WASHINGTON – The US Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorisation, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled ...

Convicted murderer Raheem Travonte Barnett, who was described as a “danger to society”, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by the No. 4 Supreme Court yesterday. “The court is of the view that the callous manner in which you shot the deceased i...

KINGSTON – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced the accommodations that will be made for Jamaican students who have been negatively affected by Hurricane Melissa for the May-June sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certif...

The private consumption and external demand which stimulated economic growth in Barbados and the region in recent times, will weaken this year, causing Latin America and the Caribbean economies to lose some steam amid rising global uncertainty. That ...

The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) has renewed its call for a sharp increase in tariffs on imported pork, warning that without urgent action, local pig farmers will continue to be squeezed out of the market despite growing domestic production ca...

A high-powered lawyer for Nick Reiner, who is charged with murdering his Hollywood director father Rob Reiner and mother Michele, has withdrawn from the case. It emerged that Alan Jackson would no longer represent Nick Reiner during a court hearing, ...

Parts of Australia will face catastrophic fire conditions on Friday, when heatwaves are expected to hit most of the country. Severe to extreme heatwaves have been declared in every state and territory in Australia, except for Queensland, with high te...

President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela is going to use funds from a new oil deal with the United States to buy “ONLY American Made Products” amid uncertainty over the oil agreement and his administration’s plan for the Sou...

Paradise forward Sheran Hoyte says his move to Central FC in the Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League is the next big step in a career he believes is gathering serious momentum. The 25-year-old Barbadian international, who completed the move a...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has challenged itself to have students sit all its examinations digitally over the next three to five years. This was put forward by registrar and chief executive officer of the council Dr Wayne Wesley during ...