HEALING HERBS: Castor oil plant works wonders
Barbados and I have one exceptional thing in common which is very authentic and not a soul can take it away from us. We both celebrate a birthday in November. While the event planners were preparing...
View ArticleBajan pride at stake
GEORGETOWN – Left-hander Ryan Hinds was leading a Barbados Pride rescue mission after their batting collapsed twice on the penultimate day, to hand Guyana Jaguars the advantage in their WICB...
View ArticleWolff to make history in Barbados
Wolff, last week named as Williams test driver for the 2015 Formula One season, is to join forces with fellow Scot David Coulthard for the Nations Cup part of the competition that takes place at the...
View ArticleALL AH WE IS ONE: Independence challenges
The celebration of Barbados' 48th Independence anniversary in the midst of an economic and a deeper existential crisis provided a useful opportunity for engaging in meaningful reflection on the kind of...
View ArticleMottley calls for urgent health talks
Mottley made the call at a hurriedly called press conference in the Opposition's offices in the Parliament Buildings minutes after her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) team walked out of Parliament at 10:35...
View ArticleWhy ARC's Jim Allen chooses Lingfield over Barbados
With a popularity rating somewhere between that of North Korea and Russia, the Arena Racing Company may not be Britain's most liked racecourse owner, but you cannot fault the commitment and passion of...
View ArticleBarbados now has permaculture lab
National Coordinator of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme of the United Nations Development Programme, Barbados and the OECS, David Bynoe, said such investments in organic...
View ArticlePublic officers must not hinder our progress
Despite our economic challenges, Barbados still has a number of positives; a fixed exchange rate being foremost. While we capitalise on our strengths and eliminate the weaknesses, we must not be misled...
View ArticleOUR CARIBBEAN: Oh for a more vibrant media
All of this, mind you, amid the politickings of two traditional dominant parties: the governing Democratic Labour Party and the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP). They are now more intensely...
View ArticleBold step needed
The Opposition Leader, while addressing the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry, made some suggestions to take Barbados back from the brink, but quite rightly noted that getting Barbados back...
View ArticleExpo-sing a sports miscalculation
BARBADOS’ sporting arena is filled with individuals like Randy Harris, Sydney Lopez, Kathy Harper-Hall, Cammie Burke, Derrick Garrett, Charles Lovell, Sonia Oneal, Annette Beckett, James Marshall,...
View ArticleBarbados tour sets up county triumph
After a half-term netball tour to Barbados, Culford School Under-16 Girls played a series of impressive matches to emerge as winners at a county netball tournament.
View ArticleBarbados now has permaculture lab
National Coordinator of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme of the United Nations Development Programme, Barbados and the OECS, David Bynoe, said such investments in organic...
View ArticleExpo-sing a sports miscalculation
BARBADOS’ sporting arena is filled with individuals like Randy Harris, Sydney Lopez, Kathy Harper-Hall, Cammie Burke, Derrick Garrett, Charles Lovell, Sonia Oneal, Annette Beckett, James Marshall,...
View ArticleBarbados tour sets up county triumph
... to the regional finals in January 2015. Culford's under-15 and under-16 teams went on a tour of a lifetime during October half-term, when they flew to Barbados to compete against local sides, have...
View ArticleBarbados fight back from follow-on to stun Guyana
Veerasammy Permaul's 12-wicket match haul went to waste for Guyana as Barbados pulled off an improbable defense of a fourth-innings target of 69 to win by two runs at Providence Stadium in the third...
View ArticleHampshire heading back to Barbados for fifth pre-season running
“We are always hugely thankful of the warm reception we receive when we go to Barbados so it's great for us to go back.” In partnership with Smile Group Travel, fans can join Hampshire on their...
View ArticleNew LIAT flights between Barbados and Guyana
The three additional services between Barbados and Ogle will bring LIAT's total number of flights to Guyana to ten per week. LI 391 is scheduled to depart Barbados at 8:50 a.m., arriving at Ogle at...
View ArticleTHE ISSUE: No change in consensus
The longer Barbados' economy has remained in recession and the wider the fiscal deficit has become, the debate on debt, especially the interest costs, has continued. Given its importance and the...
View ArticleYoung innovators on show tomorrow
YOUNG VISIONARIES FROM ten of Barbados' secondary schools will compete this Thursday, December 4 , in the national finals of the 2014 Sagicor Visionaries Challenge being held at the Lloyd Erskine...
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