Police probe Wildey fire
Police are investigating a fire which occurred sometime after 8:00 last night at Webster Industrial Estate, Wildey, St Michael, which extensively damaged a two-storey building. The building is co-owned...
View ArticleTeen remanded
Eighteen-year-old Adam Harris of Enterprise Development, Christ Church, has been remanded to prison after appearing at the Oistins Magistrates Court yesterday on two charges of endangering life. The...
View ArticleSt James man nursing stab wounds
One woman is assisting police with investigations into a stabbing which occurred 12:50 a.m. today at Dira’s Bar, Reed Street, St Michael. Police say preliminary investigations indicate that 38-year-old...
View ArticleHelping Haiti
The Help Haiti Today Radiothon, has raised over $107,000 in less than 12 hours to help Haitians whose homes and lives have been destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. Three weeks ago the powerful storm...
View ArticleBurst main near Springer Memorial
A crew from the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) was today working to repair a burst 16-inch main near Springer Memorial School. One customer who reported the incident to the BWA, said she heard the...
View ArticleHusbands wins St James South nomination
Sandra Husbands has been elected the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate to represent the St James South constituency in the next general election. In a vote tonight at the West Terrace Primary...
View ArticleChristmas Wonderland is back
After a 12-year break, Simpson Motors is reintroducing Christmas Wonderland. From December 9 to 12, the Simpson Motors showroom at Warrens St Michael will be transformed into magical wonderland, and...
View ArticleLashley urges innovation
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Stephen Lashley, is urging young entrepreneurs to create innovative indigenous businesses that can compete on a global stage. Addressing the launch of Global...
View ArticleToday’s weather
The Barbados Meteorological office says weak, unstable conditions are affecting the island. Today will be fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
View ArticleRemembering David Thompson
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Barbados’ sixth Prime Minister David Thompson. Thompson, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at his private residence on October 23, 2010. Thompson was...
View ArticleSSA board could face legal action, Comissiong warns
Outspoken social activist and attorney-at-law David Comissiong has given the board of the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) a 14-day ultimatum to justify its approval of the new waste collection plan,...
View ArticleRelief on the way, says BWA
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) says water was being restored slowly but surely to dozens of communities affected after a 15-inch water main leading to Grand View Reservoir in Grand View, St...
View ArticleHudson Griffith withdraws from BLP nomination for St John seat
As supporters of the Barbados Labour Party pack the St John Primary School for this evening’s nomination of the party’s candidate to contest the next general election, Barbados TODAY has learnt...
View ArticleGriffith wins BLP nomination in St John
Charles Griffith will represent the Barbados Labour Party in the constituency of St John in the next general election. At this evening’s nomination, Griffith defeated opponents Keith Rayside and...
View ArticleBarbados welcomes MV Viking Star
The MV Viking Star docked for the first time at the Bridgetown Port today and it received a warm welcome from Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy and other officials. The...
View ArticlePossible funding for NGOs
The Division of Economic Affairs has advised that civil society organisations will soon be able to apply to the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) for funding for projects which advance and support...
View ArticlePolice probe death at Golden Ridge, St George
Police are investigating the sudden death of an elderly man at Golden Ridge, St George. Livingston Holder, 82, of Brathwaite Gap, Sweet Vale, St George collapsed and died at a bus stop this morning....
View ArticleToday’s weather
A tropical wave is affecting the island. The Barbados Meteorological office says it will be partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms for most...
View Article62-year-old St Lucy resident missing
Police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating 62-year-old Jeffrey Roger Mahon of Clinketts Gardens, St Lucy. Mahon is about five feet nine inches in height, stout build, of dark...
View ArticleMan on firearm and ammo charge
Police have arrested and charged 54-year-old Jeffrey William Chandler of Ivy, St Michael for the offences of unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. Both offences were...
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