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Clean and Green initiative begins in St James Article by Access to green spaces is important in maintaining a high quality of life. This was the message delivered by Member of Parliament for St James Central, Kerrie Symmonds, at the start of Friday’s Clean and Green initiative in his constituency. The initiative will see a plot of land, which is located near the Good Shepherd Primary School in Fitts Village, and which was used as a playpark before being abandoned several decades ago, transformed into a modern play area. During his brief remarks, Symmonds said it was important for ...

Renewed call for new funding model Article by June 9, 2021 The call for some of the world’s richest nations to do more to help vulnerable countries mitigate against climate change continues to grow, with Minister in the MInistry of Investment Marsha Caddle calling for a new funding model. In fact, she suggested that they look to Barbados as an example of how to provide new financial instruments to help more exposed countries deal with the effects of natural disasters brought on by the climate crisis. As part of its debt restructuring a few years ago, Government included ...

We’re going the wrong way, says UPP Article by May 29, 2021 Barbados is lurching from one crisis to another with an opposition party slamming the Mottley administration for hedging most of its bets on hundreds of millions in borrowed money that plunges the country further into indebtedness. Lynette Eastmond, the vice-chairman of the United Progressive Party (UPP), said in a statement Friday that the administration had not created a cohesive economic policy prescription that will successfully put Barbados on a growth path in a post-COVID-19 environment. While commending t...

Parris set to contest sentence next month Article by May 28, 2021 Jailed attorney Cheraine Parris’ appeal is set to be heard in July, the Court of Appeal ordered Thursday. Justice Randall Worrell last year sentenced Parris, of Lowlands, Christ Church, to four years in jail after she admitted stealing $302,000 belonging to Morrison – the remainder of a larger sum – in 2010. She also pleaded guilty to money laundering by conducting a series of transactions in moving the cash as proceeds of crime. The money had been earmarked for the purchase of Morrison’s condominium...

Barbados Today May 23, 2021 The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Jaydan Otricia Barrow, 15, of Berlin Road, Woodbourne, Saint Philip. She is a student of Graydon Sealy Secondary School. Barrow left the home of her mother Patricia Sealy at the same address sometime between 6:30 am and 11:00 am on Friday, May 21 and has not been seen or heard from since. She is about 5 feet 7 inches tall, of dark complexion, thick build and erect appearance. She has long locks piled on top of her head. She speaks with a Barbadian accent, is very soft spoken ...