For 25 years, the National Wellbeing & HIV Commission has stood at the forefront of Barbados’ fight against HIV championing awareness, prevention, education, support and hope. Since its establishment in 2001 as the National HIV/AIDS Commission,...

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is warning that Barbados’ worsening crime situation could begin threatening the island’s tourism industry following the recent attack on a visitor near Savvy on the Bay at Bay Street, St Michael. “To have it sp...

The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) is predicting a below normal Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Season in 2026. Forecasters say this should be in the range of eight to 14 named storms, with three to six expected to become hurricanes, including one to th...

Barbados has activated heightened public health surveillance systems and intensified screening measures at its airport and seaport amid growing international concern over the latest ebola outbreak in Africa. Health authorities have pointed out that w...

A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the plane “in error”, officials have said. US entry restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of the de...

The Barbados Police Service says several young men have been arrested following investigations into a robbery involving a visitor to the island. Police said the incident occurred near a business establishment along Bay Street, St Michael on Sunday, M...

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Terry Corie Alexandra Waldron, also known as “Mad Rapper”, who is wanted for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters. Police said Waldron has no fixed pl...

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s pace quartet of Jayden Seales, Anderson Phillip, Terrance Hinds and Joshua James ran through the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ lineup in impressive fashion to bowl their side to its first West Indies Championship title in t...

The Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) says it is moving swiftly to protect employees of the Trinidad Express newspaper following the company’s decision to retrench several editorial staff members as part of a restructuring exerci...

Barbadian workers engaged in non-standard forms of employment who currently find themselves outside the National Insurance and Social Security Service net are being targeted for coverage under the island’s social security system.  The National Por...