The Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation unit is a programme designed for those persons who have had heart surgery, a heart attack, heart failure, a stroke or are at risk of these events. This department, by the way, is accredited with certification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Outside of the USA […]

In an effort to protect critical marine ecosystems and reduce threats to the region’s fisheries and tourism sectors, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a USD$12.5 million Caribbean Marine Biodiversity Program (CMBP), to promote conservation in high priority areas across the Caribbean. The five-year initiative seeks to improve the management of […]

One feature narrative is ‘Sally’s Way‘, a feature film specially for children, Directed by Joanne Johnson and the three feature documentaries are: ‘Lara Brothers‘ by Janine Fung; the recent and amazing film on the story of pan, ‘Pan – A Musical Odyssey‘ by Jerome Guiot & Thierry Teston and ‘Art Connect‘ by Miguel Galofre. The […]

The Caribbean Mentorship Institute (CMI) and the Barbados Youth Development Council have recently trained several young leaders across the country. In keeping with this year’s theme “Developing Young Leaders for the Future“, the institute hosted its 2nd annual Young Leaders seminar at the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus. The young participants from the […]

A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

A highly articulate, erudite and intelligent businessman and mastermind, Raymond “Red” Reddington, has allegedly been on the “10 Most Wanted List” of various U.S. law enforcement agencies for over 20 years. The legend is that Red is as elusive an Artiste as he is clever; Red built and controls a veritable labyrinth of creative enterprises […]

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a […]

Multiple Champion David Summerbell Jr returns to the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) next month in one of the most competitive Group 4 line-ups ever assembled: three former Champions are among nine CMRC race-winners, with more than 50 victories to their credit since Barbados joined the series in 2008. The Jamaican is one […]

Barbados now has 21 additional certified community mediators. This follows a five-day Community Mediation workshop made possible by the Canadian Government through the Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Project. The total number of community mediators in Barbados trained under the Project’s Practical Mediation Skills Training course now stands at 43. Professor […]

Digicel and the National Basketball Association (NBA) just announced the launch of the Digicel NBA Jumpstart Basketball Clinics in the Caribbean, which will take place in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands August 24 – September 28. The clinics, which will be run by […]

“Today, Raelian Jews are launching a large campaign aimed at informing other Jews of the decision made by Yahweh, leader of the Elohim civilization that created life on Earth, to end the protection they have provided for Israel since its creation,” said Leon Mellul, Grand Rabbi of the Raelian Movement’s Jewish branch. Mellul said Yahweh’s […]

Awkward Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) moves to a new town with his single mom (Sarah Silverman) and needs help fitting in. Brainier than his peers, Ed figures playing high school football might be good way to make more friends, but his only new friend Eloise (Emma Roberts) thinks it’s odd. When Ed gets an assignment […]

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent and two engineers (Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou) tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own lives while administering to their vital task at hand.

We, like many Barbadians, are truly dumbfounded as to what it will take for the PM to speak and to act. How many more must die? How many more must be robbed? How many more must be at risk of losing their house or their businesses? How many more must lose their jobs or indeed […]

Members of the Drug Squad arrested and charged Surinamese national Donna Urudice Oehlers 28 years, with the offences of: Possession of 1/2 kilogramme of cocaine; Possession with intent to supply; Trafficking; and Importation. Donna Urudice Oehlers appeared at the Oistins Magistrates Court on 26 August 2015 and pleaded guilty to the offences proffered. She was […]

Michael Jones is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. The 32 year-old sailor will later this month compete in the 10th Clipper Round the World Race – a yearlong event that demands six ocean crossings and over 40,000 miles of nautical racing. ‘Tino‘, as he is known as by the local sailing […]

LOCATION…16.5N 63.8W ABOUT 160 MI…255 KM W OF GUADELOUPE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…45 MPH…75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 280 DEGREES AT 16 MPH…26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 MB…29.71 INCHES The government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Antigua and Barbuda. The government of the Dominican Republic has extended the Tropical Storm […]

LIAT wishes to advise that due to flooding of the runway at the Douglas-Charles Airport, all fights into and out of Dominica have been cancelled until further notice. An updated Travel Advisory will be issued this evening. Affected passengers are asked to continue to monitor the LIAT website (www.liat.com), and the LIAT Facebook and Twitter […]

The 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) is heading for Bushy Park Barbados next month with one of the most competitive line-ups ever assembled and, according to one former race-winner, the prospect of a far more level playing-field for two- and four-wheel-drive cars. Three races for each of the CMRC categories on two […]

Police have arrested and charged Ronald Alexander White, 42 years of Husbands Development, St. James with the below mentioned offences committed on the 21st of August 2015 along Black Rock Main Road, St. Michael 1. Possession of Firearm 2. Possession of Ammunition 3. Possession of Cannabis 4. Possession with Intent to Supply; and 5. Traffickable […]

A Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is to be established in Barbados. News of this came from Minister with responsibility for Energy, Senator Darcy Boyce, as he met with Mr. Paolo Serpi, Italy’s Special Envoy to the Caribbean, last Monday. Senator Boyce told the Italian diplomat that the Centre, which is expected […]

Totally Barbados will reach a major milestone on Tuesday 1st September 2015 as it celebrates its 10th Anniversary as one of the world’s leading travel destination websites. To say thank you to its long standing readership, the locally developed, owned, and run, online tourism information resource is celebrating its birthday with giveaways and prizes for […]

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The filmmaker Alex Andrews states from the films website: “…the project represents over fifteen years of research and documenting the art of wooden boat building in the Eastern Caribbean. There’s a profound poetry in the fact that these humble vessels are fast becoming iconic cultural artifacts of our time. Alwyn Enoe, (the main character and […]