Local News St Joseph folk welcome water project but demand relief by Lourianne Graham 17/04/2026 written by Lourianne Graham 6 min read St Joseph residents have welcomed a more than $100m water infrastructure project aimed at replacing ageing mains and resolving long-standing supply issues across the island, but they say urgent relief … Continue Reading 17/04/2026 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local News Schools cleared for reopening, new guidelines โcomingโ by Lourianne Graham 17/04/2026 by Lourianne Graham 17/04/2026 As the Ministry of Education Transformation prepares to welcome the Trinity term on Monday, Minister Chad Blackman has announced plans to release a set of protocols to guide the environmental … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local News Walters demands accountability over $160m IDB water loan by Ricardo Roberts 17/04/2026 by Ricardo Roberts 17/04/2026 Opposition lawmaker Ryan Walters has called for โradical transparencyโ in the management of a new $160m (US$80m) water infrastructure loan, warning that Barbadians must be clearly told how the debt … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EnvironmentLocal News Exclusive: Landmark push to create First regulated conservation areas at Long Pond, Turners Hall Wood by Emmanuel Joseph 17/04/2026 by Emmanuel Joseph 17/04/2026 Barbados has taken its first concrete steps towards establishing regulated conservation areas and a national forest, with work now underway at two ecologically significant sites in St Andrew โ Turners … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CourtLocal News Gun offences to be barred from record expungement, judge warns by Jenique Belgrave 17/04/2026 by Jenique Belgrave 17/04/2026 Gun offenders face a double legal reckoning: not only may fines for unlicensed firearms be abolished as a sentencing option, but proposed legislation would permanently bar such convictions from ever … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CricketLocal NewsSports BCA president looking past Kensington Oval debacle by Kurtis Hinds 17/04/2026 by Kurtis Hinds 17/04/2026 President of the Barbados Cricket Association Calvin Hope no longer intends to be drawn into discussions surrounding the highly publicised spat with Cricket West Indies regarding Kensington Oval. Hope … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News Experts โdeeply worriedโ as four in ten children now overweight or obese by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2026 by Emmanuel Joseph 16/04/2026 More than four in ten Barbadian children are overweight or obese, according to new research that public health experts are calling a national crisis requiring urgent, society-wide action โ including … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local News Govโt secures $160m IDB deal to tackle water infrastructure by Shanna Moore 16/04/2026 by Shanna Moore 16/04/2026 Barbados is set to embark on a sweeping overhaul of its failing water infrastructure under a $160m (US$80 million) investment backed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) โ a move … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
BusinessLocal NewsTransportation Exclusive: Side-hustle boom pushes motor numbers past 181k by Emmanuel Joseph 15/04/2026 by Emmanuel Joseph 15/04/2026 Barbados is spending more foreign exchange on importing cars than on medicines or ships โ ranking third in the country’s overall import bill โ as a growing culture of entrepreneurship … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CourtLocal News Lawyer on trial for $855 000 theft by Jenique Belgrave 15/04/2026 by Jenique Belgrave 15/04/2026 The trial of an attorney accused of stealing more than $800 000 from a client has begun in the No. 5 Supreme Court. Hilary Nelson, of Bagatelle Terrace, St … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
