Guyana’s President travels to Cuba for medical treatment Barbados Today20/07/20190306 views GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President David Granger left Guyana on Saturday for Cuba where he has been undergoing treatment for cancer. Granger, who celebrated his 77th birthday earlier this week,… Read more
GUYANA – ‘Pepper spray saved my life’ Barbados Today19/07/20191295 views GEORGETOWN – For two years, she suffered severe beatings at the hands of a man she truly loved and wanted to please. She was battered and bruised for many days… Read more
REGIONAL – Saint Lucia Carnival organisers say nudity and lewd behaviour unacceptable Barbados Today18/07/20190825 views CASTRIES – Organisers of Saint Lucia Carnival 2019 have declared the event a resounding success by the large turnout of people, particularly in the final two days of the Parade… Read more
Antigua looking at new destinations for LIAT Barbados Today13/07/20198840 views ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says its future plans for the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, is to have it fly as far north as Florida,… Read more
TRINIDAD – Young: ‘Brothels will not be tolerated’ Barbados Today12/07/20193739 views PORT OF SPAIN – National Security Minister Stuart Young said the illegality of brothels will not be tolerated. He was speaking yesterday at the post-Cabinet media conference at the Diplomatic… Read more
REGIONAL – US family hits out over shark death in Bahamas Barbados Today12/07/20190359 views NASSAU – The family of the American woman killed in a shark attack while swimming off Rose Island in June has claimed the tour company had no basic medical supplies… Read more
JAMAICA – A fall or beating? Barbados Today10/07/20194208 views KINGSTON – A mother is demanding answers after an expletive-laced altercation between her son and members of a police team manning a checkpoint on Pretoria Road in Kingston 13 left him… Read more
Caribbean economist urges governments to reduce air fares Barbados Today07/07/201958721 views (Source: Demerara Waves Online) – Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Justin Ram has slammed regional governments for the high cost of air travel and he has… Read more
Investigators search for clues in Bahamas chopper crash Barbados Today06/07/20192474 views (Source – AP): Accident investigators in the Bahamas are conducting underwater surveying and mapping of the site of a helicopter crash that killed West Virginia coal magnate Chris Cline and… Read more
HAITI – At least five dead following downpour Barbados Today04/07/20190334 views PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least five people were killed and three are missing in Haiti after a torrential downpour buffeted the capital of Port-au-Prince, the country’s civil protection agency said Wednesday.… Read more