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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...

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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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$400m for mitigation efforts as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica

Government has activated a comprehensive disaster preparedness, humanitarian and recovery plan for the expected impact of Hurricane Melissa. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of...

Ashanti glows in Barbados while enjoying beach day with baby KK

Ashanti put her hourglass curves on display while enjoying a beach day in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Rock Wit U hitmaker, 45, soaked up the sun during her recent...

Ministry orders six trucks to help with road programme

More road patching equipment is coming, says Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw. During the 80th anniversary celebration of JC Bamford Excavators Ltd on Thursday night,...

Melissa upgraded to Category 1 hurricane

Tropical Storm Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, Principal Director of the Meteorological Service, Jamaica, Evan Thompson, confirmed. The system, at the...

CDB awards US$100,000 grant to local firm to develop Caribbean stock photography platform

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), has awarded a  US$100,000 grant to NativeFoto Ltd., a Trinidad &...

Sammy blasts West Indies’ performance against Bangladesh in ODI series

 West Indies head coach, Daren Sammy has described his team’s performance in the just concluded ODI series against Bangladesh as “poor and disappointing”. The regional...

Bajans returning ahead of storm

Some Barbadian students at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies are making their way home ahead of the anticipated passage...

Trinidad rocked by strong earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of  5.0 rocked Trinidad and Tobago on Friday night, but  there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The...

Jamaicans and Haitians prepare for passage of Tropical Storm Melissa

Jamaicans and Haitians were bracing for the passage of Tropical  Storm Melissa that is expected to  rapidly intensify into  a major hurricane this weekend. Weather...

‘No retreat’ against climate crisis

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight has declared that Barbados cannot afford to “step back” from confronting the climate crisis,...