Back to school talks expected next week
Teachers’ unions and education officials are expected to meet over the next week to try to agree a plan for the resumption of face to face classes. The ministry of education had pushed back the date for the phased resumption from late January to late February due to the Omicron-driven spike in covid-19 cases. But, […]
CMO: Let’s learn to live with covid-19 safely
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George says covid-19 is here to stay and the emphasis needs to be on living with the viral illness safely. Dr. George says the main focus of the Ministry of Health and Wellness is on safely reopening schools across the country.
Labour unions unhappy about Senate omission
President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados, Edwin O’Neal, says he’s extremely disappointed that for the first time in thirty years there is no one in the senate to represent the voice of labor. President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados Edwin O’Neal Newly appointed […]
Rev. Hewitt: big DLP rebuilding task ahead
Former Democratic Labour Party presidential candidate Reverend Guy Hewitt says he was stunned that the party suffered another thirty to nothing defeat at the hands of the Barbados Labour Party and that the party now needs to completely re-group and find the correct leader. He was speaking on VOB’s Down to Brasstacks call-in program. Reverend […]
New session of parliament officially opens
The first session of the new Barbados Parliament opened this morning with the President Dame Sandra Mason outlining the plans and policies of the re-elected Barbados government. The special sitting was held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center. Those policies seek to make good on a number of manifesto promises including tackling crime, stamping out […]