World Championships Bronze Medalist Sada Williams gets a $150k to help with her training and a mural and a billboard at the airport.
Government gives double bronze medalist Sade Williams 150 thousand Barbados dollars to assist in her preparation for the Paris Olympics. Our reporter Ricardo Roberts was at the Grantley Adams International Airport where a mural was also unveiled in her honor.
Hotel Workers Not Treated Fairly Says BWU
The Barbados Workers Union believes that workers in the tourism industry are being treated unfairly. General Secretary of the BWU, Toni Moore says that this is despite efforts to improve working conditions in the sector. The issue was raised in a media briefing during a tour by a BWU team of tourist areas along the […]
Bar Association Wants Commission of Inquiry Into Cellphone in Police Interrogation Room
The Barbados Bar association is calling for a Commission of Inquiry into the matter of a cell phone that was found taped under a desk in a police station during an attorney client interview early this year. Convenor of the association’s criminal law committee, Martie Garnes points out what he believes are discrepancies in the […]
World Bank Predicts Slower Bdos Economic Growth Rate
The World Bank predicts the Barbados economy will grow by 4.6 percent this year, less than half of the rate of growth for last year and that the trend of slower growth will continue for 2024 and 2025. This prediction has been stated by the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, […]