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There was a time when island wide power outages were very few and far between. Unfortunately, in recent times, such occurrences occur more often than they should. An outage today resulted in the closure of schools and public offices around 1:30 p.m. And, of course, with thousands of students not in class, the private sector The post #BTEditorial – BL&P must do better; paying customers […]

Hospitality workers tell BWU about challenges in tourism industry By Jenique Belgrave Housekeepers, housemen and laundry attendants have identified compensation issues, lack of uniforms and personal protective equipment and a general feeling of being disrespected as some of the major problems they face working in the tourism sector. These workers from hotels, villas and guest The post Workers’ […]

Jamal Amal Skeete will be sentenced on November 2 for three acts of sacrilege he committed back in 2018.  Madam Justice Pamela Beckles set the date recently after hearing sentencing submissions from the prosecution and defence. In the meantime, the 32-year-old, who is recorded as having no fixed place, is on $1 500 bail with The post Skeete on bail pending sentence for sacrilege appeared first […]

Well-known thief Dale Andrew White, who said the 69 antecedents on his criminal record were “for petty things”, recorded another one after admitting to another theft and landed in prison for nine months. The 48-year-old man who has no fixed place of abode pleaded guilty to stealing an assortment of liquor bottles, including vodka, gin The post Career thief triggers suspended sentence after […]

Private sector says too early to say how electricity disruption hurt their pockets By Emmanuel Joseph Electricity was restored to Barbados Light and Power Company (BLPC) customers by late Thursday night after an island wide power outage caused major disruption and dislocation to home, business and school life. The business community, meanwhile, was still assessing The post Loss Assessment […]