Way to go, BFA
Speaking to MIDWEEK SPORT last Wednesday during the CONCACAF D Licence Coaching Course, CONCACAF and FIFA instructor Lenny Lake gave the Barbados Football Association (BFA) thumbs up for their current...
View ArticleWorkers off job
A group of Rotherley Construction workers at the Sandals hotel project in Dover, Christ Church, waiting for their representative from the Barbados Workers' Union to arrive. (Picture by Reco Moore.) ...
View ArticleThe state of the game
Each year, the Bryden Stokes Barbados Darts Festival provides the region with the opportunity to assess its well-being and to monitor its relative progress against the standards currently in place in...
View ArticleFraud ‘viral’
Fraud is on the increase in Barbados wherever you look, says a cybersecurity specialist. David Gittens, immediate past president of the Barbados chapter of the Information Systems Security Association,...
View ArticleBarbados and US sign FATCA agreement
(Barbados Nation) THE GOVERNMENT of Barbados is committed to the implementation of global standards for the supervision and regulation of the international business and financial services sector. This...
View ArticleB-GLAD calls for Lowe’s resignation
THE BARBADOS – Gays Lesbians, and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD) has called on Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe to resign if he can’t retract recently made statements on gender...
View ArticlePauline Quirke academy to open in Barbados
Pauline Quirke has signed a deal with Virgin Holidays under which the actor's performing arts academy will provide free classes to holiday-makers in Barbados. The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing...
View ArticleB-GLAD calls for Lowe's resignation
THE BARBADOS – Gays Lesbians, and All-Sexuals against Discrimination (B-GLAD) has called on Minister of the Environment Dr Denis Lowe to resign if he can't retract recently made statements on gender...
View ArticleUS attorney general visits Barbados
The prime minister emphasized the importance Barbados attaches to "its relationship with the United States of America" and told his visitor that he was "committed to the deepening and strengthening of...
View ArticleHealth ministry advises visitors
Additionally, the Ministry of Health has joined forces with tourism stakeholders, including the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, to train hotel staff in areas...
View ArticleCulinary Team to showcase skills
WHEN THE Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival comes off this week, past and present members of the Barbados Culinary Team will be among the featured chefs and mixologists showcasing their skills...
View ArticleUrgency required on alternative energy
Alexis George, project officer with the Government of Dominica's Geothermal Project Management Unit and president of Caribbean LED Lighting Inc. in Barbados, Jim Reid, contended it was achievable to...
View ArticleDoohan to partner Whincup at Barbados ROC
Motorcycling superstar Mick Doohan has been confirmed for the Race Of Champions in Barbados from December 13-14. The five-time 500cc World Champion will again team-up with recently crowned...
View ArticleHunte: Blacks soon in minority
While conceding he had no control over any such development, Hunte said: “It concerns me that in another 20, 40, 50 years we are going to see a different Barbados,” adding that “some of those same...
View ArticleWHAT MATTERS MOST: Taxation not the answer
The Barbados government is selling the soul of the country if it intends to make substantial changes to the tax system purely for the purpose of raising additional revenue. The system is the...
View ArticleThree Bajans reach finals
Barbados’ medal chances may be looking up now. At least three Bajan athletes, including the dynamic swimming duo of Christian Selby and Lani Cabrera, qualified for finals slated to be contested last...
View ArticleChanges coming for road tennis
Road tennis in Barbados will be serving in a completely different direction with a revised constitution, playing rules, a national ranking system and a establishment of a website for the indigenous...
View ArticleFrom The Archives: House links Barbados to Carolinas
ARLINGTON, TALL, NARROW AND GABLED, is one of the oldest and most important houses in Speightstown. It is presently owned by the Barbados National Bank, but the Barbados Nation Trust has identified...
View ArticleScots have love affair with Barbados
FIFTY IS A magic number for a Scottish couple in a love affair with Barbados. Andrew and Susan Docherty flew into Barbados on Saturday night for what is their 50th visit, and tagging along with them...
View ArticleFarewell, beautiful Barbados
Ambassador Lisette Perez Perez and her husband Orestes Hernandez taking in the view from their Edgehill Heights official residence during their waning hours in Barbados. (Picture by Basil Griffith.) ...
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