Jordan: Legal guardrails soon to protect workers from falling
Concerned by a disturbing number of incidents where workers have fallen from heights, Minister of Labour Colin Jordan says Government will soon introduce specific...
Rule of law ‘must extend to high seas’
Minister of Labour Colin Jordan has thrown his full support behind the Seafarers’ Bill, describing it as a critical legislative step to protect Barbadian workers...
Council backs move to deal with truancy
The Barbados National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (BNCPTA) is supporting the Ministry of Education Transformation in its attempt to deal with truancy.
President Nicole Brathwaite...
Backs turned on the elderly
Barbadians are not only abandoning their elderly relatives at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) but are also resorting to “dumping” them at the Psychiatric...
Govt dismisses DLP claims of threat to national sovereignty
A heated clash has erupted over the reintroduction of the Barbados Citizenship Bill, 2026, and Immigration Bill, 2026, with Government dismissing Opposition criticism as “ridiculous” and ill-informed, but...
Govt warns against illegal construction in Six Men’s
The Ministry of Housing and Lands has completed surveying on the first section of land at Six Men’s, St Peter, as Government accelerates efforts...