Death toll rises in Germany
ERFTSTADT, Germany – The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 170 on Saturday after burst rivers...
Intimate Hotels facing up to tourism challenges
Barbados’ small hotels are considering operating under a co-operative structure.
Chairman of the Intimate Hotels of Barbados (IHB), Mahmood Patel, said this was necessary to...
Riots continue in South Africa as Zuma challenges sentence
Johannesburg - Deadly riots are continuing in South Africa as jailed former President Jacob Zuma challenges his sentence at a hearing in the country's...
BL&P: 70 per cent of electricity restored
The Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P) said today that electricity has been safely restored to 70 per cent of customers.
“Despite this progress, there...
Face-to-face classes resume Thursday
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) wishes to inform the public that any scheduled face-to-face classes at all schools will resume...
Editor’s Note
The furore caused by the Trojan Riddim brought into sharp focus just how impactful and influential lyrics in music can be.The discourse continues to be about “the songs on the Trojan Riddim”, but really it’s the lyrics that could incite violence and hate that people have a problem with. The music of the riddim tells a very different story. Those stories could be about positive