The Barbados Fire Service has rescued a ten year old boy from a 30-foot septic well at Union, St. Philip and again appealed to property owners to ensure wells are properly covered. Acting Chief Fire Officer, Henderson Patrick, tells Starcom Network News they received the call just before eleven o’clock Saturday morning. The boy appeared […]

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Republic Bank B’dos welcomes first female managing director Come July 4th, Republic Bank Barbados will be welcoming its first female managing director. Anthony Clerk, who held the top position since 2017, will be retiring after 42 years with the bank. Carlene Seudat, described as a career banker with over 20 years of risk management and […]

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The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has denied reports on social media that an examination paper has been leaked. A CXC statement says the agency has been made aware of information being circulated on social media about the alleged leak. It added that the council wishes to advise candidates that this is a hoax. CXC […]

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Sections of the Democratic Labour Party are fighting attempts by the party’s general council to suspend the General Secretary, Steve Blackett, and the DLP’s Executive Council is to meet this afternoon on the matter. Mr. Blackett has scathingly criticized the party’s new political leader Ralph Thorne and sought the revocation of his membership as well […]

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The General Council of the Democratic Labour Party has suspended General Secretary Steve Blackett who now faces disciplinary charges. The decision was taken at a meeting tonight (Thursday). The move comes after Mr. Blackett, at a recent DLP meeting moved a motion seeking to have the party revoke the membership of its new political leader […]

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Opposition Senator Tricia Watson has harshly criticized the Fair Trading Commission’s handling of the latest Barbados Light and Power Company application for a rate increase accusing the FTC of rushing the decision and of not giving the intervenors a reasonable chance to submit their arguments. Miss Watson an attorney at law and a rate hearing […]

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Hoteliers report a strong tourism performance in the first quarter of the year with arrivals well outpacing the 2023 numbers and business for the coming summer also expected to surpass last year’s. This has been disclosed by Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Renee Coppin, who was delivering the BHTA’s quarterly media update. […]

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The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomes the recently passed tax law amendments that grant incentives for job creation and business innovation. The Chamber’s Senior Vice President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paul Inniss, praises the initiatives Mr. Inniss notes the tax breaks for research and development. Senior Vice President of […]

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The Fair Trading Commission, FTC, has handed down a ruling rejecting a significant part of a Barbados Light and Power Company cost recovery rate application. The FTC decision, made on Monday, was in relation to BL&P’s application for preapproval of investments and cost recovery through the clean energy transition rider. The FTC approved cost recovery […]

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The Ministry of Health reports a spike in respiratory illness and pharmacists confirm an increase in clients seeking medications. The former President of the Pharmaceutical Society, Yolande Pantin, tells Starcom Network news that the cases could be as a result of several factors including the increase in dust haze reported by the Barbados Meteorological Service. […]

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