ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Leaders Barbados produced a sterling final quarter performance as they beat St Lucia 29-25 in their pivotal final game, to maintain their unbeaten run and capture the Caribbean Netball Association’s Jean Pierre Memorial Junior Championship here on Thursday. With scores locked 13-all at halftime and 18-all at the end of the […]
By Lincoln DePradine Sonia Marville-Carter arrived in Toronto late last year, just as winter was setting in, to be Barbados’ top diplomat in Toronto. She says she has been enjoying the working relationship with her colleagues in the Caribbean consular corps, as well as her interaction with members of the city’s Barbadian and Caribbean […]
BOOK REVIEW They Call me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada By Cecil Foster Publisher: Biblioasis How Black Train Porters helped to build modern Canada By W. Andy Knight Typical of books written by the evocative Bajan-Canadian author, Cecil Foster, once you pick up They Call me […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has elected attorneyVerla DePeiza as its new leader as it seeks to rebuild following the defeat it suffered during the May 24 general election in Barbados. “If nothing else gives us the impetus to move forward it must be the fear of failing. This party is bigger than us. This […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -For the second year in a row, Fifth Element band leader and designer Kevin Small took home the Robert Weekes award for Best Festival Designer at Kadooment. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to PrintShare to EmailShare to MoBridgetown,Barbados –For the second year in a row, Fifth Element band leader and […]
New York-based One Caribbean Television will provide live broadcast of carnival celebrations in Toronto, Barbados and Antigua from today, August 2 through Tuesday, August 7. This year, One Caribbean Television partners again with the Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival for its 51st anniversary celebration, says a news release from the network. For the past six years, […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– Less than two months after releasing enhancements to its Mobile App and Online Banking, CIBC FirstCaribbean has been named the Most Innovative Bank in the region at the prestigious World Finance Banking Awards presented by UK-based World Finance Magazine. The bank is the only Caribbean-based bank to have been recognized at this year’s […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The High Court in Barbados can no longer impose mandatory death sentences on convicted murderers. Last week, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the island’s highest court, struck down the mandatory death penalty on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. The judgments, the last which Sir Dennis Byron will deliver as […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Saturday that her government would seek a one per cent interest payment on any loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it seeks to turn around an ailing economy. Mottley returned to Barbados from the United States where she held talks with the Washington-based […]
Of all the destinations in the Caribbean, Barbados stands tall as the most luxurious. That was the finding of the 2017 Caribbean Travel Awards which celebrates the best in Caribbean travel, as chosen by the editorial team of Caribbean Journal. Alexander Britell, Editor-in-Chief and founder of the Caribbean Journal, officially presented the Barbados delegation with […]
