Producers of alcoholic beverages promoting responsible drinking
Producers of alcoholic beverages in Barbados are joining forces with counterparts across the Caribbean in a regional campaign to promote responsible drinking, an initiative of the West Indies Rum and Spirit Producers’ Association Managing Director of Mount Gay Distilleries Raphael Grissoni, says there will be more explicit labelling on the alcoholic products. He was speaking […]
Barbados wins a bid to host a major UN conference next year
Barbados has a won a bid to host a major UN conference in the face of still competition. Barbados’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerry Symmonds, speaking in an interview with Starcom Network News disclosed that the board of Directors of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, met in Geneva yesterday […]
Charges dropped against Charles Herbert
The Director of Public Prosecutions has dropped the drug charges against former Chairman of Goddard Enterprises Limited, (GEL) Charles Herbert. The DPP has, however, recommended that the matters against Walter Prescod and Chris Rogers go to trial by judge and jury. The court is still to rule on that aspect after hearing submissions from Queen’s […]
Chairman of Caribbean Aircraft Handling resigns following exam controversy at BCC
An Anglican Cleric who was at the centre of an exam controversy at the Barbados Community College (BCC) has stepped down as Chairman of the government-owned, Caribbean Aircraft Handling Company. Reverend Reginald Knight had also resigned as an ethics tutor at the BCC and was suspended from duties by the local Anglican church pending an […]
A St. Michael man loses home to fire
A St. Michael fire victim is claiming arson after his residence was destroyed by fire today. 51 year-old-postal worker, Rodney Holford, was rendered homeless by the blaze at Golden Rock, in the Pine, this morning. The fire service from Probyn Street Headquarters responded to the fire around 9 AM with two fire tenders and eight […]