Sheria Brathwaite

Barbados is moving away from heavily institutionalised models of care for vulnerable young people, shifting instead towards more supportive, home-like environments, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Saturday. She made …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has warned that the rise of social media and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, has weakened meaningful communication between adults and young people, as she called …

A $14 million state-of-the-art residential facility designed to house and support foster children officially opened at Holders Hill, St James, on Saturday, marking a significant expansion of Barbados’ child protection …

More than 100 police officers — and possibly as many as 700 — who were deployed during the February 11 general election have gone nearly a month without receiving payment …

The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) has ordered staff of the Barbados Meteorological Service to stay away from a Christ Church site it said posed a “serious safety risk” …

Months after the sudden collapse of the Melvin’s Hill Bridge severed a key road link in St Joseph, residents said the slow pace of reconstruction has upended daily life and …

Barbados has cleared almost five million pounds of sargassum seaweed from its beaches in the past six months, amid the authorities’ warnings that the intensifying influx is set to double …

The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is keeping a close watch on rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, warning that any disruption to global supply chains could sharply increase the …

The cooperative running the Portvale Sugar Factory has dismissed the Unity Workers’ Union’s position that the mill should be treated as a “shop”, calling the claim “legally flawed” and warning …