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Daily Archives: Mar 29, 2017

BWA: South coast stink partly self-inflicted

Barbados - Residents and businesses operating on the south coast must take a significant portion of the blame for the running sewage, which caused a stink on the tourist belt last year, according to the Barbados Water Authority (BWA).

Man dies on GPO compound

Police are investigating the death of an elderly St Michael man on the compound of the General Post Office, Cheapside, St Michael, sometime around...

White House says Trump to sign broadband privacy repeal

President Donald Trump plans to sign a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules as a bigger fight looms over rules governing the openness of the internet, the White House said on Wednesday.

State Department employee charged in making contacts with Chinese agents

A U.S. State Department employee with access to sensitive information was accused of failing to report contacts with Chinese foreign intelligence agents who provided her with gifts in exchange for diplomatic and economic information, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Oscar accountants get reprieve after best picture blunder

The accountancy firm behind the biggest blunder in Oscar history is staying in the picture.

LIAT's CEO seeks shareholder government involvement in latest worker dispute

The acting Chief Executive Officer of Liat has reportedly sought to involve the shareholder governments in the latest dispute with its workers. That’s what the...

Cabinet to discuss lifting Brazilian meat ban

The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to make recommendations to the Cabinet today about whether the ban on meat from Brazil should be lifted. Several...

ONDCP workers no longer under Labour Code

The employees of the Office of National Drug & Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) are to be removed from the jurisdiction of the Antigua & Barbuda Labour Code and to have their benefits and employment terms governed under regulation as a “paramilitary” body.

CHARGES AGAINST UPP TRIO DISMISSED

The United Progressive Party (UPP) said a magistrate has vindicated three of its senior members following the dismissal of embezzlement, corruption, fraudulent conversion and larceny charges against Senator Harold Lovell, Dr Jacqui Quinn and Willmoth Daniel.

Health minister labels Central Medical Stores staff ‘uncooperative’

The minister of health said the staff of the Central Medical Stores has failed to assist the government to play a meaningful role in improving their health.
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