Carlos Atwell

Carlos Atwell is a Reporter II with the Nation Publishing Co. Limited, with decades of experience, writing mainly news and current events stories. He has been described as “tall, dark and ridiculous” . . . by himself.

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Cruise boom ahead

Barbados is looking at bumper summer cruise seasons over...

Tourism urged to look beyond traditional source markets

Tourism stakeholders gathered at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre...

Dale Marshall receives BLP’s highest honour

Former Attorney General (AG) Dale Marshall is this year’s...

Call to craft workplace policies for dementia

Alzheimer’s disease is now a workplace issue and Barbados...

DLP: Food bill a critical failure

The Democratic Labour Party’s spokesperson on Agriculture and Fisheries,...

Barbados Accreditation Council pushes to improve qualification system

The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) continues to work with...

Jordan sends caution on AI use in workplace

Companies and organisations have a responsibility to ensure technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) does not turn workplaces hostile to its workers. This was the...

Chapman Challenge launched 

The Chapman Challenge was launched today to much fanfare, with thousands of schoolchildren, along with educators, dignitaries, business leaders and members of Government, filling...

New drugs concern for doctors

The increasing use of methamphetamines and synthetic and semisynthetic cannabinoids in Barbados may spell trouble for medical practitioners. During a presentation entitled The Changing Drug...

Upgrade delays cut short first day

Unfinished construction work resulted in pupils of Wesley Hall Junior School in Kings Street, The City, having a very short return yesterday for the...

Government planning dedicated school bus fleet

Government preparing to establish a dedicated school bus fleet. During a media conference at the Ministry of Transport and Works' temporary headquarters in The Goddard...

‘Long way to go in health battle’

It will be a long, hard fight against Barbados’ culture of abusing sugar and salt, but the Heart and Stroke Foundation says it is...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

Walters: My focus is on the Senate at this time

Senator Ryan Walters says he is as committed as ever to the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) despite again declining to take an executive role...

BRA identifies land tax glitch, some property owners to be refunded

Some Barbadians are due a land tax refund after a glitch overcharged residential owners whose properties are valued at more than $450 000. “The Ministry...

TAP upset with cashless rollout

Operators in the Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP) are “furious” over the apparent stealth launch of the cashless system, leaving them wondering how they would...