Thursday, April 25, 2024

Editors Pick

Some BNOCL staff on strike

Some staff at the Barbados National Oil Company Ltd (BNOCL) are off the job. Deputy general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and lead negotiator, Dwaine Paul, said it...

Time to focus on national issues

ARE THE DEMS united, or are they fragmented? The reason I ask though is because shortly after Member of...

Drax Hall land pause

Government has rolled back a decision to acquire 50 acres of land in St George which was...

Sir David’s defence

Sir David Simmons, chairman of the Law Reform Commission, took on critics of the contentious Cybercrime Bill on...

Prescod: Don’t pay Drax a cent

Government would be wrong to pay the controversial Drax family $8 million to acquire the St George estate’s...

Corfu evacuated as wildfires rage

Corfu has become the latest Greek island to issue an evacuation order, as the country grapples with wildfires. Photos uploaded to social media show flames...

Four medals at NACAC

Talented middle-distance athlete Ashlyn Simmons produced a lifetime best in the 1 500 metres to win a bronze medal on Sunday at the North...

Mottley backs tax on shipping industry

Barbados is on board with a proposed tax on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the shipping industry but wants any such levy to be...

Bajan girls lose to Trinidad

Barbados girls suffered a heartbreaking meltdown to lose the opening match of the 18th CAZOVA championships yesterday to defending champions Trinidad and Tobago 23-25,...

Bajans back home

Barbadians who were stranded in St Lucia last week are back home, arriving through the same airline that cancelled their flights. Scores of passengers alighted...

Suspected drowning in Speightstown

Police are investigating a suspected drowning which occurred in Speightstown, St Peter, near the jetty earlier Sunday. The victim is a man, but his identity...