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BHTA reports growth in major tourism markets

Barbados has maintained a firm position as one of the Caribbean’s top destinations despite the challenges of a highly competitive and rapidly changing global...

Oba out, board gets youthful injection

It is over for Oba! Barbados’ sole Olympic medallist Obadele Thompson was ousted as a Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) board director after Wednesday’s Annual...

TD Marin: Barbados has talent

Newly-appointed Barbados Football Association (BFA) technical director Philip Marin believes Barbados has the talent to make an impression at next month’s FIFA Under-15 World Cup...

Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi

Police in the US state of Mississippi have arrested a man in connection with the death of a black woman found hanged from a...
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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

Oba out, board gets youthful injection

It is over for Oba! Barbados’ sole Olympic medallist Obadele Thompson was ousted as a Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) board director after Wednesday’s Annual...

TD Marin: Barbados has talent

BOA pushing by-laws update

BHTA reports growth in major tourism markets

Barbados has maintained a firm position as one of the Caribbean’s top destinations despite the challenges of a highly competitive and rapidly changing global...

Price hike fears

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 Caribbean countries rocked by earthquakes

PORT OF SPAIN –  Three Caribbean countries were rocked by three powerful earthquakes, including two, during a 17 minute interval, on Monday, but there...

Government pushing digital ID

Digital trust is the foundation for transforming Barbados into a modern, inclusive and resilient smart nation and the establishment of a new Barbados identity...

Cameroon’s President wins re-election

YAOUNDE - Cameroon's President Paul Biya was re-elected to an eighth term with 53.66 per cent of the vote, official results showed on Monday, raising the...

Melissa intensifies to category 5 hurricane

KINGSTON – Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm with winds in excess of 160 miles per hour (mph), is inching towards Jamaica on Monday...

Big vibes coming to Farley Hill

With just days to go before the big event on November 2, the energy is already building around Farley Hill National Park, where preparations are...

Domestic Terrorism Bill in the works

There are plans to introduce domestic terrorism legislation and to refurbish every police station across Barbados within the next 13 months, as part of...

High hopes for WI rebound

West Indies will look to pick themselves off the floor and hit back at Bangladesh when they face off in the T20 International Series....

‘No egg shortage’ for Christmas

There will be no shortage of eggs this Christmas season as the poultry industry has already taken steps to boost supplies through regional imports,...

Man charged with murder and firearm offence

A 22-year-old man from St Michael has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Akil Hinds earlier this month. Police said Hassan Alessandro...

21-year-old charged with murder

A 21-year-old man from St Michael has been charged in connection with the killing of Kenardo Woolery earlier this month. Police said Akeeme Livingston McDonald,...