd; Dr. Corey Forde, Isolation Facilities Manager and Head of...
View ArticleON TRACK
Enough financing to finish financial year comfortably, says Minister StraughnMINISTER in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, has given the assurance that the Government is continuing to closely...
View ArticleCollaboration is necessary
Contrary to popular belief, everyone who is homeless is not suffering from mental health challenges.Kemar Saffrey, President of the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness, said too often this is the...
View Article‘New debt restructuring not being considered’
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn.MINISTER in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, yesterday sought to clear the air on what he says is some level of misunderstanding in the wider...
View ArticleStill an issue
Leader of the Opposition, People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP), Bishop Joseph Atherley, says that the matter of the State-backed financing for political parties still needs to be...
View ArticleSymmonds calls for collateral registry to be developed
Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, is insisting that a collateral registry be developed in this island.Access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises...
View ArticleBFS ready to transition
GPS, computers to be installed in trucksFire and Life Safety Officer in the Fire Prevention and Code Enforcement Unit of the Barbados Fire Service Natasha Forde (right) shares some fire prevention tips...
View ArticleFOCUS ON NGO SECTOR
A draft Cabinet paper has been prepared regarding the proposed regulatory framework for the non-governmental organi-sation (NGO) sector, which is intended to result in the enactment of legislation to...
View ArticleNCD concern
QEH Community Outreach Workers Programme welcomedFrom left: Executive Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland; Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel...
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