St Stephen’s Primary students urged to act right under new policy
St Stephen’s Primary School has launched a new discipline policy aimed at setting a positive standard for students and staff to follow. During a brief launch at the school on Wednesday, Principal Pamela Ifill said the policy was created to help curb the rising level of delinquency among young people in the wider society, and […]
BWU, NTI launch online education portal
The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) has unveiled an online education portal to provide accessible training opportunities to its members. The initiative, a partnership with the National Transformation Initiative (NTI), was launched as a memorandum of understanding was signed on Friday at the union’s Solidarity House headquarters. BWU General Secretary Toni Moore hailed the development as […]
BIMAP, SJPI soon to be accredited by BAC
Two entities are in the final stages of being added to the list of institutions accredited by the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC), Executive Director Lisa Gale has disclosed. The Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP) and the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) will join the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave […]
Court aims to clear death by dangerous driving cases
Justice Carlisle Greaves says the courts have embarked on a programme to complete all death by dangerous driving cases “before Christmas”. “This is a call to all who have outstanding cases of death by dangerous driving matters to get into contact with the court as soon as possible and have your cases brought up and […]
Political analyst suggests Blackett suspension a step to Yearwood’s fall
Steve Blackett’s suspension as general secretary of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) should be viewed as the likely demise of president Dr Ronnie Yearwood’s cornerstone “big tent” policy, political scientist Devaron Bruce has said. He also suggested the move further strengthens the hand of political leader Ralph Thorne and signals the DLP president’s declining power. […]
CARICOM aligns in unified stand for Palestine and peace
After 13 years, the 14 independent member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have finally aligned their individual positions on recognising Palestine as a State. As of May 7, 2024, all 14 CARICOM states now recognise Palestine as a State. The most recent countries to do so were Barbados on April 19, Jamaica on April […]
Over $1/2M raised for UWI students at annual benefit event
The 15th Annual University of West Indies Toronto Benefit Awards marked another successful year of fundraising supporting scholarships for Caribbean students. Held recently at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Canada and hosted by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Anchor, Dr Dwight Drummond, the gala event was at capacity with 450 guests from executive-level businesses, public personalities, […]
Republic Bank Barbados to welcome first female Managing Director
Come July 4, Republic Bank Barbados will be welcoming its first female Managing Director. After 42 years of distinguished service with the Republic Bank Group, Anthony Clerk, who held the top position since 2017, will be retiring. Carlene Seudat, a career banker with over 20 years of Risk Management and Corporate Banking experience, will assume […]
Elderly man jailed for raping pensioner
Seventy-one-year-old Oliver Chesterfield Fields has to spend an additional 10 years and eight months behind bars for raping a female pensioner in 2020. Madam Justice Wanda Blair sentenced the Edey Village, Christ Church resident to 15 years in prison for the offence but then deducted two years for his previously clean record, his low risk […]
Balancing development, social cohesion
Barbados is on the cusp of what many believe is a major construction boom as several projects get underway or continue their expansion. With the most recent statement from the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) outlining the economy grew by 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year, much of the economic growth […]