Grantley Adams International Airport Impacted by Faulty Runway Lights
PRESS STATEMENT Flights at Grantley Adams International Airport impacted by faulty runway edge lights circuit From Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Ian Gooding-Edghill At 5:40 p.m. today I received a report from the Grantley Adams International Airport of a faulty runway edge lights circuit. This will impact incoming and departing flights at GAIA beginning […]
More Viewers for Rihanna’s Halftime Show Than for the Game Itself
Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show had more viewers than the Game Itself. Over 5 million more people tuned in to her performance. Rihanna‘s return to the stage was described as an unimaginable spectacle for fans around the world. As one entertainment writer put it, while the Super Bowl itself often garners a great deal of […]
Debt Repayments Put Strain on G’ment/State Enterprises Enterprises Restructuring to Pick Up Pace
Government has tabled in the House of Assembly its estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2023 to 2024, projecting to spend 4.2 billion dollars in total while taking in 3.4 billion dollars in revenues. Ahead of the debate, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, laid out what he called a Fiscal Framework stressing […]
BUT Issues Warning Over Environmental Issues at Schools
President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Rudy Lovell, hints that staff at some schools may refuse to work unless environmental issues are fixed. Mr. Lovell says the union supports the work stoppage by staff at the Ministry of Education yesterday which was over problems in the building that were making workers ill. Workers at […]
Barbados Off E.U. Blacklist
Barbados has been removed from the European Union list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The announcement was made today by the Council of the European Union and confirmed by Barbados’ Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummings, in an interview with Starcom Network News. The blacklisting had significant potential implications for Barbados’ international business sector […]
Work Stoppage at Bridgetown Duty/Dispute Headed to Labour Department
Unionised staff at Bridgetown Duty Free went on strike today in a pay dispute that is now before the Labour Department for mediation. The retail store’s staff who are represented by the Barbados Workers Union were off the job at several locations including Broad Street, Holetown, Worthing and at the airport. The dispute centres on […]