The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is warning consumers of a fake account on social platform TikTok that is advising them to pay their water bills via Pay Pal. In a statement tonight, the BWA said account Barbados Water Works (@246bwa) which is being...

The death toll in Guyana’s boat tragedy has risen to 41 as search and recovery operations continue. In an update issued this afternoon, the Government of Guyana said 77 people have been rescued, while 41 bodies have now been recovered. The firs...

The widow of late actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has filed a lawsuit against his mother over an alleged failure to honour the terms of their prenuptial agreement. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tenisha Warner filed the lawsuit on Monday i...

Barbados will provide a last standing ovation to the late Sir Garry Sobers in a full state funeral next Wednesday, July 29th. The funeral will comprise two sections – a full public thanksgiving service at Kensington Oval, and a private funeral ...

Parents are being urged to check for unsafe ‘squishy’ toys in their homes after the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading (OFT) seized products that failed to meet basic safety standards. The warning comes after a Douglas retailer had 81 uns...

The State will not be shouldering any of the blame for the almost ten-year delay in prosecuting two civil servants accused of criminal deception and misconduct in public office. “I’m just hoping that when we begin these matters, we don’t hear a...

The West Indies Select XI faced a monumental task on the third day of their four-day warm-up fixture against Pakistan, reaching 268 for eight in response to the tourists’ imposing declaration of 455 for four at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy here o...

A multi-million dollar initiative designed to close the institutional and technical capacity gaps that are slowing the Caribbean’s energy transition is to  be launched here on Wednesday. The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the ...

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has temporarily relocated all coroner’s and hospital post-mortem examinations to Tudor’s Funeral Home in The Ivy, St Michael, with effect from yesterday. In a release, it stated this was as a result of its mortu...

Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge is again defending the Central Bank’s decision to establish an instant payment system, arguing that the country could not afford to leave it to market forces. He also said that last month’s introduc...