When Robyn Fenty, known to the world as Rihanna, launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics company that made “women everywhere (feel) included.” A perhaps unintended consequence: The beauty line has helped her enter one of the world’s most exclusive ranks: Billionaire. Rihanna is now worth $1.7 billion, Forbes estimates—making her […]
Former Barbados all-rounder Rawle Brancker has died at the age of 83. Brancker, who played 47 first class matches between 1956 and 1970, was good enough to tour England in 1966 as part of a side led by Sir Garry Sobers – currently Barbados’ only living National Hero – but never played a game. […]
British Library releases vast trove of digitised 19th-century newspapers to bring stories of fugitives to life Little is yet known of Bussa, the man behind the largest slave revolt on Barbados in 1816, but information about his life before this uprising could well lie in the columns of contemporary island newspapers. So too may further […]
Veteran producer and bandleader Chetwin Stewart says he is confident there will be a Crop Over next year, but is putting Government on notice that if the festival is to be done at the customary high standard, industry players need to be given ample time to prepare. During an appearance on Nation News’ State Of […]
Tropical Storm Elsa has battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it moved through the Caribbean, killing at least three people. A 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died in separate events in the Dominican Republic last Saturday after walls collapsed on them, while a […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Mia Mottley-led administration has announced the formation of a Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee (RSTAC) to help plan and manage the transition of the island from a monarchical to a republican system. In making the announcement late Saturday, the Cabinet said that acting Cabinet Secretary Hughland Allman will be responsible for […]
TRAVEL BTMI launches new ‘Brand Barbados’ BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Over the past 18 months, the Barbados Ministry of Tourism and International Transport and the agencies under its portfolio have been working to prepare for the reopening of its source markets for leisure and business travel. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins, spoke […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government says it is considering having ocean energy technology operational on the island as part of the National Energy Policy target of 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. The Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship said it has conducted an ocean energy consultation from January 2020 to March […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Cricket West Indies (CWI) are hoping an accelerated roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines by regional governments can result in a sufficient improvement in health conditions, so as to facilitate the staging of first-class cricket in coming months. The governing body has been banking on a shortened first-class season but with COVID-19 cases rising […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit out at the United States following the recent advisory in which Washington warned Americans against travel to the island in the wake of the pandemic. In a statement issued last week, the foreign ministry said that the “Do Not Travel” warning suggests that COVID-19 […]
