Barbados wins Best Tourist Board in global travel awards
The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) was awarded the Best Tourist Board at the recent Globe Travel Awards 2024 hosted by Travel Weekly. The Globe Travel Awards, recognised as the Oscars of the travel industry, have given travel sellers the opportunity to recognise and reward their favoured suppliers for more than 45 years. The winners […]
Rum heritage trail could boost rum, tourism trade
There is support for a Rum Heritage Trail that would tell the story of the historic beverage and its journey in Barbados, the head of the Caribbean’s rum producers group has said. An initiative is in the works with Barbadian rum producers and distillers that could give rise to the Barbados Rum Heritage Trail. Chief […]
Barbados still has most powerful Caribbean passport
The Barbados passport has inched up two spots on the ranking of the world’s passports, remaining the highest-ranked in the Caribbean. The island is ranked number 22 globally, with visa-free access to 165 countries, out of 199 different passports and 227 destinations, according to the 2024 Henley Passport Index, released by the London-based global citizenship […]
Security personnel must renew licences by month-end
Security guards, private investigators, and security guard agencies are reminded that they must renew their licences by Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Persons should visit the Investigation Unit of the Prime Minister’s Office, Weymouth Corporate Centre, Roebuck Street, St Michael, to renew their licences. The public is advised that no person may offer services as a […]
#BTColumn – The real mission for Barbados in 2024
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. By Ralph Jemmott In a reportedly 65-minute address, Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke to the nation on a wide array of issues facing Barbados as it enters the year 2024. She also took the opportunity to make […]
Police investigate verbal abuse, violence claim in viral recordings
A man claiming verbal abuse and violence at the hands of a female police officer is to take legal action, and the viral video and audio recordings that captured part of the fracas are now the focus of a Barbados Police Service investigation of professional misconduct. The lawyer for the man, who was being held […]
Carpenter gets one month to pay $1 000 gun fine
Despite having a “rusty”, inoperable pipe gun, Darwin St Alban Crookendale will have to pay the court $1 000 in one month if he wants to avoid a one-year prison term. Appearing before Justice Carlisle Greaves in the No. 3 Supreme Court on Monday, the 60-year-old carpenter of Taitt Hill, St George, pleaded guilty to […]
Judge warns employers against reprisals for workers on jury duty
A High Court judge is warning employers that it is against the law to threaten, impede or dismiss employees selected for jury duty. “I have to again remind employers in this country, the law prevents them from harassing, dismissing, short-paying or denying jurors the time to attend or threatening them with dismissal or other disadvantages,” […]