Gun offences to be barred from record expungement, judge warns Jenique Belgrave17/04/20260170 views 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
BCA president looking past Kensington Oval debacle Kurtis Hinds17/04/20260246 views 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
Experts ‘deeply worried’ as four in ten children now overweight or obese Emmanuel Joseph16/04/20260157 views 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 – including… Read more
Gov’t secures $160m IDB deal to tackle water infrastructure Shanna Moore16/04/20260755 views 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) – a move… 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
Lawyer on trial for $855 000 theft Jenique Belgrave15/04/202606K views 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
Uncle remembers ‘quiet’ young man after fatal shooting Lauryn Escamilla15/04/202601.2K views Still grappling with shock, the great uncle of 26-year-old UWI law student Daquan Roberts said on Wednesday the family was struggling to come to terms with his sudden death, following… Read more
Nearly all businesses micro or small enterprises, ‘struggling’, new study finds Lourianne Graham15/04/20260575 views A landmark national study has found that while micro, small and medium enterprises account for 98 per cent of Barbados’s private sector businesses and employ more than half the private-sector… Read more
CAAP urges Barbados to cut ties with Israel over ‘genocide’ claims Lourianne Graham15/04/2026074 views The Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine (CAAP) has called for Barbados to sever diplomatic and trade ties with Israel, citing what it described as genocide and religious oppression of both… Read more
Govt turns to faith groups with $5m youth action fund Lourianne Graham10/04/20260416 views The government has called on faith-based organisations to spearhead new programmes tackling youth deviance, as it launches a $5m annual fund to support initiatives aimed at building skills, employment pathways… Read more