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  • Tempest in a thimble? Barbados’ Opposition’s storming over voter lists

  • CDB Reacts to Passing of Dr Wm Warren Smith – 5th President of the Caribbean Development Bank

  • Bishop’s Open Letter to all Parties in 11th February’s General Election

  • “Visa Restrictions and the Cost of Caribbean Disunity” by Sir Ronald Sanders

  • “The unprecedented kidnapping of Maduro” by ISIDOROS KARDERINIS

  • PM Mottley confirms what Bajans starved for excitement knew all along, 11th February is Decision 2026

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  • November 16, 2025

    “Goat Dung Uphill: Ronnie Clarke saga assessed” by Olu Walrond

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    November 11, 2025

    Not in the chair or On The Air, especially Over There, stride to Independence Square this weekend!

  • The Over 21 group will have their turn to wow the audience and impress the judges on Friday November 7th, at the same venue. Contestants Malique Lovell, Kyrique Alleyne, Zadora Griffith, Kenya Joseph, Alicia Alleyne, Benoni Blackett, Lisa Hackett, Bentley Jones, Dave Cumberbatch and Anne-Marie Brathwaite are the ten competitors looking to etch their names on Richard Stoute history's page. Both competitions begin at 8PM.
    November 6, 2025

    Richard Stoute Teen Talent and Over 21 Competition Finals Are Here!

  • Sekou, projects director at House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP), was invited by CARIFESTA as a roundtable speaker alongside Bernice L. McFadden, U.S. novelist and professor; Marlon James, the U.S.-based Jamaican novelist; and Nancy Morejón, the internationally acclaimed Cuban poet. The discussion was moderated by Lafleur Cockburn of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
    October 15, 2025

    “Difficult Conversations – The Ancestors” by Grenville Phillips II

  • This is following two exciting preliminaries at the Daphne Joseph Hackett Theatre.  Kymani Devonish, Chelsea Cadogan-Goddard, Joshua Osbourne, Chelsea Ellis, Tavon Boyce, Kalani Bishop, Dacia Moore, Crayshanda St. Hill, Jasmine Walkes and Janique Wiliams will find out this weekend who will be the final five to face the judges with them as they all chase after the coveted crown.
    October 10, 2025

    Richard Stoute Teen Talent 2025 Contest Preliminaries: More this Weekend!

  • When we received our Independence from Britain, we did not ask for reparations. Had we done so, the country’s assets, including all crown lands, would have been quantified and subtracted from the sum owed. Therefore, the crown lands are indisputably part of the reparations that the Government already received on our behalf.
    September 27, 2025

    “Difficult Conversations – Straight Reparations Route” by Grenville Phillips II

  • September 13, 2025

    Bajan Entertainment NGO Calls for Clarity regarding “De Announcer” with Freedom of Speech

  • Sekou, projects director at House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP), was invited by CARIFESTA as a roundtable speaker alongside Bernice L. McFadden, U.S. novelist and professor; Marlon James, the U.S.-based Jamaican novelist; and Nancy Morejón, the internationally acclaimed Cuban poet. The discussion was moderated by Lafleur Cockburn of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
    September 12, 2025

    Writers at CARIFESTA XV roundtable on literature as resistance, innovation, and memory, by Jacqueline Sample

  • As Artistic Lead, Michelle was the bridge between competing visions, the voice of reassurance, and the keeper of integrity.
    September 6, 2025

    A Festival of Lessons and Legacy: Michelle Hinkson-Cox on the Transformative Journey of CARIFESTA XV

  • Wells’ pride as a Caribbean woman was stirred most by what unfolded at the Heritage Zone.
    September 5, 2025

    Commanding with Culture: Andrea Wells Reflects on Leading Barbados’ Largest CARIFESTA Delegation

  • August 19, 2025

    Only a Few Sleeps Now: When the Horn Sounds, the Caribbean Arrives

  • That was the central message to members of all media in Barbados from Ms. Carol Roberts, Festival Director of CARIFESTA XV and CEO of the National Cultural Foundation.
    July 23, 2025

    CARIFESTA XV: Building a Legacy Beyond the Festival Stage

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