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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Brighter show for 31st Carols

The 31st Carols by Candlelight will have a few...

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,...

Officials: Leave young fish alone

Too many juvenile fish are being caught and killed, which could have disastrous consequences in the long run. Data collector with the Barbados Fisheries Division,...

Produce vendors bracing for bleak Christmas

Some vendors are predicting a bleak Christmas produce-wise, with president of the Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) Alister Alexander saying agriculture...

Seniors warned to be cautious

A recent vicious sexual assault on an elderly woman has some residents of Kensington New Road, St Michael, calling for justice. It has also caused...

Call to change approach to business

Barbados has the potential to be the best country in the world but this requires the right mindsets and a drastic improvement in the...

Cops still seeking missing persons

Police are still investigating the disappearance of Stacie-Ann Niechelle Haynes and Orsan DeFreitas. In the case of the 40-year-old Haynes, a mother of three, of...

Chief Justice: Crooked lawyers will be held accountable

See clients fund and leave them alone. That was the advice of Chief Justice Leslie Haynes SC during the admission of 53 new attorneys to the...

Too many retail workers underpaid, says BWU

The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) says too many retail workers in this country are underpaid, primarily due to unfair contracts. Officials from the union, led...

Shipping threat looms

The Barbados Manufactures' Association (BMA) and the Transportation Intermediaries of Barbados are warning about possible strike action by the International Longshoremen’s Association in the...

Flood worries in Gibbons Boggs

The roads and fields quickly become waterlogged, causing problems for farmers and residents. Jacqueline Riley, a small farmer, said her family has already lost thousands...

COO parting ways with QEH

Chief Operations Officer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Dr Christine Greenidge, has resigned. The hospital’s chief executive officer Neil Clark made the announcement in...