(EDITOR’s NOTE; This is what happens when you try to do a blanket sponsor of an event with many countries or components – people are likely to whisper behind your back that you’re no less than Jean & Dinah, Rosita and Clementina and why you don’t go and hang a shingle along Bush Hill by […]

Regional and international HIV experts have been tasked with developing strategies to engage the Caribbean on the “treatment as prevention” approach to HIV care which will put the region on track to end the AIDS epidemic. The challenge came during the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Cytometry & Analytical Society’s (CCAS) expert summit, “From Care […]

The U.S. Embassy to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States is pleased to announce that two Barbadians, Tamesha Duesbury, and Versia Harris will head to the United States to complete their graduate studies, funded by the U.S. Government. Duesbury is part of the Fulbright Foreign Student scholarship cohort for […]

In order to support its community of entrepreneurs, Start-Up Chile, one of the ten most important business accelerators worldwide, signed an agreement with Amadeus, the company that provides technology solutions for the travel industry, which has just launched the first regional program to support startups focused on tourism. Start-Up Chile is a business acceleration program […]

Police are seeking the assistance of Barbadians in locating missing 17 year old Sherelle Akila Caroll from Reservoir Road, Lodge Hill, St, Michael, Sherelle Akila Caroll left the home of her grandmother Eudesma Drakes of College Land, St. John around 1:50 pm on Friday, 25th August 2017. She was then seen wearing a black vest, […]

The island’s sole cement manufacturer, Arawak Cement Company Limited has achieved a major safety milestone of one-year accident free. This achievement was recognised at a luncheon held recently during the which the company treated all staff and contractors to a sumptuous buffet lunch and branded gifts. General Manager Manuel Toro congratulated the staff and emphasised […]

The Central Bank of Barbados is reminding Barbadians that the two percent (2%) fee on foreign purchases and payments made using credit, debit and travel cards goes into effect from Friday, September 1, 2017. The Foreign Exchange Fee (FXF) is applicable to purchases made while overseas, as well as to items purchased from companies outside […]

Police is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a missing man. Missing is Steven Weare 49 years, a British national residing at Newcastle Plantation House, Saint John. He was last seen sometime in the afternoon of Wednesday the 23rd day of August 2017 in the car park of Burger King situated at University […]

The St Michael South Central branch of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) will meet on Sunday 27th August 2017 for its Annual General Meeting. Opposition Leader Mia Amor Mottley will be the main speaker at the meeting which starts at 4:30 pm at the St Michael School, Martindales Road.

As the European summer regatta circuit begins to draw to a close, the Caribbean vibe in Barbados is beginning to rumble with plans already in place for the annual Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series – 16-24 January 2018. Other than three days of coastal racing, one of the main draws is the headline event […]

Just recently, two significant visual arts exhibitions were opened to the public as part of the CARIFESTA XIII wind-up. Both of them, showcasing regional visual artists will run up to Saturday 26th August. They are significant in that they are both located at newly renovated properties – the first one at the refurbished Norman Centre […]

WWE and Flow 1 – the Caribbean’s go-to channel for leading local, regional and global content – today announced a multi-year agreement to televise WWE’s flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown live beginning this Monday, August. 28. Flow 1 will now be the exclusive English-language home of WWE in the Caribbean. Fans will not miss any […]

Police in the Southern Division have arrested and charged a man in relation to a number of offences committed in the Christ Church area between the 6th and the 12th of August 2017. Arrested and formally charged is Dario Arlington Hollingsworth 23 years of #42 Golden Rock, Pine, St. Michael. He was arrested and charged […]

Unfortunately the office of the Police Certificate Of Character located at the Sugar Cane Mall Upper Roebuck Street, St. Michael will be closed till further notice. For any further queries please contact our staff at Telephone number 430-7677 between the hours 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. The Force sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused due […]

Police are conducting investigations into the circumstances which resulted in the unnatural death of a man sometime between 9:30 pm and 10:00 pm on Monday 21st August 2017 at Mullion Lane, Gall Hill Christ Church. Circumstances Investigations into this matter are continuing. Anyone who can provide any information that can assist with these investigations are […]

The Deuce chronicles that moment in time when sex went from being a back-alley, brown-paper-bag commodity to a billion-dollar universe in American life, a moment when ground zero for the earliest pioneers in the flesh trade was the midtown heart of the nation’s largest city, New York’s Times Square. The Deuce follows the rise of […]

An overload of traffic, with people seeking to get information from the CARIFESTA Website over the weekend caused the site to crash and users were getting a ‘site unavailable’ message up to yesterday. However, technicians at the server site which is hosted by the Guyana based CARICOM Secretariat worked diligently and now have the site […]

Police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the unnatural death of a 40 year old Christ Church man, which occurred sometime after 8:00 pm on Sunday 20th August 2017, while at Cane Vale Crescent, Christ Church. Circumstances Investigations into this matter is being continued. Anyone who can provide information to assist with this investigation […]

The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for UK Government scholarships to study in the UK in 2018/2019. Applications for Chevening Scholarships are open until 7 November 2017, with applications to be submitted HERE. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential who also have strong academic backgrounds. The scholarship offers full financial support […]

Leading mutual fund manager Fortress Fund Managers has recorded positive returns in its funds for the quarter ending June 30, 2017. This was revealed in its June 2017 Quarterly Report, released to investors recently and which also announced that the “one-year returns to June 30 have also been exceptionally strong especially in our equity investments.“ […]