National Senior Games get rolling
By Shamar Blunt The 19th edition of the Barbados National Senior Games has officially begun. After a pause for a few years due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual sporting event is back...
View ArticleBWA halts repair work in the Pine and resumes pumping
At 6:30 am today Sunday, June 25th, the Barbados Water Authority team completed a temporary fix of the repair being conducted on a 15-inch main at Pine North-South Road in St. Michael. Despite all...
View ArticleOne dead in St. Peter shooting
A shooting incident was reported to the Holetown Police station about 10:50 p.m. on Saturday 24th June 2023. The nature of the report stated that the owner and an employee of a Chinese restaurant and...
View ArticlePolice investigate road fatality in St. George
One man is dead following a head-on collision between a flatbed truck and motor vehicle, which occurred about 9:15 a.m. along Cottage Road, St. George. The drivers were the only occupants of the...
View Article22-year-old man is Barbados’ latest road fatality
A 22-year-old man is dead following a road traffic collision which occurred around 9:15 am this morning at Cottage Road, St. George. Police said the collision involved two vehicles — a motor lorry and...
View ArticlePreserve core values and traditions – Senator John King
By Sheria Brathwaite Moral values and cultural traditions must not be compromised in the pursuit of national development, says Senator John King. King said that as Barbados was evolving into a modern...
View ArticlePride Barbados stages third LGBTQ pride parade
As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Communities across the world recognise and observe International Pride month this June, Pride Barbados, led by a committee of local...
View ArticleFormer Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford has died
Former Prime Minister of Barbados, The Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, K.A., J.P., passed away earlier today at 7:05 a.m. at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A period of National Mourning...
View ArticlePM Mottley describes Sir Lloyd as a true statesman and nation builder
Prime Minister Mia Mottley today praised the contribution of former Prime Minister Sir LLoyd Erkine who passed away this morning. In her tribute, she described Sir Llloyd as a true statesman who served...
View ArticleHunte to appear in court on multiple charges
A St Michael man charged in connection with an incident at the Frederick Smith Secondary School is scheduled to appear in court today. Police said Jamel Lorenzo Hunte, 29, Watermans Terrace, Green...
View ArticleTribute: Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford – BCSL chairman
The Board of Directors and the Management and Staff of the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre wish to express our sincere condolences and deepest sympathy to the family of Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford on...
View ArticleBarbados mourns passing of former PM Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
Barbados’ fourth Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford has died at the age of 86. The educator and diplomat was a veteran Democratic Labour Party politician who entered the political fray in 1967...
View ArticleUpdate: Rape accused remanded to prison
A 29-year-old man has been remanded to prison in connection with the June 15 sexual assault of a female student at the Frederick Smith Secondary School. Jamel Lorenzo Hunte of Watermans Terrace, Green...
View ArticleThe next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
SEATTLE (AP) — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines...
View ArticleBarbados mourns
Flags are being flown at half-mast as Barbados enters a period of national mourning following the death of Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. The post Barbados mourns appeared first on Barbados Today.
View ArticleDLP, BLP politicians, trade unionists recall impact of Sir Lloyd’s work for...
By Jenique Belgrave Barbados on Monday began three days of national mourning following the death of the country’s fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, who was remembered by politicians...
View ArticleGun, ammo, drug charges land accused at Dodds
A 28-year-old man has been remanded to Dodds on gun, ammunition and drug charges. Wrensford Richard Holder, of Kew Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, is alleged to have had an illegal firearm and 25 rounds...
View ArticleCountry first
Late PM remembered for putting Barbados above all By Emmanuel Joseph A man who did what he had to do and always put his country first. That was how a former minister in the late Sir Lloyd Erskine...
View ArticleBradshaw meets with late PM’s family
Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw on Monday visited the family of late former Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford to extend condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados,...
View ArticleCourt renovation soon complete
By Fernella Wedderburn The renovation of the magistrates’ courts at Coleridge Street is expected to be completed within another two weeks. That update from Attorney General Dale Marshall following a...
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