More Bajans showing interest in growing their own food Shanna Moore16/10/20260215 views More Barbadians are exploring ways to grow their own food, with householders showing increasing interest in hydroponics, greenhouse cultivation and other methods that require relatively little space. The Barbados Agricultural… Read more
Crop rotation concerns emerge amid fungal diseases Shanna Moore15/10/20260306 views Fungal diseases affecting pumpkins, squash and watermelons are among the problems being reported to agricultural extension officers, with concerns that some farmers’ planting practices could be increasing their crops’ vulnerability… Read more
Backing Guyana’s candidate, PM cools talk of own UN bid Shanna Moore26/09/20260303 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thrown Barbados’ support behind Guyanese former foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett to become the 10th United Nations Secretary-General, while playing down the prospect of seeking the… Read more
Mottley proposes UN teams to tackle global conflicts Shanna Moore26/09/2026096 views From Gaza and Ukraine to Sudan and Yemen, escalating conflicts are taking a mounting human and economic toll, prompting Prime Minister Mia Mottley to propose a new United Nations mechanism… Read more
Barbados to host UN AI panel as global concern over safeguards grows Shanna Moore25/09/20260276 views Barbados will host the second in-person meeting of the United Nations’ Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence in November, placing the Caribbean at the centre of a widening global… Read more
Mottley: Climate finance ‘math simply ain’t mathing’ Shanna Moore25/09/20260223 views Climate-vulnerable countries face an annual financing shortfall of about US$400bn by 2030 while being forced to pay billions more in borrowing costs because of their exposure to climate shocks, Prime… Read more
PM Mottley challenges UN veto power Shanna Moore25/09/20260225 views Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thrown Barbados’ support behind a push to curb the use of the United Nations Security Council veto in cases of mass atrocities, as she called… Read more
Top cop rejects claims of unpaid police allowances Shanna Moore23/09/202601.5K views Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce has rejected claims surrounding the non-payment of extra duty allowances to police officers, saying a processing problem with electronic pay sheets has instead resulted in… Read more
Media urged to put children before the story in disaster coverage Shanna Moore18/09/2026060 views Journalists across the Caribbean are being urged to rethink how they cover disasters, with greater attention to protecting children and other vulnerable people rather than simply being first with the… Read more
Climate plans fail to track investment in children – study Shanna Moore17/09/20260109 views Climate plans across Barbados and five other Eastern Caribbean countries do not contain the measures needed to track whether climate investments are actually benefiting children, according to a new UNICEF… Read more