2023 Warmest Year on Record
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record. Reports say it was driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event. The EU’s climate service says last year was about 1.48 degrees celsius warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels. […]
St. Vincent Hit By Tax Hikes
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has announced a series of taxes during the presentation of its 1.6 billion EC dollar budget. From May this year, Vincentians will begin paying an estimated 25 per cent increase for their drivers and motor vehicle licenses and similar increased charges for related services. Fees for the inspection […]
Evidence of Flu/Dengue Outbreak Seen by Pharmacists
Health sector professionals say they are seeing evidence of the spread of a virulent flu and at the same time a continuing spate of dengue cases. Pharmacist Yolande Pantin, the immediate past President of the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society, says she and her colleagues are getting a flood of clients with symptoms of both flu and […]
More than 20k Cricket Fans Expected in Bdos for World Cup
Cricket officials expect an influx of more than twenty thousand cricket fans into Barbados during June delivering a significant economic boost to the country as Kensington Oval hosts the finals of the Men’s T-20 Cricket World Cup. Manager of Marketing and Communications at the Barbados Cricket Association, Steven Leslie, tells Starcom Network News that being […]
Thousands Return to Classrooms
Thousands of students returned to classrooms today as a new school term began for them. Education officials have been trying to resolve environmental issues at three schools and deemed them ready for face to face classes. President of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Rudy Lovell said the union is happy to see the new school […]