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Legislation is coming to deal with the illegal importation of pets, says Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, Indar Weir.Describing recent pictures of a python in the Newton Christ Church area as evidence of “reckless behaviour” Weir insisted that legislation was necessary to tackle the business of illegally importing animals and putting lives at risk.“Innocent people can very well find themselves in danger because persons who are prepared to beat the system will go to any length to ensure that they can bring pets into Barbados without proper declaration, without prope...

Download logoFaced with the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) designed and implemented a

Download logo Faced with the effects of the Covid-19 crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) designed and implemented a project under the Technical Cooperation Program (TCP) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. This is the Support Project for the Plan to Mitigate the Impacts of Covid-19 on the […]

The scene at Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School was of chaos and confusion on Wednesday morning as students and teachers were relocated to three churches pending more investigations by the Ministry of Health into ongoing environmental concerns at the school.When a team from Barbados TODAY visited in the morning, parents complained about the lack of preparation for the move and expressed concern there were not enough buses to transport the students to Sharon Moravian Church, Church of Christ The King and Grace Hill Moravian Church, where they will have classes for the time being.Their fears were r...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has called for effective and pragmatic strategies to address the raging illegal mining activities (galamsey) in the country. Professor Paul Pinnock Bosu, Director General of CSIR, who made the call, said illegal mining activities were not only affecting the country’s forests and…