The Barbados Advocate newspaper of May 15, 2018, carried a news item under the headline, Arthur: Not The Way.
The report poured cold water on the idea of debt refinancing, and quoted the former Prime...
St Lucy, stand up and be counted
Barbados Labour Party candidate for St Lucy, Peter Phillips, is telling his parish residents it's time to stand up and be counted.
"I am asking you to choose me so I can help you," he told a medium-sized...
Most important election in the history of Barbados
Sir Richard Cheltenham said that this was the most important election in the history of Barbados.
"Barbados is at a crossroads. If we make one wrong turn and put the country back into the wrong hands...
Double tragedy
A night of fun and frolic turned into a nightmare for two households early Sunday morning.
Dead are Colin Dexter “Terry” Clarke, a 44-year-old worker of the Barbados Port Inc., of Chapman Street, St...
Suckoo: Don't let anything or anyone keep you from voting
Don't be intimidated Dr Esther Byer Suckoo told Democratic Labour Party supporters tonight during a joint St James meeting at Thorpes Main Road.
She advised them not to let anything or anyone, fear...
Wedding day up in flames
Christine Murphy and her fiancé Joshua Rowe will remember Saturday, May 19; but not for wedding bells joining them in holy matrimony.
The day will be etched in their memories as one when their three-bedroom...
Eyes off CCJ, Mr PM!
Oh no, Mr Prime Minister! On Sunday, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart was lambasted by social activist and attorney David Comissiong, as well as political scientist and pollster Peter Wickham for his pledge...
Tears flow for two
The bus did not stop. And that prompted Alvina Ambrose to call and message her partner Jonah William to inquire of his whereabouts about 10:30 p.m.
But there was no response.
She felt he was at...
Victim ‘caught in crossfire’
Shooting victim Nicholas “Horse” Blaggrove got caught up in a crossfire of an ongoing gang war in the Fairfield, St Michael area.
This is the view of several persons in the vicinity, who said they...
BDFSP 5-0 romp
The front-runners surely know when to turn on the heat.
Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme’s (BDFSP) late revival helped them to a 5-0 defeat of Zone 2 basement dwellers Rendezvous in the Barbados...
Young Kelly nabs road race
Local cycling is now a family affair. Joshua Kelly didn’t get that elusive double after all, but kid brother Jacob created his own piece of history by capturing the national road race crown yesterday in...
Record throw for Gibbons
Barbados’ strongest schoolboy Triston Gibbons has shattered his national junior shot put record again.
The powerfully built southpaw putted the shot a record 19.69 metres to highlight the action at...
Brath gets a break, but not Sunrisers
HYDERABAD – West Indies Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite’s near six-week wait for action in the Indian Premier League ended in defeat on Saturday as leaders Sunrisers Hyderabad slumped to a five-wicket...
Stuart and Mottley, chalk and cheese
Freundel Stuart and Mia Mottley are like chalk and cheese, said Rudolph Greenidge.
Mottley is comfortable anywhere but Stuart does not rub shoulders. Unlike Errol Barrow, Tom Adams and Owen Arthur,...
Voters be sure to do "the right thing"
Former Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch says his biggest fear is that on May 25 the country will wake up to no opposition in Parliament.
"It is not good for a Democracy and it will be a difficult task...
Gibson: BLP can’t fix economy
The Lord is the people's guide but according to Solutions Barbados candidate Paul Gibson, He isn't very pleased with the stewardship of the island.
In fact, Gibson, the hopeful for St Michael South,...
Weatherhead puts companies on notice
Corporations have been put on notice that if Solutions Barbados forms the next government after Thursday's General Election a change is coming to the way they are taxed.
Christ Church East Central...
Poor Venezuelans crowd pro-Maduro stations in hope of vote 'prize'
CARACAS/BARINAS − Poor Venezuelans scanned state-issued “fatherland cards” at red tents after voting on Sunday in hope of receiving a prize promised by President Nicolas Maduro, a practice opponents said...
EU to remove two Caribbean countries from blacklist of tax havens
BRUSSELS – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are likely to be removed from the European Union list of tax havens next week, when European finance ministers meet here.
The Bahamas and St Kitts-Nevis...
SOCIAL SCENE: Coffee break with Scotia
Finance and figures were set aside temporarily for coffee and light chat when the staff of Scotiabank took a coffee break during the first of a series of free personal financial seminars recently.
...
Bonds that tie
Rose Hategekimana and Mutamuliza Cutting think they have the ideal mother-daughter relationship.
Forty-two-year-old Rose and 20-year-old Mutamuliza share a bond which is admired by many.
It is...
CARICOM team observes Venezuela elections
CARACAS – A six-member Caribbean Election Observer Team is in Venezuela, observing its elections on Sunday.
“To date the preparatory process for the elections are going well,” said Antigua and Barbuda...
Police name accident victims
Two men are dead after an early-morning collision along Black Rock main road near its junction with St Stephens Hill Road, St Michael, between a Transport Board Bus and a Suzuki Vitara.
Dead are Colin...
Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989
HAVANA − Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of an aging Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after take-off from Havana had killed 110 people, 99 of whom were Cuban, making it the Caribbean island’s...
St Lucia warns of false advertisements for Canadian farm worker programme
CASTRIES – The St Lucia government has warned of “false advertisements” in circulation on the social media and other platforms indicating that the Labour Department here is now accepting applications from...
