PM urges B’dians to invest more
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on Barbadians to invest more. She was speaking at the official groundbreaking ceremony for West Beach Barbados, a 24 unit condominium project at Road View, St. Peter that will cost approximately 23 million dollars. Miss Mottley believes Barbadians must be prepared to take more risks to help build out […]
Price check app launched
Minister of Energy and Business Senator Lisa Cummins has announced a new app called price check to help consumers find the best prices at various supermarkets. The app allows users to compare prices for several items across different supermarket chains. Speaking this morning during a news briefing to launch the price monitoring app, Senator Cummins […]
Alarm over B’dos’ “NCD crisis”
Health Minister Dr. Jerome Walcott is concerned about what he calls the alarming rate of cancer and non-communicable diseases terming it a crisis and urges the public to pay careful attention to their health. He was speaking as Sagicor launched a health screening program, “Sagicor Cares”, a major national initiative to assist in the battle […]
Govt strengthening cyber-security in response to BRA breach
Government says significant work has been done to contain the cyber-security breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority and it is strengthening the overall cyber security infrastructure of the public sector. This has been disclosed by Minister of Industry Innovation, Science and Technology, Marsha Caddle, in an update on the cyber-attack. She disclosed that an incident […]
Bico stalemate
Workers at the Bico factory at the Harbour Road St. Michael remained off the job for a second consecutive day after negotiations with the company failed to produce an agreement. Officials from the Barbados Workers Union and Management of Bico met for six hours at the Labour Department last evening under the Chairmanship of the […]
Another alleged car thief charged
The police have made yet another in a series of arrests of alleged car thieves. The latest man to be charged is thirty-year-old, Gary Williams, of Stuart Lodge, Tweedside Road, St. Michael. He is accused of handling a stolen motor car between June 27th and September 23rd. Williams appeared before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes, at […]
Delta boosting airlift into B’dos
Delta Airlines is increasing flights into Barbados next year. A news release from Barbados Tourism Marketing Incorporated announces the expanded service from Delta Air Lines during the 2025 summer season. The release says that commencing May 7th, 2025, and running through September 7th, 2025, Delta will offer daily non-stop flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport […]
PSV owners to be held accountable, govt says
Public service vehicle owners are to be held more accountable for the actions of their drivers under strict new regulations for the sector, a revised version of which was to be reviewed by cabinet today. The paper went before the cabinet as both Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Transport Minister Santia Bradshaw again promised […]
Dominican Truckers Protest
Dominican police have fired teargas after protests erupted as truckers reportedly complain of being shut out of opportunities to get work through Chinese domination of construction projects. From early this morning a number of truckers parked their vehicles across a major highway blocking access to the capital Roseau. A Barbadian who has been living temporarily […]
Bdos to defend Cyber-Crime Bill before IACHR
Government confirms that it will be defending its position on the proposed Cyber Crime Bill at a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights next month, but Attorney General Dale Marshall points out that any recommendations from that session will not be binding on the government. He also tells Starcom Network News that the […]