Government sets up National Advisory Council on Citizen Security
Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Thursday announced the establishment of a National Advisory Council on Citizen Security to tackle the crime scourge head on. Speaking at a press conference at Ilaro Court, Mottley made clear it was not merely another council but it will ensure there is broad feedback and buy-in into national policies to […]
Update: Ionics Desalination Plant Back Online
Today Thursday, September 19, 2024, Ionics Freshwater Ltd. has updated the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) that operations have resumed at the Desalination Plant on the Mighty Grynner Highway. While the facility is functioning at maximum capacity once again, residents in the listed areas may continue to be impacted until the water systems supplying their districts […]
Why celebrate Small Business Week?
The coordination of Small Business Week is well on its way. This 21st edition of a week of activities continues to promote entrepreneurship, provide networking opportunities, and highlight the contribution of small businesses to job creation and economic growth. Some may query why organisations plan these weeks of activities. Research on the coordination of a […]
Lodge fight back on Day 2 after Combermere gain first innings lead
Liam Sealy took six wickets while Shawnico Sargeant picked up the remaining four as Milo Lodge fought their way back into the game on Day 2 of the 2024 Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Schools’ Under-15 Three-Day Championship Final. Defending champions Nicholls Baking Combermere resumed in a strong position on Wednesday at the Rubis playing field, […]
Motorcyclist, pedestrian die in separate accidents
The number of road fatalities for the year has climbed to 18 with the deaths of 22-year-old motorcyclist Renaldo Elon Daniel and 72-year-old pedestrian Winfield Welch in separate accidents. According to police, Welch, a resident of Greenfield, St Michael, was crossing the street at Salters Road, St George around 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday when he […]
Frederick Smith alumna earns prestigious Errol Barrow Scholarship
The second time’s the charm for Roslyn Hinds, a talented cook and Frederick Smith Secondary School alumna who has been trying to get into one of the world’s top culinary schools–George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. It wasn’t the marks but the money that stood in the way of her entry into the famed […]
Wanted man turns himself in
Wanted man Jakobi Talik Germain alias Bornaman is now in police custody. Barbados TODAY has been reliably informed that attorney-at-law Kyle Walkes accompanied Germain as he turned himself in at the District ‘D’ Police Station on Wednesday evening. Over the weekend, during a late-night press briefing, police made an appeal for Germain to […]
BWU boss urges tourism leaders to put workers first amid layoffs
Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) General Secretary Toni Moore has called for greater responsibility and compassion from tourism industry leaders, urging them to prioritise workers facing redundancy and to honour the spirit of partnership that has long driven the sector’s success. In the wake of layoffs at Sandals and Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lord’s Castle Resort, […]
Backyard farming initiative launched to boost food security
Efforts to enhance backyard and small-scale farming across Barbados are gaining momentum, highlighted Allister Glean, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative here, on Wednesday. Glean introduced a new photovoltaic solar-powered aquaponics system at the Grantley Prescod Memorial Primary School – designed by food security advocate Dr Chelston Brathwaite, a former IICA […]
Education ministry signs MOU with US accreditation partner
The first signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Education and the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) represents a major advancement in Barbados’ collaborative efforts to provide accreditation for medical institutions here, says Minister of State in the ministry, Sandra Husbands. “All Barbados-based medical schools, as well as […]