Schools cleared for reopening, new guidelines ‘coming’ Lourianne Graham17/04/20260138 views 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
Walters demands accountability over $160m IDB water loan Ricardo Roberts17/04/2026087 views Opposition lawmaker Ryan Walters has called for “radical transparency” in the management of a new $160m (US$80m) water infrastructure loan, warning that Barbadians must be clearly told how the debt… Read more
Exclusive: Landmark push to create First regulated conservation areas at Long Pond, Turners Hall Wood Emmanuel Joseph17/04/20260190 views 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 — Turners… Read more
Gun offences to be barred from record expungement, judge warns Jenique Belgrave17/04/20260172 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 Hinds17/04/20260247 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 Joseph16/04/20260188 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 Moore16/04/20260771 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