Barbados News

Ralph Thorne, once a loyal backbencher for the ruling party, has taken on a new role as the Leader of the Opposition in Barbados. His surprising decision comes two years after the Barbados Labour Party's landslide victory in 2022.

interCaribbean Airways’ inaugural direct flight from Kingston, Jamaica, to Bridgetown, Barbados, landed at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday.  

Eight years after suspending operations in Barbados, Delta Airlines is set to resume flights to and from the island effective November 21.

A father must pay $15 000 in compensation to his daughter after placing her hand on a lit stove burner as punishment for stealing almost six years ago.

The two countries inked a memorandum of understanding on political matters which lays the framework for cooperation in several areas.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed that the new and fast-spreading variant of COVID-19, the JN.1 – a sub-variant of Omicron – has been detected there. 

New tools to forecast excessive rainfall and rainfall deficits – critical issues in an era of climate change – have been unveiled to water managers and weather forecasters at a two-day workshop that ended on Wednesday, in a bid to better manage water resources amid unpredictable weather patterns.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge that he had sexual intercourse with a woman on September 18, 2022, without her consent, knowing she did not consent or was reckless as to whether she consented.

Investigations are continuing into the fatal shooting of two men at a yam field at Three Houses Plantation in St Philip, Barbados this morning.

Barbados has unveiled the first Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) branded Electronic Bus today (January 21). This electronic bus has been launched in active collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).