‘Overwhelming’ response to NCD Commission design contest

The National NCD Commission has reported an unexpectedly high level of participation in its recent shirt design competition, aimed at engaging young people in discussions about non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Commission chair Suleiman Bulbulia announced at Wednesday’s prize-giving ceremony that over 40 schools, both private and public, took part in the contest.  “We were overwhelmed with […]

UWI Cave Hill, UNCTAD sign partnership MOU

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, and the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further trade-related research and cooperation. The MOU was signed by principal of the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Clive […]

Salvage, clean up efforts underway at Archive Department

Salvage, clean up efforts underway at Archive Department

Work is underway to salvage the remaining records left after fire destroyed Block D of the Department of Archives late Monday into Tuesday. When a Barbados TODAY team visited the Black Rock, St Michael location on Thursday, teams were cleaning up the site and securing what documents had been recovered from the burnt out shell […]

Man ordered to pay compensation for assaulting security guard

Shayne Zico Austin was ordered to pay $100 in compensation to a security guard after pushing him and throwing a rock at him. Magistrate Manila Renee also placed the 29-year-old painter of Welchman Hall, St Thomas on a bond to keep the peace for six months. If he breaches the bond, he will have to […]

Killer’s statement details events leading to postman’s death

After their plans to get money from postman Basil Springer failed, Kyle Chad Rasheem Archer and Jamar Darnelle Mottley stabbed him and threw him into a well. These facts were revealed as Principal State Counsel Oliver Thomas read Archer’s statement to police in the No. 2 Supreme Court before Justice Randall Worrell. Archer, 30, a […]

Barbados Export doubles trade with companies on continent, aims for further growth

Export Barbados has seen a significant increase in trade with the African continent over the past year, according to chief executive officer Mark Hill. The value of trade is approaching $200 000 but the state export agency is eyeing ten-fold growth, he said, noting rising levels of confidence and trust between business partners on both […]

Three left homeless after St Joseph blaze

A house fire in Lammings, St Joseph, left three people without a home on Thursday evening. The Barbados Fire Service responded to the incident after receiving an alert at approximately 5 p.m. Station Officer Damian Bayne reported that two water tenders and eight officers from the St John and Arch Hall fire stations were dispatched […]

Health issues continue to plague our schools

They say when it rains it pours. This certainly has been the case for the Ministry of Education as it relates to health concerns at schools in recent times.  This week alone, three schools were reported to have been facing challenges. Classes at the Wesley Hall Junior School in The City were forced to end […]

Three left homeless after St Joseph fire

  A house fire in Lammings, St Joseph, left three people without a home on Thursday evening.  The Barbados Fire Service responded to the incident after receiving an alert at approximately 5 p.m. Station Officer Damian Bayne reported that two water tenders and eight officers from the St John and Arch Hall fire stations were […]

Man collapses and dies

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man at Eagle Hall, St Michael. Eyewitnesses say the man collapsed along the roadside. (more details as they come to hand.) The post Man collapses and dies appeared first on Barbados Today.