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EDITOR NOTE – A Voice Note from WhatsApp indicated her cell gave a ping near Braggs Hill, St Joseph The Police thank all relevant Barbadians for locating Karen Elizabeth Harris. Description David Welch – ASP (Ag); Public Relations Officer

Led by the United African Congress, Give Them a Hand Foundation and the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation – Etana and VP Records have joined the effort to fight Ebola and participate in the “Stop Ebola and Build For the Future” campaign and concert at the United Nations on Mon. March 2, 2015. These initiatives will benefit […]

Chefette Restaurants has been confirmed as title sponsor of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) MudDogs Safari & Safari Novice Championships for the third year, continuing its enthusiastic backing for the series, which began with the awarding of Novice trophies in 2010. Competitors are now making preparations for the new season, which kicks off with Sunday’s […]

UNNA Luxury Resorts & Residences and ICBL are joint title-sponsors of the Barbados Polo Club’s annual four-game tournament against the Cheshire Polo Club, which starts at the Club’s Holders Polo Field in St James on Sunday (March 1st) and will include at least one 12-goal match, “the highest level of polo seen in the island […]

HBO presents the exclusive premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier; this Saturday, February 28th at 21:00hrs AST* in the Caribbean. Now he’s being sent on a mission with agent Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, and new ally Sam Wilson (or Falcon), to free hostages aboard one of their vessels after an attack […]

Last night in the penultimate episode of the Bank on ME reality TV show, the final three entrepreneurs were announced after a close competition as they continue to vie for various forms of investment and an attractive prize package including $15,000 from presenting sponsor, Scotiabank. Those three who will be battling it out next week […]

Greatnesshappens.org is the first initiative of its kind to be launched in the Caribbean. This youth focused portal is geared towards empowering and inspiring young people. With the increasing incidents of juvenile delinquency and teenage pregnancy, (just to name a few) this initiative is not only timely but also a great stride towards developing and […]

Kingston music outfit Star$truck Records is set to start 2015 in a big way with the launch of a reggae compilation album dubbed 50/50. Coming out of an alliance between Star$truck Records and Di Kru Productions, the 50/50 album compilation features a healthy mix of 13 reggae veterans and fast rising newcomers. Fast out the […]

Police are investigating the unnatural death of Jamie Kenroy Selman, 34 years of St. Barnabas, St. Michael. He died at the QEH in the night of Wednesday February 25, 2015, where he was being treated for injuries sustained in an accident. It occurred on Two Mile Hill Road near Chapel Gap, St. Michael, on Monday […]

The Police Complaints Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PCA) just received new audio, video, networking and computer equipment at a handover ceremony at the offices of the PCA at the International Waterfront Centre in downtown Port of Spain. High Commissioner of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago, Mr Gérard Latulippe was on hand to formally complete […]

Join ICBL this Sunday March 1st for the start of the UNNA ICBL Cheshire Tour at Holders! See you at Holders for another great Sunday!

The West Indies Rum Distillery’s (WIRD) Product Development Committee, a team of talented rum experts, is responsible for Cockspur Splash – the latest rum to hit the Barbados market. Development of Cockspur Splash Rum took approximately 10 months. A number of blends were developed and market trials were conducted. The top performing flavours, Pineapple Coconut […]

President and chairman of the Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society, Kemar Saffrey believes that Barbados is “good on giving“. Mr. Saffrey was speaking after a recent presentation where the society received $10,000 to further fund its programmes from leading commercial bank, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank. He said the funds had come at the right time, […]

Jalissa Harris is the grand prize winner of Flow’s More to Love campaign during this month of love. Harris, who was randomly selected, won a 48-inch Smart TV, FREE Video on Demand movies, dinner for two delivered to her doorstep, compliments of Eat Street & Co. Restaurant, and a lovely Valentine’s Day hamper filled with […]

Police have formally jointly charged the below mentioned persons with the offence of Murder in relation to the shooting death of Albert Boyce, 20 years of Reed Street, Bridgetown. 1. Romario Akeem Phillips, 22 years of 10th Avenue, New Orleans, St. Michael; and 2. Nicholas Akeem Tio Shorey, 23 years of 3rd Avenue, Parris Gap, […]

A Government Minister has reiterated his plea that more has to be done to create an enabling environment for persons interested in becoming entrepreneurs, and has singled out Barbados’ educational system as a major stumbling block. Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, stated that too often entrepreneurs were “frowned […]

Closing out a night full of victories in the 87th edition of the Academy Awards, HBO congratulates the 2015 Oscar-nominated and winning films, which will air exclusively on HBO and MAX in the Caribbean: · “The Imitation Game“: winner of Best Adapted Screenplay (Graham Moore) and nominated for Best Film · “The Theory of Everything“: […]

The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public in locating four men wanted in connection with serious criminal matters. #1 – Abraham Hutchinson Sandiford, alias ‘Tupac‘ or ‘Hammie La‘, 31 years old of Mayers Land, Richmond Gap, St Michael. #2 – Omar Andre Cox, alias ‘Um‘, 22 years old of Fordes […]

Samsung and LIME have announced the launch of the Galaxy A5, that thanks to its ultra-sophisticated design, refined metal body and the inclusion of the most advanced features for use on social media, is ideal for young consumers. With the introduction of the Galaxy A5, LIME and Samsung are putting within reach of Barbadians the […]

SHOOTING INCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS. A shooting incident occurred at 7th Avenue New Orleans, St. Michael about 9:30 pm on Sunday 22nd February 2015, where a number of armed men entered the community and started shooting. Three (3) persons, 2 men and a woman, received gunshot injuries; none of the injuries were life-threatening. Four houses and […]

Concern was rightly raised over the failure of the Supervisor of Elections in St Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, to declare the results of the February 16 general elections until 2 days afterwards. There were only 30,000 voters in the elections. Even if George had the votes counted twice for accuracy, as he claimed, that procedure should […]

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell I had no idea I was an acolyte of Orwell? So many press conferences I ask a Minister or an Opposition MP the question(s) they’d rather die than hear, when my colleagues from competing houses witness the exchange, they […]

Earlier this month was the debut of a dynamic project which opens the way for Barbadian performers to tap directly into the US market through the Caribbean Music Summit. This project saw many luminaries arrive for workshops and panel discussions, among them one of my heroes from the 80’s – Thomas Dolby. One of his […]