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Senior journalist Ryan Broome, who is also a television anchor with the State-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) now heads the Barbados Association…

The Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers (BARJAM) has a new president. He is senior journalist Ryan Broome, who is also a television anchor with the State-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He was elected to the post during the Annual General Meeting of BARJAM held on Sunday evening in the Annex of the Nation Publishing Company on Fontabelle, St Michael. The meeting also elected veteran journalist Emmanuel Joseph (Barbados …

(Stock Photo) Activities to mark the 21st Annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) will kick off in Barbados tomorrow, Friday, April 21, with a radio p ...

Some Barbadians are continuing to fly kites at night and in the wee hours of the morning, causing a disturbances to others. Additionally, some appeals to the Barbados Police Service have gone unanswered, but Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Inspector Rodney Inniss, says enforcing the law is not easy. Last February, Attorney General Dale Marshall introduced the amendment to the Minor Offences Act, responding to requests from members of the …

Under the theme, Inclusion: Living Without Limits, celebrations for the Month of the Disabled continued on Saturday morning with Run, Wheel and Walk. The event started at the Child Care Board in Cheapside, St Michael and saw participants traversed The City before the culmination at the site of the National Disabilities Unit (NDU). Equity for the disabled community is paramount and

MEDIA management expert Dominic Beaubrun will today start his tenure as managing director of the Jamaica Observer Media Group. Beaubrun, who has been in the media industry for more than 20 years ...

Barbadians must certainly be wondering if there is any major business operation left in this country that is Barbadian-owned. The number of iconic local brands that have been gobbled up by big businesses from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica seems to be getting longer and longer. This is certainly not a good look for those who see the takeover of local

The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has spent almost $25 million “over the last few years” to fix ongoing water woes to the north, and they are asking residents to bear with them a little longer. Speaking on the Starcom Network’s Sunday Brass Tacks which was moderated by Dr Kristina Hinds, director of engineering Charles Leslie said many problems could be traced to the aged network, which they were in the …

Government can no longer sustain pumping close to $30 million annual into the sugar industry. And the end of the current season in April will trigger the commencement of a phased withdrawal by the state and the move towards promised privatisation. “In terms of the transitioning of the sugar industry to a private sector-owned industry, with no Government participation, for the end of this coming financial year that process should …

The Fairchild Street Public Market vendors who were temporarily relocated to facilitate the redevelopment of the market will be moving into new stalls in the new year. Chief executive officer of Haigh Communications Inc; Joy-Ann Haigh, who is the spokesperson for the Bridgetown Transformation Project, gave that assurance on Monday. She told Barbados TODAY that while there were some delays the vendors