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Barbados is an island, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Its neighbours are Saint Lucia to the north, Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Frustrated by persistent public complaints about the lawless behaviour of some Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) workers, the owners will be taking a proactive stance by launching the Safe Bus Initiative in the New Year.Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael revealed, on Thursday, the organisation’s intention to embark on a campaign that encourages commuters to ride only on designated “safe buses” which will be identified by a special sticker.“These [operators] are people that will be trained and there will be a stamp that will be stuck onto the vehicle say...

Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland today promised that a housing boom is coming to Barbados as he outlined several housing projects across the country to take residents out of squalor.Providing an update on those projects, some of which have already started, Sutherland explained that Government was keen on moving residents from unsafe environments.“We need to move with haste and we have no time to waste and persons telling us we [are] too hasty. When you have people living in squalor we have to move with alacrity,” he said.Sutherland was introducing a resolution i...

An apology by the Ministry of Education is not enough. This was the sentiment conveyed by educator Marcia Weekes as she staged a one-woman protest against the use of the controversial survey administered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Standing on the sidewalk at the junction between Crumpton Street and the Constitution River Terminal in Bridgetown, Weekes gained attention with a large sign that included the slogans “Apology is NOT …

CANADIAN/Bahamian Richard Douglas, CEO and co-founder of digital payment system Island Pay, indicates that users have passed the 50,000 mark and include workers in The Bahamas who receive their sa...