The retail prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene will increase effective midnight, Sunday, May 17. Gasoline will retail at $4.01 per litre and diesel at $3.21 per litre, representing increases of 28 cents and six cents, respectively. The price of ...

A small craft advisory is in effect for Barbados for above normal swell heights, and this pattern is expected to persist through Tuesday. The Atlantic high-pressure system is generating winds of 20 to 25 knots across the Tropical Atlantic, says the B...

Various districts in St James, St Michael and St George will be visited by the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness next week. The unit will start in the following communities on Monday, May 18: Black Bess Terrace, 1st and 2nd A...

The man who was shot and killed at Skeetes Road, Jackman, St Michael earlier this morning was identified by a relative as Damian Shurland Hakeam Parris. The body of the 36 year old, who lived at Chelsea Road, also in St Michael,  was found lying...

GovTech Barbados is rolling out a series of citizen-focused digital services, aimed at improving access to public services and reducing frustrations experienced by Barbadians when accessing Government agencies.  The state entity, which was establish...

ST JOHN’s – Residents across Antigua and Barbuda have been describing scenes after a powerful earthquake struck northeast of the country yesterday morning. According to the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies, the e...

By Cheryl Harewood Contemporary visual artist Alex Marshall always loved drawing and wanted to be an architect. Life, however, had something else in store for him. He took to painting instead, and ten years ago, the now 33-year-old insurance broker b...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province, which has seen around ...

Pioneer Tessa Chaderton-Shaw, the first head of the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA), was results-oriented.  To her family she was the quintessential first-born daughter looking after everyone and passionate about preserving the family...

The next generation of Caribbean bodybuilding yesterday flexed its potential during the opening salvo of the 2026 Roger Boyce Classic, as an energetic crop of juniors lit up the stage and proved that the sport’s future is in capable hands.  Before...