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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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Medical programme at SGU gets reaccredited by Grenada authorities

ST GEORGE’S – The medical programme at the St George’s University School of Medicine has been reaccredited by members of the Grenada Medical and...

Pop-Up ends ‘good run’ for NCF

The National Cultural Foundation’s final Arts & Artisanal Pop-Up for the season was a success, says senior business development officer Andre Hoyte. That’s because not...

Sada Williams races to Commonwealth gold in record run

Sada Williams, the darling of local track and field, captured gold in the women’s 400 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Williams, 24,...

Jonathan Jones bags Commonwealth bronze

Barbadian Jonathan Jones won a bronze medal in the men’s 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, early Sunday morning. Jones clocked 44.89...

Trinidad and Barbados Police make major drug seizure

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) says a multi-million dollar drug haul was made in Barbados on August 2 and a Colombian national...

Hurricane strikes in rainy Midsummer

Accompanied by pouring rain for the second time in just over three months, Gay Smith’s Hurricane made landfall at the historic Garrison Savannah around...

Barbadian police ‘deserve more pay’

President of the Barbadian Ex-Police Association of New York, Dennis Yarde, says local officers deserve salary increases, incentives and better treatment so they can...

$40 million boost for education

Government is planning a $40 million shake-up of the education system to be funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It will include major curriculum...

COVID-19 Update for Friday, August 5

Barbados recorded 508 new COVID-19 cases, 213 males and 295 females, on Friday, August 5, from the 1 256 tests carried out by the...

Man succumbs to COVID-19

Another family has lost a loved one as a result of COVID-19. A 77-year-old man died from the viral illness on Friday, August 5, taking...