Total Solar Eclipse: North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony Barbados Today08/04/20240556 views Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to… Read more
Excitement builds ahead of total solar eclipse in US, Mexico and Canada Barbados Today08/04/20240540 views Across the US, Mexico and Canada, people have rushed to stake out spots to witness a rare total solar eclipse, while forecasts for cloudy skies worry some hopeful spectators. The… Read more
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits New York City region, USGS says Barbados Today05/04/20240728 views A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity… Read more
UWI seismic officials monitoring water levels at Dominica’s Boiling Lake Barbados Today02/04/20240764 views PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 2, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) says the water levels… Read more
Nine-year-old wins climate change poster competition Sasha Mehter28/03/20240883 views Nine-year-old Hayli Cheeseman is the winner of the 2024 Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) inaugural World Meteorology Day Poster Competition in which students showed how Barbados can combat the effects of… Read more
No decision yet on water restrictions – BWA Dawne Parris23/03/20240964 views No decision has been taken on whether there will be water prohibition this year, marketing officer at the Barbados Water Authority Yvette Harris-Griffith said on Friday. But she has urged… Read more
BREA to put proposals for renewable energy under microscope Sandy Deane23/03/20240536 views Government’s budgetary measures to unlock business in the stalled renewable energy sector will come under the scrutiny of the Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) when it meets next week. BREA’s… Read more
Fogging schedule for February 26 – March 1 Barbados Today25/02/20240367 views The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will concentrate its mosquito eradication efforts in the east and north of the island this week. The team will… Read more
Fogging schedule for February 12 – 16 Barbados Today11/02/20240422 views The Vector Control Unit will continue its mosquito eradication efforts in three parishes this week, when it conducts its fogging exercise. The team will start in St James and St… Read more
Four parishes to be fogged this week Barbados Today03/12/20230134 views Emphasis will be placed on four parishes this week when the Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness continues its fogging exercise. The programme starts in St… Read more