Barbados is Music show postponed
TONIGHT’S Digicel Barbados is Music show has been postponed. The event, which was scheduled to be held at Kensington Oval, will now be held on December 4. Barbados remains under a flood warning, which is in effect until 8 p.m. or until notice is issued by the Meteorological Services. Read More
Two receive Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
BRITAIN'S PRINCE HARRY presented Barbadians Charlee Gittens and Jade Gibbons with the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award at Government House minutes ago. The award for Jade comes after a gruelling nine years of projects, while it took Charlee seven years to complete the work which earned her the prestigious award. Governor General Sir Elliott... Read More
Flood warning extended until 8 p.m.
THE FLOOD WARNING for Barbados has been extended until 8 p.m. tonight. In a 4 p.m. update the Barbados Metorological Service said satellite and radar imagery during the afternoon show an extensive area of cloudiness and showers persisting over the island. As a consequence, some pockets of moderate to heavy showers, periods of rain and... Read More
BLP statement of passing of Matthew Farley and Vibert Lowe
THE FOLLOWING IS a statement from Leader of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party Mia Mottley on the passing of educators Matthew Farley and Bishop Vibert Lowe. Read More
TOURISM MATTERS: Britain’s perfect air travel storm
The British government is being urged to use the upcoming autumn financial statement to remove its air passenger duty (APD) altogether, in a bid to ensure the United Kingdom (UK) remains attractive in a post-Brexit world. Airlines UK and the Board of Airline Representatives have teamed up to appeal to Chancellor Philip Hammond. Airlines... Read More
BEC: Are rewards and incentives necessary?
“People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.” – Dr. Bob Nelson. Should we all decide to reflect on our childhood years, I am sure that most, if not all of us, would be caught with a smile on our face as we reminisce on the days within the education system. The different gold, silver and red... Read More
BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Will President Trump help or hurt?
At a time of galloping worries about the possibly economic fallout from Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the United States presidency, it’s inevitable that people in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean would ask key questions: What about us? Would Trump’s policies help or hurt the island-nations which rely on tourism or financial services,... Read More
Tougher measures needed
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Government to abandon its “recent weak track record” for enforcing austerity measures and adopt “a more aggressive strategy” that includes a divestment of some state enterprises. But the IMF, while noting that the Freundel Stuart administration had not implemented several of its recent recommendations,... Read More
Plane carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team crashes in Colombia, 76 dead
MEDELLIN, Colombia - Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in their history, were on board a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle, killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday. A Reuters photographer at the scene said dozens of bodies were laid out and covered with sheets around the wreckage as some 30 rescuers,... Read More
NSC notch 9th straight win
THE National Sports Council (NSC) girls have extended their winning streak. With an impressive 4-1 victory against ESFC Unity Stars they walked away with their ninth successive win, when the Barbados Football Association’s Women’s League continued at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex on Sunday. Kimberly Ellis couldn’t wait to get the show... Read More
Champions
CHARGERS are the new kings of the Goddard Enterprises Limited Division 1 men’s volleyball league. They predictably clinched the title when the action continued on Sunday at Oldbury, St Philip. Needing just one point to take the crown from Flow Deacons, Chargers outlasted Cawmere 29-31, 25-14, 18-25, 25-19, 15-11. That victory carried... Read More
Pride, Scorpions play to dull draw
KINGSTON – There were precious few sparks on a drama-less final day as the third-round Digicel regional four-day cricket match between Jamaica Scorpions and Barbados Pride ended in a dull draw at Sabina Park yesterday. Resuming the day on 153 for four, Pride failed to muster anything spectacular enough to turn the tide, and were dismissed... Read More
Seagal gets Russian passport
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a Russian passport to U.S. actor Steven Seagal on Friday and said he hoped it would serve as a symbol of how the fractious ties between Moscow and Washington are starting to improve. At a Kremlin ceremony where Seagal signed his new passport in front of Putin, the Russian leader said:... Read More
Weekend Buzz November 25, 2016
See how Romario Bates and Tiffani Lynch danced their way to victory. Take in some of the entertainment from Come Town. Get a taste of the most recent Silent Headphones party. Read More
Online voting to replace stage show
THE AYES have it! The public will have the final say as to who will win the 2017 Banks Calendar Girl Competition, in which $10 000 is at stake. For the first time an online voting system will replace the stage show, allowing people across the island to vote for the contestant who, in their eyes, possesses “star quality” and is fit to... Read More
Bajans Come Town and enjoy
THE BARBADOS TOURISM Product Authority (BTPA) invited Bajans to Come Town to be part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Barbados’ Independence on Wednesday evening, and hundreds accepted the invitation. It was the second time that the BPTA attempted to put on the event after rains caused the authority to postpone it the previous... Read More
COMMENTARY
No progress or gain without pain
ON EVERY OCCASION that the trade union movement has to take a strong stand against what they consider unfair and unjust treatment, there are always vociferous cries of “the unions are holding the country to ransom”. Within the past 50 years, when employers and governments take their stand(s) with actions best suited for themselves but inimical... Read More
ALL AH WE IS ONE: Deathbed dialogue
IN A WEEK THAT has marked the passing of Caribbean revolutionary hero Fidel Castro, my own proximity to the illness and death of the former Chief Town Planner of Barbados, and Caribbean intellectual in his own right, Leonard St Hill, on the weekend of November 11 to 13, has compelled today’s tribute to Lenny, and a deferment of Fidel’s. ... Read More
EDITORIAL: Floundering around Combermere not good enough
DEPENDING ON WHOSE VOICE you are hearing, the current closure of the Combermere School is the result of negligence, sabotage or some yet to be diagnosed problem. Regardless of the cause though, what is without dispute is that more than 1 100 children enrolled in one of the island’s leading secondary schools have not been to classes for... Read More
DEAR CHRISTINE: Should I stay for the sake of the baby?
DEAR CHRISTINE, I left my adopted mother’s home to go and live with my boyfriend who turned out to be very cruel, especially after he drank alcoholic beverages. Quite a few times I’ve had to go back to Ma’s house because of him. The next day he’d come and beg me to return. Once he broke my arm with a blow from a chair. That time he was... Read More