Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. Missing is Earl Kenrick Rollins, 50 years, of Reece Land, Brittons Hill, St. Michael. He was last seen in Bridgetown on the 16 May 2013. Description Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Earl Rollins is asked to contact Hastings Police Station at […]

Montserrat received an improved rating following the end of the final review of the Strategic Growth Programme from DFID but has work to do in several key areas including tax reforms. According to a statement from the Department for International Development (DFID), the government “sustained its commitment to the reforms process since the mid-term review […]

The old adage says that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and this could not be truer for children, who need healthy, nutritious, balanced breakfast to start their day right. Recognizing this need, through its Adopt-a-Cause programme, CIBC FirstCaribbean came to the aid of the Christ the King Breakfast Feeding programme and […]

Digicel, proud sponsor of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL T20), has launched an exciting new marketing campaign in support of its sponsorship of the new T20 cricket tournament. The new campaign went live this week with the launch of Digicel’s “Play Your Part‘ Facebook competition where fans can win the chance to either present the […]

Members of the Drug Squad have arrested and charged Trinidadian national O’Brian Kenny Mackie, 25 years, for the offences of: • Possession of 1 1/2 lbs of cocaine • Possession with intent to supply • Trafficking; and • Importation. Mackie is expected to appear at the District B Magistrate Court today Monday 27 May 2013. […]

Members of the Major Crimes Unit arrested and charged Terrence Caswell Meusa, 43 years, a Guyanese national, for the offence of Arson, in relation to a fire which occurred at the Rio Guest House, St. Lawrence, Christ Church on 17 SEPTEMBER 2012. Meusa arrived in Barbados on 9th September 2012 and checked in at the […]

1st Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward (WRC-1 Monster/Sol/Chefette/Digicel/Virgin Atlantic/Gunk/Hankook Tyres/Redline Fuels/Simpson Finance/Simpson Motors Suzuki SX4 WRC), 1m 16.73s 2nd Paul Bird – ENG/Aled Davies – WAL (WRC-1 Frank Bird Poultry/Rapid Solicitors/Fuchs Titan Race Oils Ford Focus WRC08), 1m 17.07s 3rd Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (WRC-1 Sol/Michelin/Simpson Motors/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 1m 17.95s 4th […]

District A Detectives have arrested and charged Nicholas Henry Rico Bailey, 23 years of Phillips Road, St Stephen’s Hill, Black Rock, Saint Michael and Shaquille Rashad Dacosta Walters, 18 years of Long Gap, Spooners Hill, Saint Michael for a total of 5 robberies which occurred at the Cave Hill Campus of the UWI. Bailey has […]

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has confirmed the agenda for the third Retreat of Caribbean Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s), which takes place in Barbados for the first time at the Hilton Barbados Resort on May 30, and 31. Over 80 delegates from Barbados, Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize and Haiti are expected […]

Nobody shoots mayhem better than Roland Emmerich! The ‘Independence Day‘ director tells us how he brought the action to life with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx.

For years I have endured teasing, ribbing, jokes and outright threats how I, Ian Bourne, am both or either Barbados Free Press & B’dos Underground as well as here at Bajan Reporter – where do I find the time, I always reply… The answers are beyond ridiculous or sublime and verge on something which would […]

One of reggae’s most prolific artists Sizzla returns with his 70th album The Messiah on May 28th (Kalonji Music/VP Records). Since his emergence in 1995, the enigmatic vocalist has undeniably put his stamp on the genre regardless of the current style or trend. His latest effort showcases his musical depth, passion and precision in partnership […]

{EDITOR’S NOTE – Video Highlights will soon be uploaded} Details of the upcoming Caribbean Premier League player draft, the names of the remaining international players and the West Indies elite players and the CPL television ads was just some of the information revealed in a press conference held in Barbados by CPL officials that was […]

Martina Gedeck, star of the Academy Award-winning film The Lives Of Others, brings a vivid intensity to her role as an unnamed woman who inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the beautiful Austrian mountainside where she is vacationing. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she […]

Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

A secret brotherhood of assassins — The Guillotines, once favored by the Emperor, are now a force of terror and oppression under a new regime.

CAVEAT – Spice Islanders remain heavily divided over proposed tourism development and this News-Blog has been chosen as a voice to express concerns. We’re still pleased to be viewed as a voice for change. However, in their passion to object the Citizens’ Group can get a bit outlandish, we got rather testy calls from the […]

Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) became the first Caribbean airport to receive the International Transport Award given by the Global Trade Leaders’ Club (GTLC) since the award was established 15 years ago. It was also the only airport to receive the award this year out of a total of 15 awardees. Receiving the award in […]

The countdown is on to the Avalon Invest Caribbean Now forum, the definitive Caribbean investment meeting and the most promoted item on the Caribbean Week calendar, set for June 5th from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Radisson Martinique, 49 West 32nd Street at Broadway in New York City. With over 1,000 media placements already including on the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, […]

Montserrat’s Premier Reuben Meade wants a regional approach to deal with an increasing number of international regulations regarding financial services and international taxation. He made the remarks at the 43rd meeting of the Board of Governors’ of the Caribbean Development Bank in St. Lucia recently. Premier Meade told the finance ministers that the Caribbean is […]

Since opening its doors in early 2003, the St. Kitts Marriott Resort & the Royal Beach Casino has enjoyed a decade of supporting and giving back to the Community and is just getting started. The St Kitts Marriott hotel supports the following St. Kitts businesses and organizations: • The Ripple Institute is an operational arm […]

St. Martin’s first natural hair group and hair care product line, “Don’t Break the Comb,” will launch at the St. Martin Book Fair on June 1, 2013, at 11 am, at the University of St. Martin, said biologist Taymer Mason. Don’t Break the Comb is the brainchild of founders Taymer Mason and Rochelle Ward (Faizah […]