Tourism rebound benefiting restaurant sector
Restaurants are reporting a significant rebound in tourist business as the tourism sector recovers from the pandemic fallout. Owner of Primo Bar and Bistro, Zary Evelyn, tells Starcom Network News business from visitors is significantly up compared to this same time last year. General Manager of Buzo restaurant, Danny Mansour is also reporting a […]
BAMP: Ramp up vaccinations
The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners is concerned about the current spike in covid-19 cases in Barbados which it says is driven by the new Omicron variant of the virus. BAMP’s public relations officer Dr. Russel Broome-Webster believes this surge has potential to overwhelm the health care system. He notes there’s no desire in the […]
New NUPW General Secretary
This country’s largest public sector union, the National Union of Public Workers, has a new General Secretary. NUPW President Kimberly Agard today announced the appointment of the new general secretary and his deputy. NUPW President Kimberly Agard.
Chamber: approval of events “irresponsible”
The Barbados business sector is concerned about the current surge in covid-19 cases and believes the health authorities have failed to take appropriate action to stem the spike. President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Anthony Branker, thinks more could have been done and says the absence of a response is glaring. Meanwhile, businesses […]
CDB: Region rebounding
The Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, says economic recovery in the region has commenced following the severe impacts from the covid-19 pandemic, but notes there’s a long way to go to make up the ground lost. The CDB’s Director of Economics Ian Durant, speaking during a CDB news conference disclosed that overall economies of the CDB […]
Independent senators sworn in
Seven independent senators were sworn in this morning by the President Dame Sandra Mason. Senator Crystal Drakes and Senator Andrew Mallalieu were the two new independent senators. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony the President Dame Sandra Mason advised them to serve the Barbadian public in the most independent way. Newcomer to the upper chamber, […]
Two men die in separate freak accidents
Two men have died in separate freak accidents, one this morning and another this afternoon. The latest incident occurred about 2pm at Thornbury Hill, Christ Church, where a man died at the scene after a vehicle under which he was lying collapsed on his body. Police at the Oistins Station received a call stating that […]
Two government MP’s recovering from covid-19
Minister of Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, has dismissed rumors that a government MP was on life support or may even have died after contracting covid-19. Mr. Abrahams expressed concern over what he said were the rumors that were swirling with one purporting to confirm the death of a public figure in circumstances where […]
Economy emerging from the doldrums
A UWI finance expert Professor Justin Robinson shares the Central Bank’s optimism about a significant economic rebound this year. And he notes that economic growth reported for 2021 is the first time in four years that the Barbados economy has recorded growth. Professor Robinson, a University of the West Indies Pro Vice-Chancellor and an expert […]
Covid cases close electoral department
A week after the general elections, the Barbados Electoral Office has been closed after some of the staff tested positive for covid-19. Chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Leslie Haynes, confirmed this development in an interview with Starcom Network News where he provided a review of the election that he says otherwise went relatively […]