Crime crisis demands urgent action, Dems warn Lourianne Graham14/04/20260197 views The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) on Tuesday called for quicker government action amid what it described as a full-blown crime crisis requiring urgent intervention. DLP shadow legal affairs minister… Read more
Regional police chiefs urged to stay above politics, policy pressure Shamar Blunt02/04/2026082 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
More may have voted in February than official turnout figure suggests – pollster Emmanuel Joseph02/04/20260113 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
Govt ‘ready’, brokers not so sure, for April 1 budget measures Emmanuel Joseph31/03/20260252 views The Ministry of Finance said it was ready to roll out a wide range of new measures announced in its mid-March Budget, with government departments working to ensure the policies… Read more
New DLP leadership faces ‘long road’ to credibility, analysts say Ricardo Roberts31/03/20260169 views Following almost a decade of being shut out of Parliament and suffering three consecutive electoral defeats, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is taking its first tentative steps toward a massive… Read more
DLP unveils new shadow ministry as part of revival strategy Lourianne Graham30/03/20260833 views The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) says it is working to rebuild public trust following three consecutive electoral defeats. Speaking during a press conference at the DLP headquarters on Sunday, Acting… Read more
Govt opens second SEA social services centre Ricardo Roberts27/03/202602.1K views Barbados’ network of social support services expanded on Friday with the second Social Empowerment Agency (SEA) client centre now open and 11 more expected to follow across the island, in… Read more
New EBC chair to mull election mission report Emmanuel Joseph26/03/20260123 views Business executive Debra Debbie Hughes has been appointed to chair Barbados’ Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) and has pledged to prioritise electoral reform when the board convenes for the first… Read more
King urges new approach to sport, culture as growth key Ricardo Roberts24/03/20260133 views Barbados must urgently reposition sport and culture from the sidelines to the centre stage of national development, Senator John King said on Monday, arguing that these creative industries could be… Read more
Independent senator urges budget reform to fix widening fiscal gaps Ricardo Roberts24/03/20260153 views Independent Senator Andrew Niles has urged the government to overhaul the way it prepares and manages the national budget, warning that persistent gaps between requests and actual spending are exposing… Read more