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MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

Spinner bowls Lodge to victory

by PHILIP HACKETT A penetrative spell of off-spin bowling from Donicko Wilson complemented a disciplined batting performance by captain Z’dari Scantlebury and inspired Milo Lodge to...

Gunman told: Bring money

A High Court Judge has warned a self-confessed gunman to come prepared to pay any fine in full. “If a fine is considered, you have...
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Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

Gunman told: Bring money

A High Court Judge has warned a self-confessed gunman to come prepared to pay any fine in full. “If a fine is considered, you have...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Spinner bowls Lodge to victory

by PHILIP HACKETT A penetrative spell of off-spin bowling from Donicko Wilson complemented a disciplined batting performance by captain Z’dari Scantlebury and inspired Milo Lodge to...

Barbados launches new climate finance initiative with OPEC Fund

Barbados has partnered with the OPEC Fund for International Development to launch the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, a new initiative aimed at helping...

IMF $128m in the bag

NCF partners with Shakirah Bourne to bring Bajan Anansi tales into schools

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Barbadian author Shakirah Bourne to publish Bajan Anansi, a new collection of Anansi tales that will...
 

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ICAB brings Budget home

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB) is urging Barbadians to look beyond headline figures from the 2026 Budgetary Proposals and Financial Statement, stressing that...

Chuck Norris, macho star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, dies at 86

Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in "Code of Silence," "Missing in Action" and...

Man remanded on firearm and ammunition charges

A St. Michael man has been remanded to prison after appearing in court on firearm-related charges. Keimar Orlando Payne, 42, of 1st Avenue, Eckstein Village,...

Man charged in $40,000 cannabis importation case

A St. John man has been charged following the seizure of cannabis valued at an estimated $40,000. Shamar Azariah Richard Grosvenor, 28, of #2 Apartment,...

Man charged with firearm, serious bodily harm offences

Update Davio Nate Harding, 23, of Blackman Field, Pineland, St. Michael, was remanded to Dodds after being charged with use of a firearm and serious...

Man charged with serious bodily harm

Update Sheldon Rondelle Atherley, 49, of Clements Avenue, Bush Hall, St. Michael, was remanded to Dodds today after being charged with serious bodily harm in...

Fire guts old Pierhead property in The City

Update Fire officers remain on the scene of a blaze which gutted the old Pierhead property in The City overnight. Station Officer Roger Bourne said...

AOPT welcomes relief on fuel and dashcam costs

Head of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael has welcomed Government’s Budget measures in relation to energy, describing them as a...

Concern over weed smoking in public

The National Council for Substance Abuse (NCSA) is concerned about what it describes as a dangerous and widespread misunderstanding among Barbadians that recreational cannabis...

Mooney, King carry Aussies to comfortable win in series opener

Beth Mooney’s masterful half century and Alana King’s bowling heroics helped Australia Women register a convincing 43-run victory over West Indies Women in the...