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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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Results of GIS probe ‘soon’

The long anticipated results of the probe into the Government Industrial School (GIS) will be coming “soon”. This was as much as Minister of Home...

Opposition takes early lead in St Kitts election

BASSETERRE – The main opposition St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) appears heading for victory in the general election here on Saturday after the party...

Jamaica confirms local transmission of monkeypox

KINGSTON – Jamaica on Friday confirmed its first locally transmitted Monkeypox virus case, bringing to three, the overall number of cases of the virus...

Williams, Jones in Sunday’s 400m finals

Barbados’ World Championships bronze medallist Sada Williams and fellow quarter-miler Jonathan Jones have both qualified for Sunday’s finals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,...

Pfizer extends expiry date on COVID vaccines

Chief Medical Officer, Dr The Most Honourable Kenneth George, is informing the public that Pfizer BioNTech, authorised by the Food and Drug Administration, has...

COVID-19 Update for August 4

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 534 new COVID-19 cases, 221 males and 313 females, from the 1 229 tests carried out on...

COVID deaths at 498 in Barbados

A 98-year-old woman is the latest person to die as a result of COVID-19. She passed away on Thursday, August 4, and her death has...

Police making progress in elderly woman’s case

Police have made a breakthrough in one of three unnatural death investigations. On July 23, Gloria Eudora Leacock, 86, of Church Street, Speightstown, St Peter,...

Barbados relay team through to Commonwealth final

The Barbados men are through to the finals of the 4x400 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Earlier today, the team of...

Pelosi praises Taiwan

Tokyo – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan on Friday, pledged U.S. solidarity, and said her trip through...