Dust Haze Alert for B’dos
A significant dust haze advisory is in effect for Barbados as a thick plume of Saharan dust haze is currently affecting the island. Barbados Meteorological Services meteorologist Danielle Nurse says the advisory is in effect until noon tomorrow. Barbados Meteorological Services meteorologist Danielle Nurse
Motorist Injured as Car Flips on the ABC Highway
A motorist had to be freed from his vehicle and was transported to hospital after his car overturned on the Graeme Hall section of the ABC Highway just before 3 pm today. The driver was the lone occupant of the vehicle that ended up on its roof.
Cave Hill Staff Picket Campus
Staff at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus are on strike demanding a pay hike and were this morning picketing the compound vowing to keep up the protest until their demands are met. General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union, Toni Moore, who joined the Cave Hill staff in their protest march […]
Farmers Want BDF Called Out
This country’s farming community wants the authorities to implement much tougher measures to combat crop theft including using the defence force in surveillance of farms and imposing much stiffer penalties on the thieves. Farmer Richard Armstrong and CEO of the Barbados Agricultural Society, James Paul, addressed the issue on the Down to Brasstacks call-in program. […]
Suspect Held In City Slashing Attack
A man was transported to hospital with severe slash wounds and a suspect is in custody following an attack this morning in the city. The incident occurred at about 8:58 a.m. at the junction of Pinfold and Coleridge Streets. Sources told Starcom Network News that the victim, a man in his forties, was reportedly walking […]
4.4% B’dos Economic Growth in ’23/ Up to 4% Expected for ’24
The Barbados Central Bank reports economic growth of 4.4 percent last year over 2022 driven by a strong performance from the tourism sector and predicts growth of 3.5 to four percent for 2024. Central Bank Governor, Dr. Kevin Greenidge, delivering a review of the economic performance for 2023 noted that the economic growth was achieved […]