Govt Planning PSV Crackdown

Government has promised a crackdown on lawlessness by route taxi and minibus drivers as a government minister responds to accusations that the operators are being protected by what some members of the public have been alleging are connections in high places. The PSV sector has again come under heavy criticism after a series of videos […]

B’dos Gets All-Clear from Anti-Money Laundering Task Force

Barbados has been given the all clear by the international Financial Action Task Force, the agency that leads global action to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF today removed Barbados from its Grey List of Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring. A statement from the office of the Barbados Attorney General, Dale Marshall, describes the […]

PM Promises QEH Overhaul

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is in for a major overhaul including changes in hiring practices and terms and conditions of staff. The changes are intended to transform the institution into what Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says will be a 24/7 operation that better responds to the needs of the public. Miss Mottley outlined the […]

Central Bank to Rein in “Excessive, Arbitrary” Bank Fees

Government Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight says the amendments will give the Central Bank greater power to rein in what she believes are the sometimes arbitrary and excessive commercial bank fees. Dr. Munro-Knight, the Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister told the chamber that there is excess liquidity in the banking system […]

Alleged Bank Breach

The Barbados Bankers Association denies there’s any widespread data breach across the commercial banking sector but one of the new opposition Senators insists customers of at least one bank have had their accounts compromised and that she is one of the victims. Democratic Labour Party Senator, Tricia Watson, made the revelation as the Senate debated […]

No Need for Fear over CARICOM Free Movement says Abrahams

Barbados’ Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, does not believe that Barbados expanding the range of people being allowed to live and work freely here will threaten the jobs of locals or create any security risks. The House of Assembly yesterday amended the immigration laws to allow for a wider category of people […]

Bdos/TT/Guy Ferry Plan Progressing

Trinidadian officials are to visit Barbados in coming weeks as plans are being finalized for the launch of a ferry service between Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. The Trinidad and Tobago government has disclosed in a statement that a team of technical officials from that country will visit Guyana and Barbados to inspect port […]

Barbados Scores Big In C’bean Awards for Excellence

Barbados has scored a major achievement, making an almost clean sweep of the awards in this year’s Anthony Sabga Awards for Caribbean Excellence. The Sabga Awards, the Caribbean’s most prestigious awards program, are privately funded by the Ansa McCal Foundation. The laureates in the annual awards are deemed to represent the very best of the […]

Highway One Repairs Commencing

Road repairs are scheduled to commence tomorrow on highway one as the government accelerates its maintenance program. Senior Information Officer at the Ministry of Transport and Works, Shamkoe Pile says the road from Speightstown roundabout to Holetown will be resurfaced under the accelerated mill and pave programme. She emphasized the repairs are limited to the […]

School Issues Update

Classes have resumed at Good Shepherd Primary as teachers returned to school after an apparent sickout yesterday. Eighteen teachers had reported ill forcing the school to close. This follows last Friday’s incident where reports of a male teacher threatening his co-workers online led to the Barbados Police Service being called and classes suspended. Communications Consultant […]