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On Monday, June 26, 2023, representatives from the Government of Barbados, various regional national conservation trusts, local and regional development…

Saturday, June 24  @ 3:30 p.m. Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, will give brief remarks at the launch of Project Dawn, ...

It’s 4am. A large flatbed truck carrying an enormous sound system slowly trundles around a vast rural race circuit, while hundreds of dancing revellers wearing white t-shirts follow in the dark to the DJ’s choppy, earth-shuddering beats. A busy drinks truck behind the crowd rolls along at the same meandering pace, with bar staff frantically filling up punter’s plastic flasks with generous helpings of rum punch and various other concoctions.

The Barbados Lifeguard Service (BLS) has received a donation of $40 000 from the Barbados Public Workers’ Co-Operative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL) to go towards new uniforms and training. The financial institution said the financial investment for the co-branded clothing would also ensure that lifeguards are equipped for their roles with improved skills and updated knowledge to international standards. Secretary of the

HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST NEEDHAM’S POINT By Emmanuel Joseph Henderson Williams, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Needham’s Point Holdings Limited who took his employer to court over his April 2019 dismissal, has been awarded damages by the local High Court. A brief oral judgment was handed down on Thursday by Justice Michelle Weekes who set May 9 as the date for

From next month, all new government vehicles will be electric or hybrid. This decision has been made by Cabinet according to Minister of Energy and Business Development, Senator Lisa Cummins, who has also indicated that Barbados will have a new Electricity Supply Act. Speaking at Monday’s Barbados Energy Storage Solutions Forum at Hilton Barbados Resort, Needham’s Point, St Michael, Cummins said the

Although it is rare, men can also get breast cancer and the Barbados Cancer Society now has the equipment to test for it. Medical coordinator of the society’s breast screening programme, Dr Shirley Jhagroo, is asking men to come forward and undergo the necessary checks. She also urged women to encourage men to get screened for cancers of the breast, prostate and colon. “Men can come and get biopsies. Men …

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Several state-owned entities (SOEs) have been meeting their obligations to produce up-to-date and audited financial statements of their operations, however, the Auditor General has identified many SOEs that have failed to produce audited financial statements for years.Auditor General Leigh Trotman noted that private sector auditors conduct a number of these audits even though the Constitution requires the Auditor General to be the auditor of ministries, departments and government-controlled enti...

Barbados’ first prime minister and National Hero Errol Walton Barrow famously referred to the island’s public service as “an army of occupation”.It was not a term of endearment but symbolic of the frustration in seeking to properly manage the tens of thousands of people employed by the state.In 2022, we must consider whether Barbados’ public sector has become too big, too entrenched with outdated structures and rules, and too fragmented to undertake its functions in an efficient, cost ...