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...

Cave Shepherd & Co. Limited is continuing to diversify its operations following a year in which it earned a $17.5 million profit attributable to equity holders. This income represents a 15 per cent increase over the $15.1 million profit in 2024, ...

PORT OF SPAIN – The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Friday announced the immediate introduction of a fuel surcharge on all tickets saying it is to help offset a portion of rising costs due mainly to the war in the Middle east involving the Uni...

A new contender has officially entered the Crop Over landscape with the launch of Monde Mas, unveiling its debut 2026 presentation, “A Dance with Dragons,” at the Wyndham Grand Barbados Trident Ballroom recently. The theme promises a fu...

Some residents in St Joseph are calling for the transformation of the old Andrews Sugar Factory into a hub for community-based activities, including a farmers’ market and other public facilities. The factory was officially closed in 2014 to facilit...

The present challenges in West Indies cricket, specifically the lack of exposure for the region’s most talented youngsters, is a major worry for one of the game’s greatest players. Cricket icon, The Most Honorable Desmond Haynes, told Weeken...

Charmaine Burgess, the mother of 42-year-old Andre Omar Burgess, heard the gunshots which took his life last night at Deanes Village, Hindsbury Road, St Michael. She called for the return of hanging as she recounted last night’s incident. *** UPDAT...

Roger Rommel Stephen Sealy yesterday argued that the judge who sentenced him to eight years for three firearmrelated offences was biased against him and lacked impartiality. However, Principal State Counsel Joyann Catwell denied this, saying the conv...