BWA On Target To Complete Belle Work By Wednesday

The Barbados Water Authority reports it remains on track to complete major works at its critical Belle Pumping Station by Wednesday. BWA General Manager Keith-Roy Halliday notes that they have been able to limit the extent of the service disruption so far but there may be some outages due to a shut down that was […]

Factory Breakdown Halts Sugar Crop

Mechanical issues have halted operations at Barbados’ lone sugar factory Portvale forcing suspension of harvesting in this year’s sugar crop. Orlando Atherly, Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company, the state agency  responsible for the factory tells Starcom Network News that ash residue  damaged a boiler but operations should resume by the end […]