BAC pushes for clear policies in higher education
The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) is ramping up efforts to ensure higher education providers operate with clear, documented policies, insisting that verbal guidelines and informal decision-making are no longer sufficient. The council stressed the importance of providers adhering to structured systems to enhance accountability, consistency and quality assurance. This was the focus of […]
Team RUBIS fires up Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness’ Meals programme
The Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness’ (BAEH) meals programme will be well served for the future with a commercial stove recently provided by RUBIS. Team RUBIS’ LPG Accounts Executive, Gregory Brathwaite, made the presentation, noting that RUBIS is pleased to contribute to providing hot meals for people facing homelessness. He said the recent donation […]
Caribbean economies set for modest growth; challenges loom
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) forecasts regional economic growth of 2.5 per cent in 2025, excluding Guyana, with overall growth reaching 4.6 per cent when Guyana’s oil-driven expansion is included. Despite a steady outlook, the bank’s Director of Economics, Ian Durant, warned that geopolitical tensions, climate risks and delays in critical infrastructure projects could hamper […]
‘Don’t believe the hype’: Envoy urges caution on US immigration news
Barbadians have been advised to carefully assess news about US immigration policies, separating fact from fiction, by Vic Fernandes, Barbados’ newly appointed ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS). In one of his first public addresses here since assuming his role, the Washington-based diplomat and Rotarian, addressing […]
CDB builds near-billion-dollar climate resilience fund
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is set to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in concessional funding over the next three years to bolster hurricane preparedness, disaster response, and climate adaptation in member countries, the bank has announced. This significant financial commitment comes in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which devastated the region in 2024 […]
Professor calls for dialogue as tensions rise over electoral reform bills
Prominent UWI academic Professor Don Marshall has warned Caribbean governments against using force to quell public dissent following violent clashes in Dominica, where police used tear gas and rubber bullets against opposition protesters. His remarks followed the violent dispersal of protests in Roseau, where police moved to break up an opposition demonstration against three controversial […]
NUPW President calls for renewed advocacy amidst rising worker challenges
President of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Kimberley Agard, has called for intensified advocacy to protect the rights of Barbadian workers, citing growing challenges and attempts to undermine union influence. Her remarks came during the opening of the union’s 80th Annual General Conference on Thursday. Agard strongly refuted suggestions that unions are outdated, […]
Traders defend livelihoods amid enforcement drive
Police and health officials have launched a coordinated effort to regulate roadside vendors along the ABC Highway following warnings that the growing trade poses a serious traffic hazard, particularly in the busy Warrens area of St Michael. A public health officer from the nearby Eunice Gibson Polyclinic visited the Warrens vending site on Thursday […]
CARICOM leaders to meet virtually ahead of Rubio visit to Jamaica
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are scheduled to meet on Friday before the arrival of United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Jamaica on Wednesday, according to well-placed sources who spoke to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Thursday. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Stuart Young told reporters that he had “spent quite a while […]
Prevention over cure – changing the NCD narrative
Barbados faces a staggering health challenge: a spiralling epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With 80 per cent of deaths on the island attributed to these illnesses, we must act now to address the problem. Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Davidson Ishmael, has announced a crucial step in this fight: a new […]