More action needed to achieve SDGs
Barbados must accelerate its efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015. Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment Chad Blackman shared this view as he delivered the opening remarks at the Validation Workshop of the Baseline Study United Nations Joint Sustainable Development […]
Wanted duo in police custody
Two St Michael men who were the subjects of police ‘wanted’ bulletins have turned themselves in. A statement from the Barbados Police Service said Ramario Rashawn Best-Hinkson, 18, of Green Park Lane, Baxter’s Road and Sergio Delacey Browne-Agard, 29, of No 28 Lascelles Terrace, Pinelands, presented themselves to the District ‘A’ Police Station on Thursday, […]
Missing: Kizzianne Tudor
A 17-year-old ward of the Marina Brewster Centre in Farrs, Alleynedale Hall, St Peter has gone missing. Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the teenager, Kizzianne Latavia Tudor, who was last seen about 6:30 a.m on Thursday. At the time she wearing the uniform of the Barbados Youth Advance Corps. According to the […]
Padmore to pay $31 000 if he wants to avoid jail
Asif Iqbal Padmore will have to fork out $31 000 in fines or spend almost five years behind bars for illegal firearm, ammunition and drug offences. “These are serious offences that warrant substantial fines,” stressed Madam Justice Wanda Blair in the No. 4A Supreme Court on Thursday during sentencing. Padmore, 44, of Henley […]
Diaspora ‘must rally for QEH’ amid $130m funding boost
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is set to receive a $130 million injection of funds as part of a major modernisation drive, even as it mounts a fresh campaign to secure donations from Barbadians abroad. Director of Medical Services Anthony Harris revealed that the first $65 million tranche is “imminent” as the hospital evaluates equipment […]
Foreign investment target amid nation’s highest-ever innovation ranking
Barbados needs to attract up to US$3 billion ($6 billion) in annual foreign direct investment to achieve ambitious economic growth targets of six to seven per cent, the Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment declared on Thursday, despite the country achieving its highest-ever ranking on a global innovation index. Senator Chad […]
‘Game changer’ for Bajan beauty scene
Barbadians welcomed the official launch of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty here on Thursday, seven years after its initial global debut. Fans of the Bajan pop, fashion and fragrance icon thronged to the launch ceremony at the only authorised retailer of the brand in Barbados, Bridgetown Duty-Free. Duty-Free Caribbean Island Manager Kathy Harris expressed the company’s excitement […]
Elitism: Why school can’t kill class
There is a recently published text entitled Born to Rule, co-authored by British academics Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman, and published by Belknap Press. It examines the British elite, particularly its educated upper class, persons who attended the British public schools like Eton and Harrow and who went on to ‘Oxbridge’, – Oxford and Cambridge. […]
Barbados to benefit from CDB, EIB partnership to boost climate resilience
Barbados will be able to tap into a €100 million (BDS$218.8 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for projects that secure clean water supply, improve collection and treatment of wastewater and solid waste, and upgrade flood prevention across the region. The island is one of 14 Caribbean countries that will benefit from […]
‘No one obligated to invest here,’ warns biz leader
Barbados must urgently innovate and streamline its processes to remain competitive in the global investment market, the president of the Barbados International Business Association (BIBA) warned Thursday. Speaking at BIBA’s flagship Global Business Conference, Marlon Yarde delivered a stark message to government officials and business leaders about the challenges facing the Caribbean nation’s international business […]