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  1. Second-Half Income Tax Payment Due by Month End

    The Barbados Revenue Authority is reminding employees and pensioners to complete the second-half payment for their 2019 Personal Income Tax by Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The first-half was due by the extended June 30, 2020 filing deadline. Taxpayers who are yet to pay the first-half, should ensure they pay the total amount by Wednesday’s deadline. […]

    September 30, 2020Breaking News, Business, FeaturedNo comments
  2. HINDS AND MANNING WIN CHEFETTE SUMMER SAFARI

    For the second time in as many events, new names have been added to the winners’ roster in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship after Willie Hinds and Wayne Manning won the recent Chefette Summer Safari. There was more good news for Chris King, too: having claimed his first victory in July’s […]

    September 30, 2020RallyNo comments
  3. CDB Approves Grant to Enhance Remote Learning for The UWI Students

    The COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound challenges in education, as many young people who lack technological devices and internet access are being left behind their peers in the shift to remote learning. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is stepping in to close this gap for disadvantaged students enrolled at the University of the West Indies […]

    September 30, 2020TechnologyNo comments
  4. FCIB LENDS ASSISTANCE TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL

    The Salvation Army’s Division Youth and Candidate Secretary, Captain Monesha Broome is urging parents to look for creative ways to help their children cope with the school/life challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Captain Broome who was addressing the presentation ceremony for the Salvation Army’s Back-To-School Programme recently, noted that this year was one of […]

    September 29, 2020EducationNo comments
  5. Game of Thrones Prequel: Trailer (HBO) – House of the Dragon

    House of the Dragon is Game of Thrones successor show based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, a history of House Targaryen set 300 years before the events in GoT. Although the show will not air before the year of 2022 HBO did give us a first taste of it with the release of […]

    September 29, 2020Books, Video GalleryNo comments
  6. 13 year old from Glebe Land safely located

    The Royal Barbados Police Force appreciate every effort from public and media in tracking this teenager and look forward to similar cooperation in future. Rodney Inniss – Insp. (Ag); Public Relations Officer

    September 28, 2020ControversyNo comments
  7. RED SHOES AND THE 7 DWARFS: Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin & Gina Gershon

    In May 2017 at a Cannes Film Festival showcase of the film, an ad campaign showing two ladies side by side, one slender and tall the other heavier and shorter came under fire for its controversial tag line “what if Snow White was no longer beautiful and the dwarfs no longer short“. Chloe Moretz was […]

    September 28, 2020Cartoons, Video GalleryNo comments
  8. From Medieval to Jurassic? ‘Tyrion Lannister’ joins The Croods 2

    The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

    September 27, 2020Cartoons, Video GalleryNo comments
  9. Fifth And Sixth DE-CODE Dialogues Engage ‘DE-CODING HUMAN RIGHTS: Embracing Difference’

    The University of the West Indies’ (UWI‘s) Cultural Studies Society (CSS) will host its fifth and sixth dialogues in the DE-CODE series with a focus on ‘DE-CODING HUMAN RIGHTS: Embracing Difference‘. On Tuesday September 29, 2020, Session 5 will feature a discussion between Elizabeth Solomon, Gillian Moor and E. Wayne McDonald with moderation by Yvonne […]

    September 27, 2020Education, FeaturedNo comments
  10. Your Cure for the Quarantine Blues – “The Big Fall” (Nick Seven Book 7)

    “Just when you think life can’t get much better, a crashing wave wipes out your sand castle. Former spies Nick Seven and his Bajan GF Felicia Hagens are taking a break from Key Largo to visit a casino owned by Nick’s friend, Rock Bianco. An unexpected, nasty encounter with one of Nick’s former lovers turns […]

    September 26, 2020Books, Photo GalleryNo comments
  11. THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME – Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgard, Tom Holland & Robert Pattinson

    Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by […]

    September 26, 2020Cinema, Video GalleryNo comments
  12. Solutions Barbados – St George North Manifesto

    Dear People of St George North. My name is Grenville Phillips II. I am the President of Solutions Barbados, and your candidate in this by-election. Let me first tell you about myself, and then about what we plan to do in St George North over the next two and one-half years. About Me. I have […]

    September 25, 2020Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  13. Ensure Banking Details in TAMIS Are Up-to-Date

    The Barbados Revenue Authority is advising taxpayers to ensure their banking information is accurate and up-to-date in TAMIS. Up-to-date information aids in the quicker disbursement of tax refunds to the public via the electronic transfer of funds to their chosen bank or credit union accounts. Persons should therefore log into their TAMIS accounts and select […]

    September 25, 2020Breaking News, Business, FeaturedNo comments
  14. Solutions Barbados – What Happens if we replace our Governor General with a President?

    Our early politicians who lived through World War 2, appeared to recognise two important things about politicians. The first is that they crave unrestrained power, which tends to oppress citizens. The second is that they crave a politicised public service, which is the first sign of a nation’s decline. In 1966, the DLP under Errol […]

    September 24, 2020Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  15. FREAKY (2020) Kathryn Newton & Vince Vaughn – Horror Comedy

    After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.

    September 23, 2020Cinema, Video GalleryNo comments
  16. Electrical Work Scheduled for BWA’s Warleigh Facility

    The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) wishes to advise residents of some St. James and St. Peter districts that its station at Warleigh will be taken offline on Thursday 24th September between 9:00 and 11:30 am to facilitate work being conducted by the Barbados Light & Power Company Ltd. (BLPC). Customers in the following districts may […]

    September 23, 2020Breaking News, Featured, TechnologyNo comments
  17. TWO STUDENTS AWARDED G.E.L SCHOLARHSIPS

    Two students of the St. Mary’s Primary School were recently awarded the Annual Goddard Enterprises Ltd Scholarships for 2020 as they prepared to transition from primary to secondary school. Faith Simpson and Tyler Haynes were chosen from the graduating class of 35 students based on their attitude, hard work and dedication which they had demonstrated […]

    September 23, 2020EducationNo comments
  18. LOCAL CONTINGENT IN REGIONAL CONCERT OF HOPE

    Caribbean Queen of Soca Alison Hinds, Edwin ‘The General’ Yearwood, Adrian ‘AC’ Clarke and Hypa Dawg Lil Rick are the local soca stars who will be a part of the lineup for the first ever Virtual Walk for the Cure and Concert of Hope. For the first time in the nine-year history of the largest […]

    September 22, 2020MusicNo comments
  19. Five Leading Women to Tackle Psycho-Social Challenges of COVID-19

    Employees in the financial services sector can weigh in on how they are coping with and managing the stresses and challenges that COVID 19 has presented. They can join the conversation on what is needed to ensure that they, their colleagues and their customers can respond to the disruption to their lives and livelihoods when […]

    September 22, 2020HealthNo comments
  20. First Out of the Blocks – Solutions Barbados

    Our Prime Minister has announced that a new election is to be held in St George North. As the Solutions Barbados declared Candidate for St George North, it seems that we are the first out of the blocks. Solutions Barbados is the third largest political party in Barbados, by measure of votes cast in the […]

    September 21, 2020Breaking News, Featured, PoliticalNo comments
  21. YOUR HONOR (2020) – Bryan Cranston’s New Series on Showtime

    Writer: Ishan Trivedi Stars: Jimmy Sheirgill, Varun Badola, Parul Gulati

    September 21, 2020Crime, Video GalleryNo comments
  22. Wanted Man in connection with Aggravated Burglary, Look Out for Burn Victim

    The Royal Barbados Police Force are urging all Barbadians to help locate a Wanted Man in connection with an aggravated burglary which occurred about 8:13 pm on the night of Saturday the 19th along Tweedside road, St. Michael. Description A man about 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark complexion with a low haircut; at the […]

    September 21, 2020Breaking News, Crime, FeaturedNo comments
  23. Shooting Incident on Tweedside Rd

    Officers responded to a report of a shooting incident which occurred about 8:13 pm last night at Freddie’s on Tweedside Road, St. Michael. A shooting incident was the result of an attempted robbery, where a woman was shot in her leg by a man. She went to QEH by private vehicle. The victim, a 47 […]

    September 20, 2020Breaking News, Crime, FeaturedNo comments
  24. LOVE AND MONSTERS (2020) – Michael Rooker, Dylan O’Brien & Jessica Henwick

    After a Monsterpocalypse forces humans into underground colonies, a young man decides against all logic to brave the surface and face the monsters standing between him and his lost love.

    September 20, 2020Oddity, Video GalleryNo comments
  25. Former Frere Pilgrim resident is now most recent Road Traffic Fatality

    Police responded to the scene of a road traffic fatality which happened around 12:03 am on Sunday 20th September 2020 along Cox road, Christ Church. SUMMARY Two vehicles were travelling in opposing directions along the said road when for some reason still under investigation they both became involved in a collision. Both drivers lost control […]

    September 20, 2020Controversy, FeaturedNo comments