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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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Major blow to West Indies as Shai Hope ruled out with injury

Shai Hope has been ruled out of the first Test match for West Indies against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in...

Call to rethink workforce planning

Barbadians are being urged to rethink workforce development and economic planning, as the country faces the realities of a rapidly ageing population. The call has...

MP tells of bank account blues

Government backbencher Dr William Duguid has complained that it takes too long to open a bank account in Barbados. He is suggesting that a colloquium...

Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

Spinner bowls Lodge to victory

by PHILIP HACKETT A penetrative spell of off-spin bowling from Donicko Wilson complemented a disciplined batting performance by captain Z’dari Scantlebury and inspired Milo Lodge to...

Gunman told: Bring money

A High Court Judge has warned a self-confessed gunman to come prepared to pay any fine in full. “If a fine is considered, you have...

Expert sounds alarm on coral reefs

The race to protect Barbados’ coral reef has reached a make-or-break moment, with 90 per cent of the island’s coral polyps either ill, destroyed...

Barbados launches new climate finance initiative with OPEC Fund

Barbados has partnered with the OPEC Fund for International Development to launch the Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Compact, a new initiative aimed at helping...

St George Primary student secures top 10 place in BSSEE

St George Primary student Tyriq Goddard placed tenth overall in this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE), following the release of results on...

Central Bank advises on “penny test” deposits

The Central Bank of Barbados is advising the public about the use of “penny test” deposits as part of efforts to correct incorrectly formatted...