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Opposition stages clean-up effort in St Thomas
Opposition St Thomas Member of Parliament Cynthia Forde this morning joined with members of the League of Young Socialists in launching a clean-up campaign in Bridgefield, St Thomas. Today, the focus...
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World leaders pay tribute to late Fidel Castro
World leaders have paid tribute to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States, but in death just as in life he divided opinion, and...
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Castro’s dying wish
As thousands joined Cuban President Raul Castro to say goodbye to his brother, Fidel, on Saturday night, the younger brother imparted one of Fidel’s dying wishes: that his image and name never adorn...
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Today’s weather
The Barbados Meteorological Service says weak and unstable conditions are approaching the island. Today will be fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
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HIV impostors
Source: Trinidad Guardian: In order to get documentation showing that they are HIV negative, some people have resorted to paying others $500 to impersonate them during blood tests. The Ministry of...
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Gas, diesel and LPG prices rise, kerosene drops
Barbadians will be paying more for gasoline, diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from midnight Sunday. They will however be paying less for kerosene. The price of gasoline will be adjusted from...
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Veteran entertainer Clarence Thompson passes away
Barbados has lost a veteran entertainer. Clarence Thompson has passed away. Thompson, the man with a silky voice, is best known for popular songs, including Eternal Love, Express Yourself and Lucy’s...
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Masked men strike at Enterprise, Christ Church
Police are on the hunt for two masked men responsible for the island’s latest shooting that left a 24-year-old man nursing injuries. The victim, Jamario Akeem Warren of Parish Land, Christ Church, was...
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Suspect in Tudor Street shooting held
Police are reporting a breakthrough in their investigations into a recent shooting incident. Nineteen-year-old Shamar Victor Corbin of 3rd Avenue, Bush Hall, St Michael received multiple gunshot...
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Canadian drug convict sent packing
A 21-year-old Canadian national was today handed over to immigration authorities after he was caught attempting to enter the country last Sunday with 23 sealed packages of cannabis, concealed in a...
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Too soft!
Child rights advocate Faith Marshall-Harris is reigniting debate on the issue of homeschooling, ridiculing the “derisory” $50 fine for parents found guilty of keeping their children away from school...
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Shemar’s verdict
No criminal charges will be brought against Shemar Weekes’ mother, or anyone else for that matter, in relation to the unnatural death of the 12-year-old boy last year. At least, not for the time being....
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No crisis
Environmental, water and health authorities have announced corrective measures to stave off a potential hazard on the south coast’s tourist belt, caused by runoff of sewage and an overflowing sluice at...
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Mottley wants Stuart to step in sewage mess
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley is asking Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to step into the ongoing sewage mess on the south coast tourist belt that has forced the closure of the Worthing Beach in Christ...
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‘Region slow to adopt model disaster legislation’
Barbados is among several Caribbean countries that have failed to adopt model disaster management legislation recommended by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to help better...
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‘Flawed justice’
Amidst calls by women’s rights advocates here for speedier trial of sexual assault cases, Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson today said the prosecution of such offences in Barbados was being “marred” by...
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Government makes antiretroviral therapy universally accessible
In an effort to further stem the problem of HIV, Government has moved to make antiretroviral therapy universally accessible to persons who have tested positive for the sexually transmitted virus in...
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NUPW compromises on its 16 per cent pay demand
There is still no agreement to the bitter pay impasse between the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and management of the Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. (GAIA Inc.) At the end of...
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Bring on the morality debate, BLP tells Sinckler
Corruption, mess and immorality are some of the words that currently describe the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP), says Member of Parliament for St George South Dwight Sutherland. Levelling the...
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Businessman shot in The City
A 44-year-old City businessman has become the latest victim of a shooting incident. Police say Lester Antonio CarMichael was standing outside his establishment at Green Park Lane, St Michael last night...
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