Equip workforce with relevant skills says Cox

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour said this morning that Barbados has for too long been training and educating people in areas not specifically required by industry. Addressing the presentation of survey results on the state of the human resources profession in the Caribbean at the Cave Hill School of Business, at the University of the West Indies, Andrew Cox suggested that ...

Three head to Dodds

A Haynesville man has been remanded to Dodds Prison in relation to last Friday’s stabbing incident in Black Rock, St. Michael, while another is jailed for robbing a German visitor. Twenty-six-year-old Corey Jamar Coppin of Lead Vale, Christ Church, who appeared in court today, jointly charged with 17-year-old Jaleel Antoine Kellman of Hinks Road, Carrington Village, pleaded guilty to the ...

Search on for partner

Vegetables grown with Urban Barns equipment. An American food crop company known for producing vegetables using special technology, wants to go green in Barbados, but local investors are not biting. Urban Barns Foods Inc. has hired "an agent" here and wants to establish growing facilities to produce items including lettuce, basil, watercress, mint, Swiss chard, cilantro and spinach, ...

Shopkeepers helping people in need

Jennifer Baker might be on to a good thing. She and a group of other like minded people are starting a fund aimed at helping people in need. Barker is the chairperson of the Let’s Help Each Other, or De LHEO LIME and Fund, and she told Barbados TODAY in a telephone interview that shop limes should be more than just about fun and entertainment and making money. ';We have a lot of ...

Richards wins chess tourney

Foundation School student Allon Richards, the reigning Pan American Scholastics under-15 champion, is the new Karl Sealy Memorial Chess Champion. He scored 6.5 points out of a possible 7 in an outstanding performance in which he won 6 games and drew one in 7 games. The Karl Sealy Memorial Chess tournament is held annually during the Whitsuntide weekend to honour Karl Sealy who passed away in ...