The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is still waiting on the Government of Barbados to engage the body on the future of the state owned enterprises which fall under its umbrella. Speaking at a press conference at the Barbados Union of Teachers’ headquarters in Welches, St Michael on Friday, president Edwin O’Neal says there has been no consultation with them. “I would like persons to …
The first phase of Barbados’ new Geriatric Hospital is scheduled to take 18 months to construct at Waterford, St Michael, at a cost of over $100 million. The facility, which will replace the existing structure at Beckles Road, will comprise the main three-storey hospital with 300 beds, including an isolation ward and ten day rooms, a rehabilitation unit, two treatment rooms per floor, a rehab unit, an isolation ward, a …
Founder of Barbados’ Bike Hash House Harriers, Francie Ammon, is calling for stiffer penalties for motorists as she bemoaned the users who “don’t want to share” the road. Ammon, who revealed another cyclist was seriously injured recently, said not everyone respected the request to leave at least 1.5 metres between them and riders even though there were signs posted on some roads. “There was an initial improvement but I think …
Although Member of Parliament (MP) for St George South Dwight Sutherland is celebrating a decade representing the constituency, he is giving the assurance that he has much more to give. He made that promise on Sunday at Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church where he acknowledged his decade as a parliamentarian, which officially began after the February 21, 2013, General Election. “The journey has been difficult but it is only halfway so …
The discontinuation of the Soca Monarch competition was among the changes for the 2023 Crop Over Festival, announced during the launch by officials of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) at Ilaro Court. Chief executive officer of the NCF Carol Roberts-Reifer said they met with stakeholders before the decision was made. “We, being the NCF and all relevant stakeholders, are generally in agreement that the Soca Monarch competition model no longer …