Government has told the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that it will continue advancing key reforms so that Barbados can more effectively exchange tax information on request. This includes “the implementation of measur...

Barbadians will have access to a wide range of free medical services later this month when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship, Silk Road Ark, makes its overseas humanitarian mission stop. The ship, currently in Jamaic...

The media fraternity is mourning the passing of one of its stalwarts in veteran journalist Albert Brandford. Brandford, who was 73, died at his Christ Church home yesterday. His was a journalism career spanning about a half-century, during which he w...

Independent Senators Monique Taitt and Dr Crystal Drakes have resigned from the Senate. Reports indicate that Taitt, an attorney, and Drakes, an economist, tendered their resignations following the appointment of new President The Most Honourable Jef...

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan late on Monday, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories. The Japan Meteorological Agency initially said a...

A star-studded cast of entertainers filled Golden Square Freedom Park with the sounds of Christmas, delighting the scores of people attending Barbados Public Workers’ Cooperative Union Ltd’s (BPWCCUL) annual free concert last Friday night. Titled...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Vector Control Unit will concentrate its mosquito reduction efforts in St. John and St. Michael communities next week. Inclement weather disrupted the completion of the fogging programme in these parishes this w...

Barbadians took advantage of the start of Sunday shopping for the Christmas season in The City yesterday. The usually quiet streets were abuzz with the chatter of customers filing in and out of stores, but a far cry from the rush and bumper crow...

US President Donald Trump has flagged potential concerns over Netflix’s planned $72bn (£54bn) deal to buy Warner Brothers Discovery’s movie studio and popular HBO streaming networks. At an event in Washington DC on Sunday, he said Netfli...

The business community ios awaiting the next move by the authorities after the weekend dismissal of  the chief executive officer of the Export Import Bank (EximBank), Navin Dookeran. The dismissal of Dookeran, the son of a former finance ministe...