Disability council: Families of autistic children need help Lourianne Graham02/04/2026038 views The Barbados Council for the Disabled has called for workplace flexibility, affordable therapy services and purpose-built care facilities for young adults with autism, warning that families face mounting financial strain… Read more
Hundreds of police still awaiting election duty pay Sheria Brathwaite02/04/20260265 views 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… Read more
Make A Book Project empowers young writers Lauryn Escamilla02/04/2026050 views The fourth edition of a nationwide initiative to nurture young storytellers was launched on International Children’s Book Day, with education officials hailing the Make A Book Project as a “platform… Read more
NUPW flags serious safety risk at Met Service site Sheria Brathwaite02/04/20260193 views 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”… Read more
High Court rules police had basis to charge murder-accused after disclosure challenge Emmanuel Joseph02/04/20260257 views Two men charged with murder who spent more than three years on remand at Dodds without receiving disclosure have lost a High Court bid to challenge their prosecution. But in… Read more
Regional police chiefs urged to stay above politics, policy pressure Shamar Blunt02/04/2026054 views Law enforcement leaders across the Eastern Caribbean have been put on notice: no matter how much politics encroaches on policing, professional standards must not slip. Commissioner of the Royal Grenada… Read more
Moves to ease traffic gridlock in north Shamar Blunt02/04/20260599 views Barbados is recording average traffic speeds as low as five kilometres per hour on some of its main highways, with key junctions in the north and west among the worst… Read more
More may have voted in February than official turnout figure suggests – pollster Emmanuel Joseph02/04/2026097 views More than a quarter of a million Barbadians were registered to vote on February 11, yet barely four in ten cast a ballot — but even that figure may be… Read more
Central Bank’s BiMPay digital payments ‘to expand financial access for all’ Ricardo Roberts02/04/2026068 views Barbadians without a bank account could be signed up for one in as little as half-an-hour under a new instant digital payment system the Central Bank is set to launch… Read more
Education Ministry ramps up autism support amid rising cases Lourianne Graham02/04/2026020 views The Ministry of Education Transformation is ramping up its efforts to interact with and teach children with autism amid calls for more in-class assistance from parents, an official has said.… Read more