GIS Shake Up
A panel investigating the Government Industrial School has recommended a major overhaul of the institution for delinquent children including a shake-up of the staffing and management structure, closure of the girls’ facility and new laws that include removal of the offense of wandering. Chairman of the inquiry panel Oral Williams, a former deputy commissioner of […]
President Biden Declares Covid Pandemic Over in the US
President Joe Biden has declared the covid-19 pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise. Mr. Biden said that while they still have a problem the situation is rapidly improving. Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each […]
A&E Leak Video “Old” Says PM Mottley
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has denounced as “wicked” a viral video purporting to depict a major leak of the roof at the newly-renovated Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. While many people assumed it was a result of heavy rains over the weekend, Miss Mottley rejected that notion while speaking at […]
Government Confirms Sugar Exit
The Barbados government confirms its plan to privatize the sugar industry and exit the sector. This has been reiterated by Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Indar Weir, on VOB’s Down to Brasstacks call-in program. In addition to the existing players in the sector, investors will be sought. Voice of: Minister of Agriculture and Food […]
Inoculation Concern
There is a major concern in government as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is affecting parents’ willingness to allow their children to be inoculated against other diseases…a big worry amidst a polio outbreak in New York. The situation was explained by Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Jerome Walcott, during a town […]
BUT Concerned As Classes Resume
The Barbados Teachers Union is unhappy about the fact that renovations at some schools were not completed in time. President of the union Rudy Lovell tells Starcom Network News that this is frustrating given that they were promised on numerous occasions that the schools would be ready on time. He is also concerned that teachers […]
Citizens Band Radio calls for Gov’t to Revise Cellular ban while Driving
President of the Barbados Citizens Band Radio Association, Randy Chandler, is appealing to the government to revise the ban on cellular usage while driving, to facilitate radio operators. Speaking during the radio training workshop for Disaster Emergency Organizations, Mr. Chandler stated the ban, which prohibits the use of handheld devices while driving, has severely affected […]
Education Minister-Wilkie Cumberbatch will be Ready in a Week
The Ministry of Education, Technological, and Vocational Training says that it has been successful in carrying out renovations at twenty-three of its twenty-six schools through its summer repairs programme. This was revealed by Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay Mcconney, during a tour of the Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary School yesterday where some renovations […]