Olympian Calls for National Stadium and Other Sporting Facilities
An Olympian and coach believes that a national stadium is vital to the performance of athletes in Barbados, he also see several sporting facilities around the island will attract more young people interested in pursuing sports. Harcourt Wason, speaking on Wake Up VOB Country, agreed with the views of the others in the athletics association […]
UNESCO Partners with Barbados to Make Country Tsunami Prepared
UNESCO has partnered with Barbados to make the country Tsunami prepared. This was disclosed by Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams as he addressed regional representatives, during the opening ceremony of the Sub-Regional Tsunami Evacuation Mapping Workshop. Mr. Abrahams said it is critical to focus on being prepared for the possibilities of tsunamis […]
PSV Owners Call for Ease on Cost of Fuel
The Alliance Owners of Public Transport is calling on the government to utilize domestic taxation policies at its disposal to provide ease on the cost of petrol which increased again. Communications, Information, and Marketing Officer, of the organization, Mark Haynes says the increase in gas is negatively impacting the financial gains of the PSV sector. […]
Teachers Union Shocked by Decision to Put Teachers and Principals on Contract
The Barbados Union of Teachers is appalled by a decision by the Ministry of Education to place primary and secondary school teachers and Principals who recently applied for the posts, on contracts. Speaking with Starcom Network News today President of the BUT, Rudy Lovell says the organization was never consulted on the plan. They believe […]
51-Year-Old Charged with Murder of St. Peter Woman
A 51-year-old man has been charged with the murder of St. Peter resident Gloria Leacock. Richard Ricardo Jordan of ‘No Fixed Place of Abode’ was arrested and charged by officers from the Northern Division of the Criminal Investigation Department following a breakthrough of their investigations into the elderly woman’s death. The body of 86-year-old Leacock […]
COVID-19 CLAIMS ANOTHER LIFE
Barbados has recorded yet another COVID-19-related death, that of an 87-year-old woman who succumbed to the viral illness on Saturday, August 6. Her passing has brought the COVID-19 death toll to 502. Three hundred and five new COVID-19 cases; 100 males and 205 females, from the 811 tests carried out on Sunday, August 7, by […]