President of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Calvin Hope opened the local season with a touch of class as he spun the coin to start the marquee match-up between Wildey and Fusionz Boutique Spartan. Hope, an attorney and longstanding administra...

Shania Mottley won Barbados’ first medal this morning at the 2026 CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada. Competing in the Under-17 girls’ high jump, Mottley cleared 1.69 metres to capture the bronze. It was two centimetres under her personal be...

The United States human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has condemned the latest US military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that killed four people. On Friday, Human Rights Watch said the strike “highlights a sustained pattern of unlawfu...

The 39th edition of the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships officially got underway on Friday during an impressive, culturally explosive opening ceremony here at the Stade Georges Gratiant. The event, which brought together over 500 swimmers from 24 ...

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 85-year-old Joseph Brathwaite, also known as “Norman” or “Nou”, of Gill Land, Eastmont, St John. Brathwaite was last seen on Thursday, April 1. He is described as approximately 5 feet 6...

The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) begins its series of tax clinics today, offering taxpayers timely in-person support during the peak filing period. Taxpayers can access this support at the Queen’s Park Steel Shed and the Rices Resourc...

A few Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidates predictably failed to garner enough votes to hold on to their $250 deposits, as did the Leader of the Friends of Democracy and all others in the coalition party. None of the fringe party members or Indep...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with robbery and wounding with intent in connection with an incident on March 27. Jaheim Remere Holder, of Licorish Village, My Lords Hill, St Michael, was arrested and charged by the Police. The charges relate to a...

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told Cricket West Indies (CWI) that this country will “not depend exclusively” on it for cricketing opportunities and she intends to pursue other available avenues to develop players and other people involved i...

Barbados Pride have been forced to make a change to their 13-member squad for the first match of the revamped Regional Four-day First-class Championship. Jediah Baldes, the rookie left-arm seamer, has been called up to replace Ramon Simmonds, another...