In the Press - Barbados
Ambulance Service under stress
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has put measures in place to deal with the challenges being faced by The Emergency Ambulance Service due to vehicular failures.
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Chrysler recall of jeeps
DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler avoided a showdown with government safety regulators Tuesday, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that ...
G8 leaders agree tax evasion measures
Leaders of the G8 major economies have agreed new measures to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders. Governments agreed to ...
OECS united and strong
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Jun 18 – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is Tuesday celebrating its 32nd anniversary with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister ...
Readers say Li’l Rick’s decision
News that Lil Rick will not be competing in this year's Crop Over Festival competitions has not gone down well with some readers, while others ...
Almond ‘did not collapse’
RALPH TAYLOR, the mastermind behind the creation of Almond hotels, says there is “absolutely no reason” why Almond should not be operating today. Closure of the ...
What’s Trending: Dottin out
The Nation's Online Editor Carol Martindale looks at What's Trending today in Barbados. The story trending is that of Commissioner Darwin Dottin being removed as head ...
Mottley’s say on Dottin move
The action taken to send Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin on administrative leave has been described as an assault on a key institution that is ...
PAC pause
Sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have been temporarily suspended, pending a determination by the House of Assembly on procedural matters governing publication of ...
Dottin gone
COMMISSIONER DARWIN DOTTIN has been removed as head of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) after nine years on the job. His marching orders were issued ...
Hard work key!
“WISHFUL THINKING” will not result in a turnaround of the Barbados economy. It can only be achieved through creativity and hard work. Minister of Industry, International ...
PAC pause
Sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have been temporarily suspended, pending a determination by the House of Assembly on procedural matters governing publication of ...
Dames denied
ELLERTON, Mackeson Brittons Hill and OKG Rendezvous secured semi-final berths in the KFC Champions Cup knockout competition with quarter-final victories at the Wildey Football AstroTurf ...
Eastmond: Know your rights
MANY BARBADIANS are unfamiliar with their constitutional rights and unaware of their duty to determine what type of democracy they live in. Unfortunately, many Barbadians do ...
Winning West Terrace, ‘Wilkie’ in final
WEST TERRACE and Wilkie Cumberbatch will meet in the final of the BICO Primary Schools football competition. The two schools secured their place in the final ...
Forum on women’s issues
SOME OF the most pressing women’s issues will be discussed in Barbados later this week when the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) hosts the inaugural ...
Tree of curiosity
CURIOUS St Chistopher Primary School students were taken on a tour yesterday of the Soil Conservation Unit in Haggatts, St Andrew. The tour was part ...
OFF CENTRE: Not just bat and ball
The West Indies cricket team gone down again. Saturday’s losing out (it wasn’t a loss per se) again focuses attention on what has been advanced as ...
Fire damages City house
A MIDDLE-AGED couple – Turushottam Tiwari, 66, and his wife Deodre, 62 – were left in a state of shock after a fire extensively damaged ...
BLABBERMOUT’ BABSIE: Animal Farm come to Bim
Dear Nesta, Yuh could always depen’ ’pon we frien’ Philomena. Dis time, she fine a short story ’mong nuff ole papers in a suitcase in de ...