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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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Three men die from COVID

Three men have been added to the tally of COVID-19 deaths. Two of them, aged 88 and 91, died on Friday, August 5, while another...

DEM: Don’t get caught off guard

Although the first two months of the Atlantic Hurricane Season were relatively inactive, Barbadians have been told not to become complacent. Director of the Department...

PM: Country poorer by Alleyne’s passing

A plethora of tributes characterised the contribution to Barbados by late lawyer, politician and teacher Ezra Alleyne whom Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley described...

Judge: ‘Gun cases taking too long to process’

High Court Judge Carlisle Greaves says the remedy is not for the courts to keep accused in custody for inordinate lengths of time while...

Shane loses contract

Commonwealth Games silver medallist and Barbados’ top sprint hurdler Shane Brathwaite has lost his professional contract with global sports brand and shoe manufacturing giant,...

Barbados’ lone monkeypox patient recovers

Barbados’ only confirmed case of Monkeypox, a Barbadian man in his twenties, has fully recovered. The Ministry of Health and Wellness also disclosed that there...

11+ results on Tuesday

Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney, will hold a media briefing on Tuesday on the results of the Barbados Secondary Schools'...

Former Magnum co-star dies in car accident

Actor Roger E. Mosley, who appeared in all eight seasons of the original Magnum P.I., has died aged 83. He portrayed Theodore “T.C.” Calvin, the...

Entertainer Olivia Newton-John dies at 73

Olivia Newton-John, star of Grease and multi-platinum selling singer, has died aged 73, her family says. In a short statement, her husband John Easterling said...

COVID-19 Update for August 7

Barbados recorded 305 new COVID-19 cases, 100 males and 205 females, from the 811 tests carried out on Sunday, August 7, by the Best-dos...