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Grantley Adams Memorial Students set for cultural trip to Panama

Seventy children from Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School, along with teachers and relatives, are undertaking a major cultural trip to Panama this August 11...

Central Bank provides update on delayed salary payments

The Central Bank of Barbados has issued a further update on delayed salary payments affecting some workers following the transition to the BiMPay system. The...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez 

 Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp...
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BARP sounds caution

Not only does the Barbados Association of Retired Person (BARP) not support the call for retired returning nationals to pay towards their own health...

Daughter cries as dad jailed

A daughter cried for her father Shayne Douglas Marshall yesterday as a judge jailed him for 14 years and denounced his raping a then...

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...

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...

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...

IMF $128m in the bag

NCF partners with Shakirah Bourne to bring Bajan Anansi tales into schools

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has partnered with Barbadian author Shakirah Bourne to publish Bajan Anansi, a new collection of Anansi tales that will...
 

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PM: CWI not only game in town

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told Cricket West Indies (CWI) that this country will “not depend exclusively” on it for cricketing opportunities and...

Injury to Simmonds opens door to fellow pacer Jediah Baldes

Barbados Pride have been forced to make a change to their 13-member squad for the first match of the revamped Regional Four-day First-class Championship. Jediah...

Judge dismisses most of Blake Lively’s claims in harassment lawsuit against Baldoni

A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a sexual harassment lawsuit that actress Blake Lively filed against her It Ends with...

Gunman’s jail time amended

From 686 days to 199. That was the amended jail term imposed on self-confessed gunman Antonio Fernando Athelston Corbin when he reappeared in the No....

PM calls for reflection amid ongoing challenges on Good Friday

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is urging Barbadians to reflect on national values and unity as the country observes Good Friday. In her message, the...

Artemis II leaves Earth’s orbit on track for far side of the Moon

The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have now left the Earth's orbit, after their Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for a...

Barbados described as one of safest destinations in the Caribbean and the Americas

 The chief executive officer of  the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, Andrea Franklin, says the international recognition of the island as one of the safest...

Cops urged to lead strategically

Senior law enforcement officers from across the region were yesterday reminded that the future of policing rests not only on operational skills, but on...

Gall Hill old library ‘in a state’

Concern is mounting among some residents of Gall Hill, St John, over the deteriorating condition of the old branch library, which they say has...

19-year-old remanded on violent disorder charge

Tarrell Andre Cumberbatch will spend most of April on remand at Barbados Prison Service (Dodds). Cumberbatch, 19 years, of no fixed place of abode, was...