Next Friday is decision day for self-confessed arsonist Kimberly Shantelle Brathwaite. That’s when she will learn the punishment for starting the fire, which began when she torched her boyfriend’s clothes, and which went on to damage a six-apartm...

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) says while it is backing Government’s proposed anti-gang legislation, the bill in its current form does not go far enough to dismantle the financial and organisational structures driving violent crime in Barbados. ...

Alpha Sharks Swim Club (ASSC) made the strongest statement on the opening day of the 34th annual Sonia O’Neal Memorial Aquatics Centre Invitational, finishing Thursday’s session atop the standings with 204 points at the Barbados Aq...

General secretary of Unity Workers Union (UWU) Caswell Franklyn is charging that the portability of national insurance benefits which Member of Parliament Toni Moore has introduced in the House of Assembly in a Private Member’s Resolution, is simpl...

In a stunning move on Friday, the Trump administration in the United States announced that Caribbean and other applicants for permanent residency status, or green card, must return to their homeland to apply. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (...

Chief executive officer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Neil Clark, wants to establish a regional network of Caribbean hospital leaders to share ideas, strengthen management and accelerate health care transformation across the region. He said ...

The Barbados Police Service has arrested and formally charged 27-year-old Justin Jamar Maynard of Block 7C, Haynesville, St James in connection with several offences committed on May 19, 2026. Maynard was charged with wounding, assault occasioning ac...

The feud between Shauntelle Butcher and some members of her family came to a head on Thursday. Unable to resolve their differences, an eviction order was enforced and the upset woman, along with her five children and three grands, could only watch th...

Minister of Energy, Business Development and Commerce Kerrie Symmonds says Barbados must move quickly to diversify its economy by expanding non-traditional service industries such as cybersecurity, data protection and digital services. Symmonds made ...

Motorists using the junction of Highway 7 and Rendezvous Road are expected to experience improved traffic flow following recent upgrades to the signal system designed to reduce delays and improve safety. The changes were outlined by Deputy Chief Tech...