10+ hour, 28+ min ago   (230+ words) After months of discussion surrounding the Chapman Challenge, it has been announced that the initiative of President Jeffrey Bostic will be officially launched on September 23. In a media release issued on Saturday by the President’s Trust, it was stated that…...

15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (99+ words) After more than five years on the run, Nicholas Andre McIntosh has turned himself in to police. McIntosh was the subject of a “Wanted Man” bulletin issued on April 16, 2021, in connection with serious criminal matters. Police say he presented himself…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (102+ words) Adwin Alonza Cumberbatch now has 30 convictions to his name after admitting to stealing chocolates and cheese from a supermarket. The 68-year-old of My Lords Hill Main Road, St Michael pleaded guilty to stealing two chocolates valued at $43.68 and one block…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (190+ words) The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) is seeking the assistance of the public in locating escaped prisoner Tyrese Leroy Farrell, alias “Twin,” of Ealing Park, South, Christ Church. The 24-year-old escaped from Hastings/Worthing Police Station about 11:25 pm on Friday. Farrell…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago   (509+ words) The suggestion to possibly relocate the Suarez Brothers Circus to the Garrison Savannah has been met with harsh criticism from horse racing fans and members of the rugby community. After a number of delays, the Mexico-based circus was initially set…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (412+ words) Farmers and vendors have welcomed Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s call for Massy Supermarkets to introduce formal contract buy-in arrangements with farmers, backed by a government pledge of $2m a quarter, saying it could offer producers long-sought certainty over markets for their…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (737+ words) Families preparing children for the new school year are receiving additional help with the cost of school supplies, with the FMH Sandy Lane Charitable Trust making donations to both Abed’s and Woolworths to assist parents and guardians with back-to-school purchases....

22+ hour, 8+ min ago   (309+ words) Mental health has emerged as a major concern among adolescents who have lost their fathers, with the founder-director of the FMH Sandy Lane Charitable Trust, Faith Marshall-Harris, saying the charity has seen increased demand for counselling among children dealing with…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (353+ words) The continued shipment of precursor drugs from Barbados by criminal enterprises poses a serious threat to national security, the deputy manager of the National Council on Substance Abuse has warned. NCSA deputy manager Troy Wickham made the disclosure on Friday…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (346+ words) The Regional Security System is pressing Caribbean law enforcement agencies to pursue criminal networks’ finances and strengthen cross-border intelligence sharing, saying drug trafficking, firearms and gangs can no longer be treated as separate threats. RSS director of policing and risk…...