Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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‘Standstill’ at Labour Department frustrates woman

Aretha Brathwaite is at a standstill trying to resolve a matter at the Labour Department.The frustrated woman is claiming that her former employers, a South Coast hotel, have refused...

Call to end mental illness stigma

DESPITE YEARS of public education, stigma surrounding mental illness remains a major barrier to progress in Barbados, says...

Full free movement ‘legally sound’

ATTORNEY GENERAL DALE MARSHALL is maintaining that the October 1 full free movement arrangement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica,...

Slight fuel price changes from midnight

Motorists will see small adjustments at the pump from midnight tonight, as the prices of gasoline and diesel...

Tudor: Solidarity Allowance still being paid

More than 206 000 Barbadians have now benefited from the Government’s $300 Solidarity Allowance, with total payouts reaching...

Barbados to host OK Class Worlds 2017

BRIDGETOWN – Barbados has won the bid over Germany for the right to host one of the world’s leading yachting events in 2017.The OK...

Mixed views on PSV’s diversion

THE TEMPORARY redirection of public service vehicles’ (PSVs) in and out of the River Terminal has led to mixed fortunes for some vendors.Authorities are...

Importing labour ‘not way to go’

MINISTER OF HOUSING Denis Kellman has struck down a suggestion that Barbados open its borders to more Caribbean nationals.The recommendation was made during the...

Two homeless after fire

MYSTERY SURROUNDS the cause of a fire yesterday morning that left two men from Thompson Road, Wavell, Black Rock, St Michael, homeless.Fire Service officials...

Govt to correct quarry mishap

Recovered! Literally!Residents of Bromefield, St Lucy were relieved yesterday when a contractor for Arawak Cement Company started re-covering an area previously prepared for a...

BWA City project

Traffic headaches in The City are about to get worse.From today a number of traffic challenges in Bridgetown will increase as the Barbados Water...