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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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Fuel prices reduced effective midnight

Retail prices for gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will decrease from midnight tonight. Gasoline will now sell at $3.73 per litre, a...

CARIFTA team departs for Grenada

There was a buzz of excitement at Grantley Adams International Airport today, Tuesday as the first group of Barbados’ CARIFTA team departed for Grenada...

Man charged with cannabis offences granted bail

Derek Sebastian Abrahams, 49, of Windsor Road, Christ Church, has been charged with multiple drug offences following an incident on March 30. The Barbados Police...

Italy investigates Sephora and Benefit over marketing skincare to children

An Italian authority is investigating beauty brands Benefit and Sephora after they appeared to adopt a "particularly insidious" marketing strategy of using young influencers...

High Surf Advisory issued for western and northern coasts of Barbados

The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) has issued a High Surf Advisory for the western and northern coastlines of Barbados, effective Tuesday night. Marine conditions...

Five female juveniles charged following incident in Bridgetown

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and charged five female juveniles, aged between 14 and 16, in connection with offences committed on March 27th...

Windies spinner Munisar coming into her own with inspiring performance against Australia

 In the shadow of a 90-run defeat to Australia in the second ODI, young West Indies off-spinner Ashmini Munisar offered a rare moment of...

Murder accused’s ‘rights infringed’

Any person charged with murder, who has been remand for an extended period, should be brought before a High Court for the consideration of...

Kite-flying restrictions reminder

The Air Navigation Services Department is reminding the public that kite-flying in low-flying aircraft districts is prohibited and they can be prosecuted for doing...

WANTED: Jaheim Remere Holder

Jaheim Remere Holder is wanted for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters. Holder, whose last known address is Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, St...