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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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State wants jail time for gunman

Time, not a fine. That is what the prosecution believes Carl Edgar Knight should get for having two high-powered guns and over 100 rounds of...

Afghanistan: Pakistan hit Kabul rehab centre killing more than 400

Kabul — More than 400 people were killed and 265 wounded in an airstrike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, a spokesperson of...

Foundation and Combermere win first BSSAC Zone

Christ Church Foundation School and Combermere School took top honours in the Barbados Light & Power Esther Maynard and Shane Brathwaite Zone of the...

AAB names 60 for Barbados CARIFTA Team

A record 60 athletes were named tonight to represent Barbados at the 53rd CARIFTA Games in St Georges, Grenada from April 4-6, 2026. The Athletics...

Sri Lanka declares weekly Wednesday public holiday to conserve fuel

Sri Lanka has declared every Wednesday a holiday for public institutions to conserve fuel as the island nation grapples with possible shortages in the...

Rollout of BiMPay delayed until June 12

The rollout of BiMPay, Barbados’ national instant payment system, has been delayed until June 12, 2026. Governor of the Central Bank, Dr The Most Honourable...

Case against ‘Ninja Man’ closed

The case against street character Anthony Fitzpatrick “Ninja Man” Lynch is closed. Lynch, 71, who had no fixed place of abode but who frequented the...

Niles set to move to silver in 2024 World Juniors medal change

Barbadian sprinter Kishawna Niles is set to be elevated to the silver medal in the women’s 100 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Under-20...

Openers star on final day of Barbados Pride trials

Openers Kemar Brathwaite and Shian Brathwaite stole the spotlight on the final day of the Barbados Pride trial matches. The pair added an unbroken partnership...

QEH: Collect discharged patients and ease bed pressures

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is again making an appeal to members of the public to collect family and wards who have been discharged...