Two More Covid Deaths
Barbados has recorded 211 new Covid-19 cases over the last two week period for which statistics have been published. New covid-19 numbers released today indicate that between February 4th and 17th Barbados recorded more than two hundred additional cases from one thousand, 963 tests, a positivity rate of 10.7 percent. That’s a slight reduction from […]
School Meals Gets More Staff Following Strike
The Harbour Depot of the Schools Meals Department has been given additional staff following last Friday’s work-stoppage when employees complained of being overworked and under-staffed. The Schools Meals workers had also cited a shortage of vehicles as among their grievances. They returned to work following the intervention of the National Union of Public Workers whose […]
Boost For Taxi Operators
Taxi operators are seeing an increase in business as a result of the post-covid tourism rebound outlined by hoteliers at a briefing last week and tourism officials in parliament yesterday. This is according to the President of the Bridgetown Port Taxi Co-operative, Adrian Bailey, who says the increase in tourists is noticeable. President of the […]
Work Stoppage at BCC
Around 20 general workers at the Barbados Community College this morning stopped work over a number of grievances. It’s the latest in a series of such strikes at various public and private sector entities. General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers, Richard Greene, met with the BCC workers and says the union will […]
Juvenile Suspect In Custody for Stabbing Death
A juvenile suspect is in custody being questioned in relation to the weekend stabbing death of a 16 year old school boy. Starcom Network News understands that several other individuals are being sought for questioning into relation to the confrontation that led to the death of the fifth-form student of the Alexandra School. The victim […]