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Mental health strain posing safety risks in workplaces, official warns

Poor mental health among workers is creating growing safety concerns in workplaces across Barbados. That warning came from Chair of the National Mental Health Commission in the Ministry of Health...

Barbados, Venezuela pact targets food, flights, fuel

Barbados moved yesterday to deepen trade, tourism and energy ties with Venezuela, as Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley...

PM Mottley urges Barbadians to ‘be a hero’ on National Heroes Day

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has called on Barbadians to embody the values of the nation’s heroes, urging...

Two ZR drivers suspended

The transport authority has suspended two ZR drivers captured on video in a violent confrontation last Saturday, during...

Humphrey wants ZR men in violent incident charged

A disturbing viral video showing a ZR van ramming into another in Warrens, St Michael and a man...

17 new COVID cases for second consecutive day

Seventeen COVID-19 cases, eight males and nine females, were identified from 1 203 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Wednesday,...

Temporary suspension of mail to UK and USA

Effective immediately, the acceptance of letters and parcels for posting to the United Kingdom and the United States of America has been suspended. The Postmaster...

Ministry under tight deadline for repairs

The race is on as the Ministry of Housing has until the end of October to rebuild almost 200 houses destroyed by last month’s...

de Peiza calls for regular meetings

There must be an immediate return to monthly meetings of the sub-committee of the Social Partnership, and high on the agenda must be unemployment,...

Employee abandoned job, says Tribunal

Edmund Bushell abandoned his job in December 2014 and was not dismissed by the Barbados Light & Power. That was the ruling of the Employment...

Judge grants injunction; NUPW elections in limbo

Elections for the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) are now in limbo, as Justice Cecil McCarthy granted an injunction brought by suspended president...