Central Bank optimistic about 2022
The Barbados Central Bank has issued a cautiously optimistic forecast for accelerated economic recovery this year driven by the continued rebound of tourism and the commencement of major capital projects. This follows 2021 ending with three consecutive quarters of growth. Delivering the economic review for 2021, Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes said that provided there […]
PM REPEATS OFFER OF SENATE SEATS TO THE DLP
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has restated her offer of Senate seats to allow for an opposition voice in the Upper Chamber. Miss Mottley disclosed that government has received the legal opinion requested on the issue of representation in the Senate for the opposition parties, and repeated the offer to grant the Democratic Labour Party […]
Duguid added to cabinet
Member of Parliament for Christ Church West, Dr. William Duguid, has been added to the Barbados cabinet. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the announcement at this morning’s swearing in of Members of Parliament at State House. Dr. Duguid a key figure in the previous cabinet was a surprise omission from the line up named […]
Dr. Jean Holder has passed away
Distinguished Barbadian technocrat and diplomat Dr. Jean Holder has passed away at the age of 85. Starcom Network News understands he passed away in hospital where he was being treated for an illness. He was well known throughout the region for his pioneering work in tourism and diplomacy. Dr. Holder, a Barbados Scholar, also played […]
More than 900 new cases
Barbados has recorded 923 new covid-19 cases, 420 males and 503 females, from the 3,428 tests carried out on Monday, January 24 by the The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory This statistic shows an approximate 27% positivity rate on the island. 146 people are under the age of 18, and 777 are 18 years and […]
Delays with covid clearance certificate
Health authorities confirm that a spike in cases here has led to a backlog in the issuing of covid-19 clearance certificates for those who had tested positive. Government’s covid-19 public advisor, David Ellis, reports delays in processing the certificates that are needed by people looking to return to work. He was speaking on Down to […]
Tourist attacker remanded
The man accused of robbing and stabbing two visitors on the boardwalk at Hastings has been remanded to Dodds Prison. Thirty seven year old Curtis Foster, of Bynoe Road, Rendezvous, Christ Church has been charged with one count of robbery and two counts of wounding with intent. The police say these charges stem from an […]
UWU threatening more industrial action
Nurses represented by the United Workers Union are threatening to take further industrial action unless they get an appropriate response from government over a number of grievances Vice Chair of the UWU’s nurses division, Marsha Gill, says government has not honoured promises that were made. Speaking at a news conference, she said action will be […]
Prime Minister announces slimmed down cabinet and names a deputy and three senior ministers
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced a slimmed down cabinet, with a previous minister being omitted, a former backbencher given a ministry and for the first time a deputy Prime Minister and three senior ministers being appointed. In a national broadcast to the nation Miss Mottley named Member of Parliament for St. Michael South […]
Concern over snake smuggled into country
The Barbados Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, BSPCA, is concerned about people smuggling potentially dangerous snakes into the country. Chief Inspector of the BSPCA, Wayne Norville, confirmed to Starcom Network News that an adult boa constrictor was captured in the Plumgrove, Christ Church area over the weekend.