Leaders say new political party will propose way forward for all Barbadians
The country’s newest political party, Conservative Barbados Leadership Party (CBL), officially introduced the core members of its leadership team on Saturday. President Corey Beckles revealed the team during a press conference at their Strathclyde Drive headquarters in St Michael. The team includes Vice President Anthony Hinds, Assistant Vice-President Alan Springer, General Secretary Shannon Springer, and […]
BVI to get long-awaited tourism policy, says premier
British Virgin Islands Premier Natalio Wheatley says the territory will have a long-awaited National Tourism Policy by the end of June. He made the statement during a recent press conference where the premier addressed developments in the territory’s tourism sector following the recent National Tourism Summit. Wheatley revealed that consultations for the policy are underway […]
Matthews is one of two named in ICC Teams of the Year
Women’s captain Hayley Matthews and breakout batting star Sherfane Rutherford on the men’s side are the only West Indians named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Teams of the Year for 2024. The One Day International (ODI) and Test teams were named on Friday, as part of the ICC Awards. Matthews displayed her exceptional allround […]
Three the hard-way, Rochester, Depradine and Parsons lead at chess
The third round of the 2025 CB Gilkes chess tournament was a tumultuous affair that saw both the number one and number two seeds in FIDE master Dr Philip Corbin and Emar Edwards both fall to upset defeats at the hands of Lawrence Depradine and Ronaldo Rochster respectively. DrCorbin played one of his pet opening […]
Police investigating death of 19-year-old from St Thomas
Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman in St Michael on Saturday morning. Ebony Devera Downes-Tempro, of Shop Hill, St Thomas, died just after 8:30 at Stage 2 Jackson Tenantry, St Michael, police say. The circumstances leading to her death have not been shared by police. According to police, Downes-Tempro had a number […]
Reifer is Barbados’ skipper in CWI first class championship
The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) officially ended speculation on Friday, naming experienced all-rounder Raymon Reifer as captain of the Barbados Pride squad for the opening series of the 2025 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional First-Class Championship. The Barbados Pride squad will oppose the Guyana Harpy Eagles during the period January 29th to February 1st at […]
A$AP Rocky’s trial begins with prosecutors showing video of shooting
The assault trial of A$AP Rocky began on Friday in Los Angeles, where the rapper is accused of firing a gun at a former friend. The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted on two felony assault charges in the 2021 incident near a Hollywood hotel. […]
PAHO calls for intensified efforts to address leprosy, other neglected tropical diseases
Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday called for increased efforts to eliminate these diseases, which affect more than 50 million people in the Americas. PAHO said leprosy, dengue, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, rabies, scabies, schistosomiasis and trachoma are among the more than 20 diseases that primarily […]
Symmonds highlights tech gap holding back developing nations
Barbados is set to challenge potential protectionist measures by larger nations, as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds warned on Friday that new tariffs could severely harm the country’s access to international markets. Symmonds told a mini-ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the World Economic Forum in the […]
President Trump’s executive orders and the Caribbean
Within hours of his second inauguration as President of the United States on January 20, Donald Trump issued a sweeping series of Executive Orders (EOs). Several of them will affect the Caribbean, but two are of immediate interest to people of the Caribbean. They will be discussed here. But, first, it is important to […]