BMCLA in ‘misinformation battle’ after three years
By Ryan Gilkes The agency that regulates the burgeoning medicinal marijuana trade appears to be locked in a battle against misinformation, its spokeswoman has acknowledged. “There are things that we have been doing that we can’t seem to get to permeate through the public,” said Tracy Moore, the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) communications […]
BAMP at odds with QEH over change in consultants’ terms and conditions
The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is chastising the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) for a “unilateral” change in the terms and conditions of work for consultants. Stressing that BAMP is a trade union representing the majority of doctors at the hospital, president Lynda Williams expressed “great surprise at the announcement in the press, made […]
October-December start for $100M regional ferry service
A private sector consortium launched a regional ferry service dubbed Connect Caribe that by year-end could begin a long-awaited system to link Caribbean people and goods by sea. The service, scheduled to begin in the last quarter of 2024, will offer weekly and daily round trips, linking Barbados with Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St […]
New law to speed up port paperwork, punish traffickers
A new law to cut red tape for cargo and cruise ships using the busy gateway is now before lawmakers. Improvements in the processing of documents would ease the way ships do business with the port, Minister of Tourism and International Transport Ian Gooding-Edghill said as he introduced the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic Bill […]
UN and private sector launch Barbados’ first SDG-branded bus
Hundreds of commuters in Barbados are poised to learn more about the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how they can help to contribute to their realisation, with the launch of Barbados’, and the region’s, first electric SDG-branded bus. The SDG bus, a joint effort between the United Nations, the private sector, and the Government of […]
Maritime is ‘big business’ for Barbados – Humphrey
Maritime business is key to the country’s economic survival, the country’s first minister for the blue economy has declared. Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey, who led the island’s maritime strategy from the start of the Mia Mottley administration in 2018 until February 2022, told the House of Assembly the over $120 […]
Ministry wants to know why St Bartholomew Primary students turned away
By Shamar Blunt The Ministry of Education blamed an unnamed individual for turning away students from the St Bartholomew Primary School on Tuesday as classes were again disrupted amid reports of an unpleasant odour from the airport incinerator. But the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) denied any burning occurred and the ministry, which said school […]
Searches, scans start at St Philip clinic after assault on nurse
By Emmanuel Joseph Authorities made good on their promises to tighten security at the St Philip Polyclinic on Tuesday, five days after a man pulled a knife on a nurse as she was carrying out her duties at the Six Roads healthcare facility. On the same day that Tical Romario Smith of Gemswick, St Philip […]
Crop growers ‘lose thousands in months of theft’
The fatal shooting of two suspected crop thieves at Three Houses Plantation early Tuesday drew attention to the plight of farmers in the area who have lost tens of thousands of dollars in produce in recent months. Tales of serial vegetable thieves depriving at least half a dozen frustrated farmers of significant investments of money, […]