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President of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen is pleading with Government and insurance companies to clamp down on motorists using uninsured vehicles.She told Barbados TODAY she has been receiving too many complaints recently from motorists who were involved in accidents with other road users whose vehicles have no insurance coverage.President of the General Insurance Association of Barbados Randy Graham told Barbados TODAY that insurance companies were also extr...

Amid the setbacks and challenges presented during the ongoing COVID pandemic, young people in Barbados are still eager to get themselves job-ready as they pursue new opportunities in the world of work.This was the view expressed on Wednesday by Senior Youth Commissioner Elizabeth Bowen, on the final day of the Get Hired programme held by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment in partnership with the Prince’s Trust International.“For the seminar, most persons are looking to g...

National Hero Robyn Rihanna Fenty once told the media that Barbadians liked to use the “c” word when responding to matters or people who offended them. But there is another “c” word with which we are very familiar, and that we should never want to align ourselves with. The “c” word is corruption.For decades, the issue of corruption has been a talking point on political platforms. It was an invective that was hurled about more as a slur on the character of opponents. It was never used...

A 31-year-old woman will appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged with last Saturday’s murder of Shanice Miller.Shakira Carlann Blackman, of 4th Avenue Park Road, Bush Hall, St. Michael is accused of killing Miller who received multiple injuries during an altercation with another female along Upper James Street, near the junction of Synagogue Lane, Bridgetown.

The World Anti-Doping Agency is to review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance.The move follows American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson missing the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the substance in June.The 21-year-old later revealed she had used cannabis to help cope with the death of her biological mother.Wada says the scientific review will begin next year and that cannabis will remain prohibited in 2022.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has hailed the contribution of allrounder and former captain Jason Holder as the team looks to secure its first Test series win over Pakistan in almost two decades.Holder crafted a crucial first-innings knock of 58 and took 4 wickets as the team held on for a nail-biting one-wicket win to take the lead.

Former Barbados and West Indies cricketer Ryan Hinds says cricket changed his life for the better, and has suggested that sports be used to allow others to make a positive contribution to society.Hinds, who played first-class and international cricket between 1998 and 2014, said that with concerns about some youth heading in the wrong direction, sports should now be used more as a life-changer.  “Cricket changed my life, by providing opportunities for me from an early age as a member of the B...

It seems all hell has broken loose on the matter of Barbados becoming a republic within the next three months. It is a matter that really should not divide us, particularly at a time when we are at our most vulnerable state since Independence in 1966.The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has ruined our economy and undermined the plans not only of Government but many individual citizens who had set personal goals which have not materialized.Government certainly had several targets, many of wh...

Declaring that they have the numbers and influence to bring about change, an activist group of anti-vaxxers and anti-mandate activists has given the Mia Mottley administration an ultimatum to respond to a two-month-old written request to discuss how the COVID-19 jab is administered.Coordinator of the Steering Committee for the Barbados Concerned Citizens (BCC), Winston Clarke, warned Monday that if he did not get a response by Wednesday to the letter sent to Prime Minister Mottley for a dialogue...

July 20, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados TODAY Inc. by Ralph Jemmott One of the problems facing school systems across much of the world is how do education officials make up for disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic and other issues. In Barbados’ case these would include the ash-fall and the problems arising out of tropical storm/ Hurricane Elsa. It is approaching a year and ...