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By Sheria Brathwaite Food shortages and international supply chain issues during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic made Tanisha Hunte realise it was time to start growing her own food. In fact, the 34-year-old said she not only realised the importance of food security but she saw it as an opportunity on which she could capitalise and launch her own farming business. In
For the second time in six months the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) will have to fill the role of chief executive officer.That’s because current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Geoffrey Roach has announced that he will be stepping down from the position after only a short time in the role.A press release issued today stated that Roach made the disclosure during the BHTA’s recent Fourth Quarterly Meeting.Last May, then CEO Rudy Grant stepped down from the role after six years to also pursue other opportunities. He was subsequently named as Barbados’ Consul General to Miami...
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at an abandoned house at Fairholme, Christ Church. (more details as they come to hand.)
Hundreds of Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) workers will have good reason to celebrate this Christmas with a share of just over $300 000 from Government.However, outspoken trade unionist and former Opposition senator Caswell Franklyn has described the payment as an attempt by Government to get SSA workers to stay with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) with whom it is “more comfortable”.Chairman of the SSA Ramon Alleyne disclosed today that 601 SSA employees will be given $500 each from the Pandemic Levy Fund during the Government’s COVID-19 Humanitarian Awards Ceremony for f...
Close to 50 young attorneys-at-law were told to value their honesty, integrity and reputation above all else.They got this advice from acting Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams, who along with Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham welcomed them to the practice of law during their admission to the Bar on Monday.Describing them as the “most diverse set of young lawyers” he had ever seen, Abrahams reminded the 48 new attorneys that their work had only now started.During the ceremony in the No.1 Supreme Court this afternoon, both Abrahams and Sir Patterson lauded the island’s newest batch of...