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Son of Obadele Thompson secures spot at World Athletics Championships

Twenty-six years after Obadele Thompson stood on an Olympic podium in Sydney, the Thompson name is going global in ultramarine, gold and black once...

Pic-O-De-Crop Finals now at CARIFESTA House

The 2026 Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Finals, powered by Q100.7 FM, will now be staged at CARIFESTA House, Waterford, St Michael, on Friday, July 31. The...

France to ban under-15s from social media

France's parliament has approved a law to ban social media for under-15s from January 2027, making it the first European country to block young...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its Barbados-based subsidiaries, has received a series of credit rating upgrades from AM Best. The global credit...
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BAMP: Take that back, Santia

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is calling on Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw to withdraw comments that a “medical mafia” could influence...

Murderer gets 40-year sentence

The convicted murderer called “a threat and a danger to society” was sentenced to 40 years in prison when he appeared in the No....

Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting health, as it confronts an escalating non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis in which 42 per cent...

Son of Obadele Thompson secures spot at World Athletics Championships

Twenty-six years after Obadele Thompson stood on an Olympic podium in Sydney, the Thompson name is going global in ultramarine, gold and black once...

AM Best upgrades Sagicor

Financial services group Sagicor Financial Company Limited, including its Barbados-based subsidiaries, has received a series of credit rating upgrades from AM Best. The global credit...

Fees fuel bank profits

50 years championing a cause

For 50 years, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) has been at the forefront of advocating for a more inclusive and accessible Barbados,...
 

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DLP warns crime could threaten Barbados’ tourism image

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is warning that Barbados’ worsening crime situation could begin threatening the island’s tourism industry following the recent attack on...

NHC forecasts below-normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2026

The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) is predicting a below normal Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season in 2026. Forecasters say this should be in the range of...

Ready if ebola comes

Barbados has activated heightened public health surveillance systems and intensified screening measures at its airport and seaport amid growing international concern over the latest...

US-bound plane diverts to Canada after person from Ebola-hit region boards ‘in error’

A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the...

Arrests made following robbery involving visitor at Bay Street

The Barbados Police Service says several young men have been arrested following investigations into a robbery involving a visitor to the island. Police said the...

Police issue wanted bulletin for ‘Mad Rapper’

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Terry Corie Alexandra Waldron, also known as “Mad Rapper”, who is wanted for...

Pacers bowl Red Force to historic West Indies Championship title

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s pace quartet of Jayden Seales, Anderson Phillip, Terrance Hinds and Joshua James ran through the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ lineup...

Trinidad Express moves to retrench staff – union vows to fight

The Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) says it is moving swiftly to protect employees of the Trinidad Express newspaper following the company’s...

Cover coming for those in non-standard employment

Barbadian workers engaged in non-standard forms of employment who currently find themselves outside the National Insurance and Social Security Service net are being targeted...

Barbados ‘must step up’ airspace game

Barbados must introduce the necessary equipment and policies to ensure that it no longer misses out on revenue from aircraft transiting the country’s upper...