BBC reports positive on Caribbean’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic

A BBC Report has been highlighting the Caribbean’s handling of the COVID’s pandemic. It notes that the death toll in the region from the coronavirus has been relatively small, with 84 deaths across 20 nations, when compared to other parts of the globe. The UWI’s Professor Clive Landis in the BBC report on the Caribbean’s […]

NUPW: ‘Forced savings’ a tough sell

Prime Minister Mottley may have a tough task in convincing public servants to accept the forced savings concept she hinted at last week, which government employees are seeing as a pay cut by a different name. Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the social partnership last week, Ms. Mottley spoke of the […]

Digicel files for bankruptcy

Regional telecommunications conglomerate Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts but insists that its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the filing and directors of the Barbados division say that unit is financially strong and here to stay. The bankruptcy filing involves the appointment of three provisional liquidators from KPMG, the global […]

UPDATE: Police Identify body found hanging

The 32-year-old man found hanging in a shed at Odessa McClean Drive My Lord’s Hill, in an apparent suicide has been identified as Matthew Rommel Alphonso Omar Reeves of said address. Police said they received a report from a female caller who stated that her son was hanging from a rope and appeared to be […]