Civil servants to get back pay on Dec. 30, PM affirms
PM Gaston Browne said: “The last two weeks, we had about $180,000,000 to raise to deal with payments such as debt payments, two salaries, one at the end of November…
Saudi Arabia approves US$80 million loan for expansion of UWI Five Islands
Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne has announced a loan for the expansion of the University of The West Indies Five Islands Campus. The US$80M is being provided by the Kingdom…
Travel Within the Caribbean In Crisis
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the…
Nurses say their complaints about the All Saints Clinic have been answered with advice to transfer to Glanvilles
Nurses assigned to the All Saints Clinic say they have downed tools, as they are tired of complaining about the building’s leaky roof. They say that when it rains heavily…
PM Browne could announce election date next Monday Evening
An announcement of the date of general elections could be made by Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne within days. That’s according to Information Minister, Hon. Melford Nicholas as he responded…
State House: Security officer stabbed 5 times, suspect shot
There was an alleged shooting incident which occurred at the State House (southern guard hut) on Carmichael Street in Guyana at about 07:30 hrs this morning (Thursday 15th December, 2022).…
Ex-cop gets three years for fraud
( Observer) A former police officer will be spending the next three years behind bars with some of the very criminals he may have helped to put away. Yesterday, Justice…
Former Jolly Beach Employees to Begin Receiving Severance Payments on December 15
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union has announced that the distribution of cheques to former workers of Jolly Beach Resort, will begin on Thursday, December 15, 2022. The union says…
CIBC FirstCaribbean profits jump 40 per cent
The profits of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank have risen dramatically in the last quarter of the institution’s financial year ending October 31. Mark St Hill, the Barbadian who was recently…
Health authorities In Barbados urge residents to protect against COVID-19 and flu as cases rise
Health authorities are warning Barbadians to be extra cautious during the busy Christmas season amid a double whammy of a lingering COVID-19 pandemic that has resulted in another death in…
