Fiery ABC Highway crash hurts five; road safety chief urges caution Shamar Blunt17/04/20260450 views Five people were hospitalised following a fiery four-vehicle crash along the ABC Highway during the Thursday morning rush hour, prompting renewed calls for caution from the president of the Road… Read more
Exclusive: Side-hustle boom pushes motor numbers past 181k Emmanuel Joseph15/04/202601.3K views Barbados is spending more foreign exchange on importing cars than on medicines or ships — ranking third in the country’s overall import bill — as a growing culture of entrepreneurship… Read more
Digital licences to end long queues at Licensing Authority Shamar Blunt03/04/202607.6K views Drivers frustrated by long waits at the Barbados Licensing Authority’s Pine headquarters to collect their driver’s licence cards could soon say goodbye to the queues, with the introduction of a… Read more
Moves to ease traffic gridlock in north Shamar Blunt02/04/202601.3K 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
Minister calls for better planning, amenities in new housing developments Shamar Blunt01/04/2026072 views Minister of Transport and Works Kirk Humphrey has urged that future public housing projects be designed to make them more liveable, calling for community facilities such as parks, playing fields… Read more
‘All-day peak’: Barbados ‘nears standstill’ as 181 000 vehicles choke roads Ricardo Roberts24/03/20260582 views The island is facing an escalating traffic crisis, with more than 181000 registered vehicles now cramming the island’s narrow road network as a senior traffic manager painted a stark picture… Read more
AOPT in favour of technology being used to monitor PSVs Shamar Blunt23/03/20260171 views Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), Roy Raphael has welcomed government’s proposed move to mandate dashcams and GPS tracking systems on all public service vehicles (PSVs), describing… Read more
Transport minister: Stronger role for mass transit authority in tackling traffic woes Jenique Belgrave19/03/20260133 views New Minister of Transport and Works Kirk Humphrey has signalled a broad overhaul of Barbados’ approach to solving its chronic traffic congestion, declaring that a stronger, better resourced Mass Transit… Read more
Mandatory dashcams, GPS for PSVs, AG urges Shamar Blunt18/03/20260146 views Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams on Wednesday called for all public service vehicles (PSVs) to be equipped with mandatory dashcams and GPS tracking, arguing that stronger regulation is now needed to… Read more
BHTA chief suggests new highway to combat traffic gridlock Ricardo Roberts18/03/202601.1K views Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Chairman Javon Griffith on Tuesday called for urgent national intervention to address “unacceptable” traffic congestion – suggesting a new cross-country highway – and avert… Read more