As part of the premiere of the movie The Avengers, HBO Latin America together with Cable Bahamas joined forces to take one lucky winner and three friends or family members to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The winner, who must be subscribed to the HBO/MAX package with Cable Bahamas, will receive four airline tickets […]

What did winning such an award mean to you? In August 2011, I was pleasantly surprised when I received a call from a representative of Royal Fidelity who informed me that I was one of the ten finalists for an award as ‘A Royal Fidelity-National Distinguished Teacher’. I froze in that moment as I captured […]

CPL officials announced the country assignments for the 12 franchise players – six West Indian and six international – and named the six head coaches and six assistant coaches at a press briefing in Trinidad, making good on CPL’s promise to keep the public updated on plans for the Caribbean Premier League inaugural tournament and to […]

“We have liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things which conflict with our fundamental rights.” – B.R. Ambedkar This quote by the prolific revolutionary B.R. Ambedkar identifies the problem of discrimination within a society, and notes the solution as freedom. We as free thinking people […]

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of John Baptiste, 40 years of Barbarees Gardens, St. Michael, which occurred about 12:20 am on Friday 31 May 2013, at Loni’s Bar, Nelson Street, Bridgetown. Police are continuing investigations. David Welch – Insp. Public Relations Officer

Digicel Risings Stars Season 10 is ending its Jamaica-wide search to find the next Rising Star, this Sunday June 2 at the Ranny Williams Centre in Kingston. Over the last 3 weeks, the Digicel Rising Stars judges went from East to West in search of Extraordinary talent. The judges Craigy T, Tanya Stephens and Anthony […]

Royal Fidelity, in association with the Ministry of Education, Science & Technology launched the 3rd annual Royal Fidelity National Distinguished Teachers’ Awards on April 29th, 2013. This community initiative awards 10 outstanding teachers who are nominated by parents, students and other members of the community. As Royal Fidelity works with RBC Royal Bank, LIME, and Neal & […]

On Tuesday 4th June 2013, the same day that the new banknotes go into circulation, Barbadians will get the opportunity to learn more about the notes. The Central Bank of Barbados will be holding two Take Note training sessions for the public in the Frank Collymore Hall of the Tom Adams Financial Centre. The first session […]

The comic has gained him thousands of followers from across the globe who have noted the comic to be as insightful as it is entertaining. Yale also provides back-up strips in Image Comic’s “The Legend of Luther Strode“.

Detectives in the Southern Division have arrested and charged Shamaine Alexander Hinkson, 18 years of Lower Brighton, St. George for 8 counts of burglary which occurred at the St. Lukes-Brighton Primary School, located at St. Lukes, St. George. Shamaine Hinkson appeared Friday 31 May at the DISTRICT “C” MAGISTRATE’s COURT, and was remanded until 5th […]

SUMMER ARTS PROGRAMME STARTS JULY 8TH 2013 REGISTRATION OPEN FORMS & GROUP RATES AVAILABLE! Tel. (246) 417- 4776 Fax (246) 417-8903 ebcci@cavehill.uwi.edu www.cavehill.uwi.edu/ebcci Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, St. Michael Barbados, BB11000

Dear Art friend & Word lover! If you’ve received this information before, PLEASE NOTE: the venues have switched. – The reading on Saturday, June 1 is now in Queen’s Park by the bandstand. – The reading on Saturday, June 8 (World Oceans Day) is now on the Boardwalk, Hastings (in that cool spot just behind […]

“Walkin’ In My Own Shoes” is a Jazz and vocal showcase running for the 2nd year at the Frank Collymore Hall. It’s the brain child of Vocalist & Vocal trainer Kellie Cadogan and is packed with exciting performances, musical drama and original compositions showcasing singers in training (varying levels) to professional singers, musicians and actors. […]

As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations the Barbados Museum and Historical Society will be undertaking an 18 month upgrade that will see the installation and use of technology in its exhibits, as it seeks to draw more young people through its doors. CIBC FirstCaribbean will play a major role in the fund raising efforts […]

IN THE MIDDLE of musing about regional cooperation, tourism Ministers and Commissioners were recently invited to imagine a gestalt entity, “the United States of the Caribbean.” They were invited to consider what such an entity would look like. Thomas Sowell has written extensively about the achievements of people from the Caribbean in the United States […]

The Government of Montserrat is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI’s) for the proposed Montserrat Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Project. According to Denzil West, Director of the Department for Information Technology and eGovernment Services (DITES), the government is considering five different Project Business Models for the development and implementation of the project, and “intends to identify […]

A donation of over 100 comic books and graphic novels to the Barbados National Library Service has helped boost that institution’s small but very popular collection of graphic novels. The donation was made possible though two online communities and the efforts of one UWI Cave Hill campus student Rashid Holder. Holder is a member of […]

Trinidad and Tobago kicked off with a strong wind to their backs and immediately put pressure on the Barbados line with strong play from their forwards. With pressure building and from play started from what appeared to be a “knock-on“, Trinidad scored a try in the centre by J Philips after 4 minutes converted by […]

The dominance of Digicel in the telecommunications industry was transferred to the streets over the weekend when Digicel sponsored rally drivers, Neil Armstrong and brothers, Roger and Barry Mayers came out on the top in the Scotiabank King Of the Hill event. In his first full year in the new Suzuki SX4, Armstrong showed why […]

Five-member Barbadian band, NexCyx, is readying the release of their newest single, “Eternal Summer.” The upbeat, island-influenced track comes to fans just after the band closed a successful season of Mahalia’s Corner and opened for world-renowned musical act, Air Supply, last week. “We are eager to share this song with our fans in Barbados and […]

The newly-appointed Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Cricket Committee, chaired by former Jamaica Prime Minister, PJ Patterson, held its first meeting in Jamaica where key issues were discussed, the CPL plans and progress were presented and decisions were taken pertaining to the inaugural Tournament which starts on 30 July in Barbados. The initial part of the […]

Digicel is making the Android experience affordable and accessible to all with the launch of its own affordable smartphone, which is now available at Digicentres across Barbados. Dubbed the Digicel Smartphone DL600, the device features a large 3.5 inch display, the Android Operating System (Jellybean 4.1), a 1Ghz processor and an aesthetically appealing and fresh […]

THE WORLD’S fastest man – Usain Bolt– appears more likely to compete at Glasgow 2014 after Virgin Media were unveiled as the latest sponsor of the Commonwealth Games. They will also be the Presenting Partner of Athletics, which is due to take place at Hampden Park and is expected to be the highlight of Glasgow […]

With the Dominican Republic’s economy expanding by only 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, less than expected, their Central Bank has announced it is lowering the benchmark interest rate from 5 to 4.25%. “Production has been below its potential capacity and during the January-March quarter the growth rate was below the average from […]

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