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BREAKINGT oo many small businesses in Barbados are being created out of necessity rather than strategy, University of the West Indies Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Canute Thompson has declared, as he called for young entrepreneurs to build networks and grow their enterprises. His comments came during the…
BREAKINGT he Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC), Export Barbados, wants to see entrepreneurs evolve from entrepreneurship to industrialisation to build productive capacity. This was highlighted during the handover of a US$5 000 ($10 000) cheque to support the University of the West…
BREAKINGM inister of Technological and Vocational Training Sandra Husbands has warned that Barbados does not have enough skilled workers to meet demand amid a construction boom. As the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council’s launched Barbados Annual Construction and Design…
BREAKINGA St Peter man has pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing a woman from Shop Hill without her consent five years ago. When Travis Tremaine Thompson, of Farm Tenantry Road, reappeared before Justice Pamela Beckles in the No. 5 Supreme Court on Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing a…
BREAKINGT he Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council said it plans to establish a skills body for the construction industry, with the initiative expected to be developed during the current financial year. TVET Council Executive Director Henderson Eastmond said the proposed body would…
BREAKINGT he 2026 Barbados Rally2 Championship could turn on its head this weekend, with five drivers from the current top 10 set to miss Saturday’s fifth round of the Barbados Motoring Federation Championship. The biggest name among the absentees is championship leader and 2022 champion Stuart Maloney,…
BREAKINGA n arrest warrant remains in effect for a man charged with multiple indecent assault offences against a boy after he again failed to appear in the No. 5 Supreme Court. Jeffrey Harcourt Roach, now 60, of Manning Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, is charged with four counts of indecently assaulting the…
BREAKINGA s Barbados prepares to mark 60 years of Independence and five years as a republic, a new digital timeline has been launched to make the island’s history more accessible and guard against the loss or distortion of its national story. Speaking at the launch of the Barbados @ 60 Timeline on…
BREAKINGD esmond Bruce, a community-minded Barbadian who has dedicated himself to improving the lives of people in need, has been named CIBC Caribbean’s Unsung Hero for Barbados for 2026. The announcement was made on Tuesday during the bank’s Unsung Heroes Awards Ceremony at Warrens Great House, where CIBC…
BREAKINGT wo teenagers have been granted bail on an unlawful violence charge, while their 21-year-old co-accused remains on remand at Dodds Prison. Kris Omari Graham and Jacarie Ricardo Kellman, 18, both of Clinketts, St Lucy; and a 16-year-old are jointly charged with using unlawful violence towards…