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Clean Up Barbados with Green Nation

On Saturday, September 19, hundreds of Barbadians will roll up their sleeves across the island for the annual Green Nation Clean-up, taking place one...

BLPC powering a nation for 115 years

For 115 years, the story of electricity in Barbados has been closely connected to the island’s social and economic development. From the first electricity...

Shooting at Westbury Road

Update The Barbados Police Service has confirmed the death of a man who was shot at Morris Gap, Westbury Road, St Michael, earlier today. Police public...

Bim Got Talent joins forces with New York team

Barbados is witnessing a powerful demonstration of what can happen when international and homegrown partners unite around the development of young people. Bim Got Talent’s...
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Asha Jones: Breaking new ground in dementia care

by Cheryl Harewood Asha Jones’ professional journey has taken her across tourism, sales and marketing, gerontology and therapeutic recreation; fields that today come together in...

One prison bus ‘is ridiculous’

Defence attorney Verla De Peiza has described the situation of having one bus transporting prisoners around the island as “a ridiculous state of affairs”. Her...

Bees spent nearly three times as much as Dems in 2026 poll

The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) spent almost three times more than its main rival, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), in its bid to...

‘D’ big battle

Green, de Kock eliminate Patriots, put Tridents within sight of playoffs

The South African duo of Chris Green and Quinton de Kock produced match-winning performances to push the Barbados Tridents within one win of the...

BOA pushing by-laws update

BLPC powering a nation for 115 years

For 115 years, the story of electricity in Barbados has been closely connected to the island’s social and economic development. From the first electricity...

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More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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Rowley wants govt to make public its crime plan

PORT OF SPAIN – Former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley recently accused the Trinidad and Tobago government of seeking to downplay the crime situation...

Call for proactive disaster systems

Barbados must move beyond reacting to disasters and invest in systems that anticipate and reduce their impact, says Director of the Department of Emergency...

‘Let AI lift routine workload’

Administrative professionals are being urged by the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados to use AI rather than resist it. Dr The Most Honourable...

Brace for heat, drought, region urged

Caribbean governments, businesses, farmers and other stakeholders are being urged to prepare themselves for potentially severe climate extremes as a developing El Niño is...

Narii eyes world as musical stage

She was born into music, and with her dad as the wind beneath her wings, she intended to soar. Narii Vasquez’s father was a singer,...

Satisfactory numbers for MMR, though not yet at benchmark

More people are getting immunised – a marked change in behaviour from the hesitancy observed towards the end of and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Though...

Beyond the desk, Saluting Admin Professionals

If everything in your office just seems to work, from organised files and productive meetings to happy clients, you have an administrative professional to...

Victim shot when ‘gun went off’

Murder accused Richan Robert Walrond told police that some men hatched a plan to rob Andre Hinds because “he got nuff money and does...

Sir Curtly: Wickham is a special talent

One of the greatest West Indies fast bowlers of all time, Sir Curtly Ambrose has described Barbados Pride batsman Kevin Wickham as a “special...

Wanted Man: Akeem Deshawn Carter

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Akeem Deshawn Carter, who is wanted for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters. Carter, whose last...