BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Kieron Pollard has described as a “fantastic achievement” being named by Wisden as the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World, and says he is hoping to create more history in the coming year. Wisden, cricket’s most authoritative and respected publication, made the announcement last week, noting that the West Indies white-ball captain […]
BRIDGETOWN – Barbados has announced its intention to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state. Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason, gave the update last week at the opening of a new parliamentary session in Bridgetown. She invoked the famous quote of the nation’s first prime minister, Errol Barrow, who had cautioned […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Ten countries in the Caribbean will get a major boost to their COVID-19 vaccination programmes as a result of a US$500,000 donation from regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean. The donation is being made by the bank through its charitable arm, the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, and will support the purchase of vaccines in […]
Former Barbados-born educator dies in Toronto at 63 Former Barbados-born educator Alexander Waithe who was diagonosed with pancreatic and liver cancer last December, died in Toronto at the home of his daughter, Alexandra, on January 31 last. He was 63. Alexandra said that her father came to Canada as a teenager to finish his high […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -The Carifta Swimming Championships which were originally scheduled to be staged at the end of March and early April in Barbados have been indefinitely postponed after Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced a national lockdown last Tuesday night. Lady Cheryl Forde. president of the Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASDA), announced the postponement in a […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd, conch shells were blown and the sound of drums reverberated across the city on Monday as the 207-year old statue of British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was finally hoisted for its departure from Bridgetown. Scores of Barbadians were in National Heroes Square to witness the […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A life-sized wax figure of Slinger “The Mighty Sparrow” Francisco was unveiled before a gathering of artists and calypso and cultural aficionados in Barbados recently. The figure, sculpted by Frances Ross and Art Edwards of the Caribbean Wax Museum, joins those of other calypsonians on display, such as the Mighty Gabby, the […]
TRAVEL Barbados places Canada in the high risk category BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Canada has been placed in the high risk category in the latest update of Barbados travel protocols. The Barbados government said this is in response to an uptick of COVID-19 cases in Canada. According to the updated protocols, travellers arriving from Canada are […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The first in a series of marches to protest against plans to legalise same sex unions in Barbados, was held on Saturday. More than 200 church members marched through the town of Holetown in the parish of St. James, to send a message to the Government that the church is not in […]
Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, will join Caribbean government ministers and business leaders in a panel discussion at BIDEM 2020, the International Caribbean Diaspora Entrepreneurs’ Conference and Trade Show to be held in Toronto October 13-15. The panel discussion on “bridging diasporic and home markets” is scheduled for October 14, starting at 1 […]
