Don’t fear me says Garica
Bridgetown. Raul Garica says Barbadians have nothing to fear from him being in their midst. The former drug courier who was released from the custody of the Immgration Department last…
Month: May 2013
Bad grades for lawyers and small contractors
Bridgetown. Lawyers and small contractors were bad grades in a Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted by the National Initiative for Service Execellence (NISE). The Customer Satisfaction Survey, conducted between January and…
C.O.W laying off workers
Bridgetown. One Barbados' leading construction companies C.O Wiiiillams has served lay -off letters to all its staff including managers and supervisors. A memo sent to staff by General Manager…
Fair and transparent process needed in radio licensing-US Ambassador
Georgetown: United States Ambassador to Guyana D. Brent Hardt On the eve of World Press Freedom Day said that while new radio broadcasting licences are welcome, the process by which…
COTED opened its 36th ministerial confab
Georgetown: The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened its 36th ministerial meeting Thursday at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. Addressing the opening ceremony, COTED chair Oliver Joseph said there…
Diaspora Indian organisation meets President ahead of Arrival Day
Georgetown: Two Calcutta Memorial replicas will be unveiled on May 5, marking the 175th anniversary of the arrival of East Indians to then British Guiana and an achievement for Ashook…
Minister pledges to mitigate cement price hike
Georgetown: Housing and Water Minister, Irfaan Ali, who also holds the position as Minister of Industry and Commerce has emphatically declared that Government will not allow the burden of price…
Prime Minister brother beaten and robbed
Kingston. Vincent Simpson, the brother of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, was attacked by two assailants early this morning in Kingston. The attack occurred on King Street between Harbour…
New dollars from the Central Bank
Bridgetown. The Central Bank of Barbados today unveiled a new set of banknotes for the first time since it issued money in 1972. "We have kept some of the more…
Drainage workers paid
Bridgetown. One hundred workers in the Drainage Division of Ministry of the Environment and Drainage finally got their wages this morning after threatening strike action. However the National Union…
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