I’ll be leaving you quite soon to return to Canada, and, as is the case with such long-distance relationships, I’ll continue to worry about how you are even when I am far away. I don’t feel like I am leaving...
Lodge students ‘put out of bus’
A parent is demanding answers after saying his child was one of several Lodge School students put out of a Transport Board bus in the rain yesterday without good reason.
The parent, who requested anonymity,...
Child kick probe
The Child Care Board is on alert and the Royal Barbados Police Force is investigating a case of what appears to be child abuse in relation to a video sent to the DAILY NATION which shows a young woman...
Man shot dead
Less than two months into 2018, Barbados has recorded its fifth suspicious death, three of them gun-related.
Last night, Adrian Rommel Griffith, also known as “Laddy”, was gunned down in Belleview,...
Bees have no plan, says Sinckler
A pig in a poke is what Minister of Finance Chis Sinckler says the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is selling to the Barbadian public.
Speaking at a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) meeting at...
Conquerors double up
COB St Giles Conquerors flexed their muscles to once again become the double-crown winners of the National Primary Schools Athletics Championships Jim Wedderburn Zone at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex yesterday....
Desal plan construction could face block
Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has intervened in a matter that could potentially put construction of the desalination plant at Spring Garden in dispute.
During a town hall meeting held by the Barbados...
Brittons Hill, BDFSP advance
Premier League stalwarts Brittons Hill and Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme (BDFSP) have successfully steered their way to the final of the inaugural Barbados Football Association’s Williams Equipment...
Hamilton, Reifer bring ‘A’ game
Jahmar Hamilton struck a century and Raymon Reifer fell five short of the landmark to put West Indies “A” in a commanding position against England Lions on the second day of their four-day “Test” in Jamaica...
Four more qualify for Carifta
The glory of winning went to senior athletes Nicholas Deshong and Fabian Norgrove but finishing strongly was critical in four more juniors qualifying for next month’s CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas.
...
Sweet, sour, sizzling Silver Hill
Fans were given thoroughly entertaining matches, hefty servings of sows and the sour aftertaste of controversial officiating when the Silver Hill Road Tennis Competition continued on Sunday.
On a night...
Woman in Suriname arrested for alleged intentional HIV infection
PARAMARIBO – The police in Suriname have arrested a woman may have deliberately infected her partner with HIV.
The police report that the woman’s male partner filed a report last week Wednesday after...
Students plan protests, Washington march, to demand gun control after mass shooting
PARKLAND, Florida – Stunned by the deadliest high school shooting in US history, students mobilised across the country on Sunday to organise rallies and a national walkout in support of stronger gun laws,...
Prime Minister Stuart to attend CARICOM summit in Haiti
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will leave Barbados on Saturday, February 24, for the Twenty-Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),...
Police name shooting victim
Police are continuing investigations into the unnatural death of Adrian Rommel Griffith, 34 years, of Bellview, Waterford, St Michael, which occurred sometime around 11:30 p.m., yesterday at Bellview,...
School police not feasible, says senior cop
THE ROYAL BARBADOS POLICE FORCE is not in a position to place police officers in schools that may have serious problems with children in terms of violence.
This is according to Acting Assistant Commissioner...
New Miss Holetown crowned
Sheryl Forde is the new Miss Holetown Queen of the Festival.
Early this morning at the Frederick Smith Secondary School in Trents, St James, the 20-year-old rose to the top above five other contestants....
Ingrid Thompson: Preserving history her passion
For the last 32 years Ingrid Thompson has been learning about the history of Barbados. She spends her days perusing dusty files, heavy bond volumes and checking and rechecking facts.
Thompson is the...
New British party inspired by Macron seeks to overturn Brexit
LONDON - A new British party inspired by French President Emmanuel Macron’s movement launched a campaign on Monday to thwart Brexit by convincing MPs to block any EU withdrawal deal Prime Minister Theresa...
Gay man launches challenge over ban on same-sex marriage
HAMILTON – A 38-year-old gay Bermudian, who lives in the United States but hopes to marry one day in his home country, has launched a legal challenge against the Attorney-General for revoking his right...
World leaders join new drive to beat NCDs in the Caribbean
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new high-level commission, comprising heads of state and ministers, leaders in health and development and entrepreneurs in helping to beat...
Man shot dead in Waterford
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 34-year-old St Michael man. It occurred around 11:30 last night at Waterford, St Michael.
Preliminary investigations suggest the man and his 24-year-old...
