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PM Mottley meets UK Prime Minister during London Climate Action Week

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street today, where the two leaders discussed...

BUT: Public schools have resource edge

Comparisons between public and private schools based on Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) results are unfair, says president of the Barbados Union of...

Drug trafficker set to learn fate

His attorney believes that Colis Arlington Paul should not get another day in prison after being on remand for more than five years. However, the...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping...
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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...

Drug trafficker set to learn fate

His attorney believes that Colis Arlington Paul should not get another day in prison after being on remand for more than five years. However, the...

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...

Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

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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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...

State support for families with multiple births

Recognising the financial strain multiple births place on families, government will be providing financial assistance to these parents until the children reach age five. In...

National consultation on traffic to begin next week

Government will begin a national consultation on traffic congestion next week as it moves to address growing concerns about gridlock across Barbados. Minister of Finance Ryan...