Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its direct BW212 and BW213 Trinidad/Tobago-Barbados return services from September 2 as part of an ongoing review of its regional network. The airline said in a statement issued Tuesday that connectivity between Tr...

Iconic country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family announced on her social media. “Sadness lies with us, not with Dolly,” Parton’s nephew Brian Seaver said in a video announcement. “Dolly lived in the l...

The Barbados Tridents will resume their quest for the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title when they come up against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons tonight at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium at 7 p.m. Since their last match in Jama...

 Although she had close to $300 in her purse, a St Joseph woman stole $17 in food stuff from a Bridgetown supermarket earlier this month. Jolene Eugene Graham, 61, of Coffee Gully, St Joseph, pleaded guilty to the offence when she appeared in the Di...

China has vowed to protect its interests after the US announced plans to widen economic sanctions against Iran and its trading partners, which include Beijing. Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China was firmly opposed to what it called “...

The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging the region to be fully prepared for potentially severe climate extremes. They are callin...

Barbados and Venezuela have signed a joint declaration on, among other things, food and energy security, education and tourism. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, the first Caribbean leader to visit the country since former president Nicolas Maduro was...

Barbados is accelerating the transition to a cleaner, reliable and sustainable energy system, aiming to achieve 70 per cent renewable energy penetration by 2029. Minister of Energy, Business Development and Commerce Kerrie Symmonds said yesterday tha...

Police are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the body of a man who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) last Saturday. The man was transported from Brandons Beach by ambulance. He has a medium build, approximately 5’6” i...

Court premises in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, and elsewhere have been shut as the deadline for filing a petition against the outcome of the recent presidential election approaches. An unusual police presence has been reported at some courts, which h...