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Barbados tops Caribbean’s Ultimate Winter Escape list

Barbados takes the crown as the Caribbean's Ultimate Winter Escape in 2026, surpassing St Lucia, Aruba, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and more islands as travellers chase sun-drenched beaches,...
Business

BARP reports major surplus

When members of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) meet on July 23 at the Lloyd Erskine...
Business

BiMPay worked ‘99.8% of time’

BiMPay was not introduced before it was ready. Central Bank Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge made that...
From The Courts

‘I was on cocaine and wanted something to eat’

The pre-sentencing report is still outstanding and, as a result, Robert Ricardo Neblett had his matter adjourned when...
News

Update: Bank Hall man identified as latest shooting victim

Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a...
Editors Pick

November 30 is still Independence Day

Sherrylyn Clarke -
November 30 will continue to be referred to as Independence Day in Barbados, and the people will be consulted on how best to celebrate...
Editors Pick

Changing attitudes to tattoos in Barbados

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Tattooing in Barbados is gradually becoming less taboo and more accepted by the public than it once was in the past. That's the view of...
Entertainment

NIFCA is back with a hybrid format

Sherrylyn Clarke -
After extensive consultation with stakeholders, the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), is back. And Chief Executive Officer at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF),...
Editors Pick

VIDEO: Independence is back

Sherrylyn Clarke -
The Government of Barbados is reversing its decision on the renaming of November 30. Minister of Information Wilfred Abrahams, who made the initial announcement about...
Editors Pick

Witness: It was a big silver gun

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Matthew Rock said he was sitting on a bench in the Sheraton Mall on March 21, 2019, when a man was shot dead a...
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Yearwood: Change from Independence Day may be illegal

Sherrylyn Clarke -
President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Dr Ronnie Yearwood, says the decision to change Independence Day to Barbados National Day is not only...
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