In the Press - Barbados

FSC: Stick to banks

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is clamping down on credit unions and directing them to remove millions they have deposited in financial institutions other than ...

$60M loss

Under-invoicing of used cars coming out of the Japanese market last year cost Barbados roughly $60 million and according to retired Comptroller of Customs Frank Holder, ...

Security focus with new notes

The recent move to change the look and feel of Barbadian bank notes was motivated by the Central Bank of Barbados’ commitment to deter counterfeiting ...

Increase in drugs from US

There is a proliferation of drugs coming from the United States into Barbados and worryingly for local border patrols, an increase in illegal guns as ...

Tough night for acts

Who ain’t looking good, good looking, the song goes. The problem, however, at the second LIME/HOT 95.3 Cavalcade at Belleplaine, St Andrew, was not so much ...

Rangers beaten

It was a bittersweet Saturday for young Barbados star Sheniqua Thomas who helped new knockout queens Pine Hill St Barnabas hand league champions COW Rangers ...

Hands down, it’s Adrenaline!

The second LIME/HOTT 95.3 Cavalcade for the season pitched tent in Belleplaine, St Andrew, on Saturday. ADL dancers aka Adrenaline had the large crowd hyped with ...

A breeze for UWI against Banks

Champions Sagicor UWI have started the Sagicor General Twenty20 competition from where they left off last season. UWI, who marched to ten successive victories en route ...

Fun on the run

Thirty-two hundred people registered for the Chefette Fun Run which took place yesterday. The annual run, which is in support of the Auntie Olga Needy Children’s ...

Historic race day at Garrison

Not since 1995 have race fans witnessed a 2 200 metres race at the Garrison Savannah. It happens today on the Mohommed S. Mohamad 45th ...

Bajans struggle at Fest

Local teams have found the going tough in the XXVI Banks International Masters Football Festival. Ahead of yesterday evening’s four quarter-final matches, Benfica were only Barbadian ...

ON REFLECTION: Give us a black Jesus!

When you go to the cinema or watch a DVD about the Crucifixion or even about a lesser hero like 007 or Iron Man, do ...

Look to the future, students told

You cannot change your past, but you can focus on your future and chart a bright one that someone else can look back at and ...

TALK BACK: Readers not thrilled by LIME’s expansion plans

News that telecommunications giant LIME is investing $100 million in the expansion and development of its fibre-optic network has left a bitter taste in the ...

SOCIAL SCENE: Chefette pit stop

Motorsport fans got a chance to hob-nob with their favourite local race car drivers off the speed track last weekend at the annual Speed Team ...

DEAR CHRISTINE: Should I bail out because of disease?

Dear Christine, I am getting straight to the point. I am a man in my early 30s. For the past couple years I’ve been in a ...

EDITORIAL: LIME’s $100m investment great news

The announcement by telecommunications firm LIME that it intends investing $100 million in an islandwide network upgrade is good news for Barbados and all those ...

THE OPEN HAVERSACK: Teacher abuse

Gone are the days when teachers are met as they enter the school or classroom with smiling, happy faces and outstretched hands carrying flower. Some are ...