BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with senior public servants later on Tuesday amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. But ahead of the talks, Prime Minister Stuart is e...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be hel...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Air transport is one of the most likely mechanisms through which a new disease can quickly spread throughout the world. So says Minister of Health, John Boyce. Speaking at the Fifth CAPSCA-Americas Meetings and Training at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterd...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be hel...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - THE University of the West Indies (UWI) recognises that in order for Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean to continue to progress, they must have a strategic plan rooted in addressing the areas that would carry us forward including the development of our human reso...

(Barbados Nation) Next year, beleaguered regional carrier LIAT could find itself on the outside looking in on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of the poor quality of service it delivered during the just-ended Twenty20 tournament. The man who delivered the bad news to the airline was millio...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Matters relating to public health event preparedness, response planning and management in the civil aviation sector will be discussed next week when Barbados hosts the Fifth Cooperative Arrangement for the Prevention of the Spread of Communicable Diseases through Air...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - A MEMORANDUM of Understanding (MOU) has been officially signed between the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Central Bank of Barbados ensuring greater stability in Barbados’ financial system. Principals of the two entities met at the Tom Adams Financi...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - As various states across the United States legalise the use of medicinal marijuana, and others debate its benefits, it appears that Barbados might not be entirely immune from the discussion. This, as sources within the island’s Ministry of Health revealed to th...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Although, if readers will forgive the sporting expressions, popular support for the regional claim for reparations for slavery might have been considered a “slam-dunk” or a “gimme” in the current economic environment, it is refreshing to see t...