International Peace NGO Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) and its partner organisations in Barbados have built a peace monument in the constituency of St Michael North that they say will stand as a lasting testament and commitment to peace for future generations. According to HWPL, community members had made a tremendous choice […]
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28th, September 2023, 10:00pm
Prime Minister Mia Mottley is appealing to residents to conserve water as the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) warns that the precious commodity will get scarcer with a worsening climate crisis. Director of Engineering at the BWA Charles Leslie told the St James Parish Speaks public forum on Tuesday night of a dire water situation ahead […]
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28th, September 2023, 09:30pm
Barbados is moving away from using asphalt and shifting to the construction of concrete roads. Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw disclosed on Tuesday night during the St James Parish Speaks public forum at the Frederick Smith Secondary School that this is the direction the country will be going, following a visit […]
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28th, September 2023, 09:30pm
Government is adjusting the secondary school curriculum to promote entrepreneurship education among young people at an early age. This was the key point in an address delivered by Minister of State in Foreign Trade and Business Sandra Husbands during the opening ceremony of the Small Business Association (SBA) Youth Forum, held at the Lloyd Erskine […]
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28th, September 2023, 09:30pm
World Bank Alternate Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean Chris Sinckler has recommended changes to lending rules for micro and small businesses, declaring as an injustice the difficulties they experience in accessing adequate finance. He called for a national conversation on funding access for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and suggested that […]
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28th, September 2023, 09:30pm
Officials of the Codrington Trust say they are willing to work with the relevant authorities to ensure that descendants and qualified tenants are not disadvantaged when it comes to the changeover of land from the Trust to those individuals. However, making it clear that he would not be commenting on any individual case, Executive Secretary […]
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28th, September 2023, 09:30pm
A day after a pedestrian on Tudor Street, St Michael was injured when debris from a crumbling building fell on her, efforts are being taken to ensure no one else is similarly injured. Hoarding is being erected outside the privately-owned building to protect passers-by. (Photo by Remy Rock)
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28th, September 2023, 09:00pm
By Rawle Toney Barbados has been selected to host the 2024 T20 World Cup, Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley has revealed. But despite his declaration that the word had come directly from the International Cricket Council (ICC), Cricket West Indies president Dr Kishore Shallow appeared to clash with the territorial cricket boss on […]
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28th, September 2023, 08:45pm
Three men and a woman facing firearm, theft and assault charges were warned on Thursday that their trial will begin next month, whether or not they have lawyers. Justice Carlisle Greaves served that notice on St Michael residents Akmal Teril Haynes of Spruce Street, 38; 28-year-old Kerrie Shaquille Thompson of 14 Field Place, Bayville; and […]
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28th, September 2023, 08:00pm
Sinckler says employees need adjustments to cope with heat by Marlon Madden Former Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has suggested that work times be shifted in some industries to help employees better cope with extreme heat. He made the recommendation on Tuesday night as he predicted that research would show that productivity has fallen while […]
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28th, September 2023, 07:45pm
