New ERT boss appointment delayed for new rules, base
By Emmanuel Joseph The 12-year-old Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) is to be overhauled and the government has put a hold on appointing a successor to the quasi-court’s chairman, retired High Court Justice Christopher Blackman,, the minister responsible for the ERT has revealed. The tribunal has been without a chairman for nearly a year after Blackman […]
Gov’t meets promise to pay pharmacists
Private pharmacists have received a long overdue government payment owed to them for dispensing prescription drugs under the National Drug Formulary, the druggists’ spokesman disclosed on Thursday. President of the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society Marlon Ward-Rogers said the back pay for November and December last year was disbursed this week. “The pharmacies have been paid for […]
DLP urges protest against Cybercrime Bill
By Ryan Gilkes Declaring the new Cybercrime Bill passed by the House of Assembly this week a threat to civil liberties, Democratic Labour Party (DLP) leader Dr Ronnie Yearwood has called for a social media blackout to protest the legislation which now heads to the Senate. While acknowledging that not every aspect of the Cybercrime […]
Guarding our democracy
One of the main benefits of free primary and secondary education which was ushered into Barbados by late prime minister and Father of Independence Errol Walton Barrow, was to provide Barbadians with a major tool through which they could lift themselves out of poverty and disenfranchisement. A critical feature of education is that it provides […]
Oistins to Thornbury Hill next on Accelerated Mill and Pave Programme
Oistins to Thornbury Hill, Christ Church is next to be resurfaced under the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW) Accelerated Mill and Pave Programme. MTW’s contractor, Infra Construction Inc., will begin milling on Friday, February 9. Work will be done nightly from 7:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for approximately 10 days, pending weather or unforeseen […]
Teen admits to throwing rock into minibus, says he was in bad company
While it was his friends who encouraged him to throw a rock through the window of a passing minibus, Lumiere Kejan Clarke stood alone in the dock to plead guilty to the three charges he faced as a result of his actions. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes, the 16-year-old resident of Emmerton Lane, St […]
Wickham sets CCC ablaze
An enterprising third first-class hundred from former West Indies Under-19 batsman Kevin Wickham enabled Barbados Pride to make up for lost time against Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners in the West Indies Championship on Thursday. The 20-year-old cracked eight fours and nine sixes in a fluent 139 from 135 balls to become the second century-maker […]
Yellow shines brightest at Springer
Springer Memorial’s athletes started their journey to the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Athletic Championships (BSSAC) with a bang during their inter-house sports on Thursday. Held at the Samuel Jackson Prescod Institute of Technology’s playing field, Yellow House dominated the competition, racking up an impressive 304 points to outshine Red House (223), Purple House (207.50), Green House […]