Author: Clivette

An appeal for blood

May 05, 2015 in Community Pulse

We at the Blood Bank are experiencing a severe shortage of O POSITIVE blood and are seeking your assistance in putting an appeal out via your media for persons to donate at the Blood Bank. Persons may visit the bank from 8:30am-1:30pm Monday to Friday....

Caribbean economic growth expected to decline again

May 05, 2015 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday May 4, 2015 – Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to decline for a fifth consecutive year, dipping below one percent in 2015, the IMF said in its latest regional forecast. The IMF’s recently released Regional Economic Outlook for the...

Young Man Drowns At Friars Bay

May 05, 2015 in National

[caption id="attachment_5237" align="alignleft" width="300"] Adolphus Stapleton[/caption] A weekend outing turned tragic on Sunday when a young man drowned at Friars Bay. According to Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Lyndon David, the police responded to an incident at Shipwreck at South Friars Bay on Sunday afternoon. Inspector David said...

A.G. Byron Updates On Status Of Civil Service

May 05, 2015 in National

Attorney General, Hon. Vincent Byron said the civil service is functioning well and employees are not being victimized. Mr. Byron made the comment last week during the Prime Minister’s press conference. He said, “For the most part, no one has been terminated from the permanent public pensionable...

Tawanna Collins is Miss Labour 2015

May 05, 2015 in National

Tawanna Collins has been crowned the 2015 Miss Labour Queen. On Saturday night at Carnival Village, Collins took the title for Constituency Number 1, scoring 839.5 points. First Runner-Up went to Shawanda Parris of Constituency #4 with 832 points. She also captured the Best Cultural Creative Wear...