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,...

Camps aim ‘to teach not babysit’

The National summer camps are not there to babysit children, says Minister of Youth Charles Griffith. Last Tuesday, at the beginning of a tour of...

Push for laws to control vending outside schools

Nutrition and healthy living advocates are pushing for legislation to be passed which would control what vendors sell outside school gates. Manager of the Heart...

‘Steady flow of people’ at job fair

Too many people looking for work outside of Barbados are being left in the dark. Chief executive officer and founder of Trinity Recruitment Services, Judeen...

BAS ready to protest imports

The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is threatening protest action should nothing be done to curb pork imports. President Henderson Williams said the demonstration would be more...

Road to Olympics

Government is laying the groundwork for Barbados to make better showings at the Olympics, says Minister of Sports Charles Griffith. During a tour of the...

Boost for fisheries sector

More than 800 people were affected when Hurricane Beryl devastated the fishing industry. This revelation came from founder and director of Sustainable Barbados Nikola Simpson...

BARVEN: Contracts would bring order

The Barbados Association of Retailers, Vendors and Entrepreneurs (BARVEN) is asking how long it will take coconut vendors to be given contracts to govern...

Stadium work ‘held up by China’

Work on the National Stadium is currently at a standstill. Minister of Sports Charles Griffith revealed this to the media yesterday during a tour of...

Chief of Staff touts sports programme

Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) Commodore Errington Shurland wants to see the revitalisation of their sports programme. Yesterday during his remarks...

Mandatory insurance ‘on the cards’

Legislation is in the works to make insurance for fishing boats mandatory. Chief Fisheries Officer Dr Shelly-Ann Cox said following the unprecedented destruction caused by...