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BADD launches motor racing festival
A new era in Barbadian motorsport is coming.
That’s because the Barbados Association of Dragsters and Drifters (BADD) has announced that it will be hosting the inaugural Caribbean Motor Racing Festival from November 28 to December 1.
This was revealed at a press conference yesterday held at the Barbados Tourism Marketing...
Nurses walk out
Nurses at The Frederick ‘Freddie’ Miller Polyclinic in The Glebe, St George, walked off the job yesterday following an altercation that has raised further concerns about worker safety in the health care sector.
The incident occurred during what was described as a routine briefing meeting for nursing staff.
It comes a...
International health agencies hit back against Trump’s Tylenol, autism claims
Backlash has been swift and forceful as other parts of the world woke up to US President Donald Trump’s comments blaming – without solid evidence – acetaminophen and certain vaccines for autism in children.
“Don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, don’t take even my...
Chamber ‘catalyst’ for growth
President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Paul Inniss has outlined a one-year action plan which he says is “a strategic mandate to reposition the Chamber as a dynamic catalyst for business innovation, inclusive growth and meaningful collaboration”.
Speaking during the BCCI’s gala dinner and awards ceremony...
Family and friends of ‘Diddy’ plead for his release ahead of...
New York — Family, friends, former employees and business associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs submitted more than 70 letters asking a federal judge for leniency ahead of his sentencing next week.
“I don’t know how much longer I will be around but I would love to be able to see him and his children...
Canadian PM meets with Barbados and Haitian leaders
UNITED NATIONS – Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has held talks with the President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, Laurent Saint-Cyr, and the Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
“Prime Minister Carney and President Saint-Cyr discussed the ongoing crisis in Haiti and Canada’s...
CAL to discontinue flights between Jamaica and Florida from November 2
PORT OF SPAIN – The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it will discontinue its services between Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida from November 2 this year.
In a statement CAL said that due to the “continued economic challenges” affecting the Fort Lauderdale route from the...
15 killed in Typhoon Ragasa
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN - Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, made landfall in southern China on Wednesday after killing 15 people in Taiwan and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains.
In Taiwan's eastern Hualien county, 17 people remained missing after a barrier lake overflowed...
Ex-cop tells of accused’s arrest
Shane Jamal Cox will give his defence tomorrow when his rape and robbery trial continues in the No. 4 Supreme Court.Cox, of Passage Gardens, Passage Road, St Michael, is accused of robbing a woman of her $450 gold chain and $120 ring on June 18, 2018 as well as...
Special NISSS unit for the self-employed
Self-employed people in Barbados now have a unit within the National Insurance and Social Security Service (NISSS) catering specifically to their needs, in a bid to boost the numbers in that sector contributing to the social security net.
The Self-Employed Unit was officially launched yesterday at Radley Court, Collymore Rock,...
Youth at the fore
The 2025 edition of the Barbados Road Tennis Open (BRTO) climaxed on Saturday night at the Wildey Gymnasium with Shakeem Nurse dethroning three-time king Mark ‘Venom’ Griffith and Sheldene Walrond taking her second title.
The spectators following the action in the Gym, online and on television were truly entertained when...
Reports of an alleged altercation at Glebe Polyclinic
Police vehicles arriving at the Glebe Polyclinic earlier this afternoon, as union and nurse representatives meet following this morning's alleged altercation that led to nurses walking off the job.
The incident has prompted calls for urgent action to ensure health care workers' safety.