Sheria Brathwaite

What to know Finance Minister Ryan Straughn announced new financial, accessibility and sports initiatives for people with disabilities. Key projects include an Accessible Bridgetown corridor linking the Elsie Payne Roundabout …

Barbados is set to welcome Nigerian traditional leader Regent Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze this week for a visit aimed at deepening cultural, historical and ancestral links to West Africa, the source …

Finance Minister Ryan Straughn has warned businesses against price gouging as he outlined a series of measures to shield Barbadians from rising global shipping and fuel costs during his Budget …

Farmers are to receive increased government support to tackle rising production costs, climate-related losses, and crop and livestock theft, finance minister Ryan Straughn announced on Monday in the Budget speech …

Customs and Excise on Monday stepped up efforts to curb the smuggling of illegal firearms, with 20 customs officers beginning specialist training to identify and disrupt the trafficking of illegal …

The 2026 sugar crop is set to begin on Tuesday with Portvale Sugar Factory accepting canes from daybreak, but veteran farmers warned that the centuries-old sugar industry now stands at …

The finalisation of a long-awaited long leave agreement for nurses, the outcome of a job evaluation exercise, and the creation of additional posts within the nursing service top the Barbados …

Fish vendors at the Consett Bay Fish Market are crying foul over repairs being carried out without notice, saying the unexpected work has disrupted their operations just weeks before the …

Agriculture Minister Dr Shantal Munro-Knight has denied that septic waste was dumped on farmland at Spencer’s, Christ Church, insisting the material was left nearby but not on cultivated land, and …