The Chapman Challenge was launched today to much fanfare, with thousands of schoolchildren, along with educators, dignitaries, business leaders and members of Government, filling the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in Wildey, St Michael. The Chapman Challe...

The Barbados Fire Service today completed a rescue mission at 2nd Avenue Goodland St Michael, pulling a 59-year-old man from a 20-foot deep well at his residence. Divisional Commander Fernando McAllister and his 8-officer team had to deal with a 20-m...

The PSV Workers Association and officials of the Transport Authority are locked in a meeting at the authority’s Roebuck street offices following yesterday’s wild cat strike. The strike continued until 10 this morning when the meeting bega...

The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. A Defence Department official told the BBC the execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at ...

A number of departments and outpatient clinics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have been temporarily relocated to accommodate the expansion of the Enmore site. The $390 million project will add approximately 19 320 square metres of new medical ...

Trishtan Antone Barker-Savoury, who was the subject of an escaped suspect bulletin issued on October 3, is now in police custody. The Barbados Police Service said Barker-Savoury presented himself at the Black Rock Police Station on Thursday, October ...

Jamar Renaldo Hamilton, 41, of Ixora Crescent, St Thomas, has been charged with criminal damage and throwing stones on a highway. The Barbados Police Service said the offences occurred on October 5, 2026. Hamilton is scheduled to appear in the Distri...

Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce has been bestowed with the second highest National Honour, the Order of the Republic. It was conferred this morning at State House by President of Barbados The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic. “I’m lost for w...

The Caribbean is experiencing a two-speed economic recovery, with oil-producing Guyana and Suriname recording strong growth while tourism-dependent economies face a more moderate outlook amid high energy and transportation costs and softer tourism de...

Some public service vehicle (PSV) workers are on strike. The decision to park their buses was organised by the Public Sector Vehicle Workers Association. Only a few buses are in the Cheapside Terminal, and drivers say this will be their last trip.
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