A machete-wielding suspect attacked three people at New York City’s Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation’s biggest rail hub. The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and...

The darling of the Garrison Savannah, Nostradassa makes a return to the track today in the 1 100 metres Gordon Lewis Handicap for horses rated 115-90 during the Honouring Former Barbados Turf Club’s Employeees RaceDay. Set for a 5:30...

Faith-based organisations seeking access to Government’s new $5 million annual fund have been put on notice: bring strong, resultsdriven programmes or risk being left behind. Minister of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector Colin Jordan mad...

The Coachella music festival has kicked off with surprise guest actor Susan Sarandon featuring in pop star Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining performance on Friday. The actor delivered a monologue as an older version of 26-year-old Carpenter in the...

The Labour Department will be increasing inspection visits to workplaces across Barbados as part of a renewed push to improve compliance with labour legislation and strengthen labour-management relations practice. Acting Chief Labour Officer Wayne So...

President Irfaan Ali of Guyana Friday defended the 15-member regional integration grouping,  CARICOM, and reiterated his support for the reappointment of Dr.  Carla  Barnett as the grouping’s Secretary General for another five year t...

Hope is running out for the safe return of fisherman Othneil Harewood and Chinese national Zhi Cai Su. The men left Barbados on March 14, reportedly heading into waters described by fellow fishermen as dangerously rough, and have not been seen since....

The Social Empowerment Agency (SEA) recently launched its annual Child Abuse Awareness And Prevention Month with a stark warning that neglect remains the most pervasive and damaging form of abuse affecting children across Barbados. The launch, held i...

Barbados is under a Hydrological Drought Watch for April and May, even as rainfall figures for the year remain above average, the Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) has confirmed. The warning comes midway through the dry season, which officially ...

Tishawn Jaden Clarke was remanded today when he appeared in District ‘A’ Criminal Court #1 before acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick. Clarke, 26, of Lower Carters Gap, Christ Church, was not required to plead to possession of a firearm and...