Barbados in final of prestigious environmental award

Barbados has been named a finalist in this year’s Earthshot Prize, in the “Fix Our Climate” category. The recognition comes for the Bridgetown Initiative – a bold push spearheaded by Prime Minister Mia Mottley to reform global climate finance and...

Speaker Attends Major Conference Barbados

BASSETERRE: The Hon. Lanein Blanchette, Speaker of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, joined approximately 500 delegates at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Barbados. Hosted by the Parliament of Barbados and the CPA...

Agriculture minister plans to give update on sugar sector

61 The government is preparing to make an announcement on the future of the sugar industry, Barbados TODAY can reveal. The announcement comes as frustration among sugar industry employees reaches a critical point, following the collapse of a major...

India News | Om Birla Urges Delegates in Barbados to Promote Responsible, Ethical Use of AI While Bridging Digital Divide

Bridgetown [Barbados], October 9 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has urged the parliamentarians from Commonwealth nations to promote responsible and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) while bridging the digital divide through the use of...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Advocates Ethical Use of AI at 68th CPA Conference in Barbados

In near future, real-time AI translation systems like “Sansad Bhashini” will allow every Member of Parliament to communicate in their own language: Lok Sabha Speaker. Barbados, 09 October 2025: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has urged the...

Sikkim Legislative Assembly Leaders Attend Commonwealth Parliamentary Events In Barbados

The Speaker, Mingma Norbu Sherpa, and Deputy Speaker, Raj Kumari Thapa, of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, along with the Secretary and Principal Director of the Assembly Secretariat, attended a series of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association...

Work Online Caribbean launches in Grenada with new cohort

IsraAID Dominica and Eastern Caribbean, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean, is proud to announce the launch of a new Work Online Caribbean cohort in Grenada, opening doors for...

Barbados health chiefs battling obesity crisis

Barbados has a health crisis because so many of its citizens are contracting non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through poor diets and sedentary lifestyles. It is the leading cause of death in Barbados. According to the Global Food Research Program,...

Barbados PM welcomes non-Bajans, urges registration in key agencies

People moving to take advantage of the free movement initiative implemented by four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries, are being asked to register with the various state agencies in the country they choose in an effort to ensure smooth...

Historic Ceasefire Ushers in Fragile Hope for Gaza Amid Global Push for Palestinian Statehood

Jerusalem, October 13, 2025 – In a dramatic turn amid the ruins of a two-year conflict that has scarred the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday to a hero's welcome, declaring the "long and painful nightmare" of the...

Engineers honour excellence at annual awards dinner

9 The new Geriatric Hospital at Waterford — hailed as a model for innovation, sustainability and compassionate care — was named Project of the Year by the Barbados Association of Professional Engineers (BAPE) at its Annual Engineering Awards and...

Barbados Crime: A Wound That Never Heals (+ Photos and Videos)

Havana, Oct. 6 - Forty-nine years have passed, and yet, October 6, 1976, feels close. Memory opens like a fresh wound, because pain doesn't expire, and neither does indignation. That day, a commercial airplane with 73 people on board was torn from...

A&B’S JUNIOR TOURISM MINISTER BUOYED BY EXPERIENCE AT REGIONAL YOUTH CONGRESS

Antigua and Barbuda’s Junior Tourism Minister Kiara Kwenga is still basking in her participation in the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Regional Youth Congress, held recently in Barbados. The fifth-form student at Christ the King High School...

Engineers urged to lead Caribbean’s transformation

92 In a call blending urgency with optimism, the civil engineer who now runs the Caribbean Development Bank, Daniel Best, believes Caribbean engineers can be the architects of sweeping regional change — designing resilient futures in the face of...

Joint effort to boost Paralympics in Barbados

Major steps are being taken to ensure more Barbadians are involved in Paralympic sports. The Paralympic Association of Barbados and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean recently concluded a pilot project aimed at enhancing the...

World Parliamentarians gather in Barbados for 68th CPC

Parliamentarians from around the world are gathered in Barbados for the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Under the theme “The Commonwealth: A Global Partner,” the conference opened at Wyndham Grand Barbados last evening. While...

Miami Carnival faces economic challenges but keeps the celebration alive

The vibrant sights and sounds of the Caribbean return to South Florida this weekend as the 41st annual Miami Carnival kicks off—but organizers say this year's celebration is feeling the effects of economic pressures, rising tariffs and immigration...

EU personal data protection rules affect economic and financial players in Dominica and the wider Caribbean

Paid Post - Marcia B Moulon Esq. - Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 at 9:35 AM In general, the proverbial “man in the street” outside of the European Union, would not think of privacy and its effect in their daily lives and day to day legal, social,...

Caribbean Court of Justice holds special sitting for fourth president

The full CCJ Bench, along with Heads of Judiciaries of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and Trinidad and Tobago, preside over the day’s proceedings. Photo: CCJThe Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) hosted a special...

Panama environment minister backs calls for reform of UN climate process

Panama’s environment minister has joined a growing push for reform of the UN climate change negotiations, proposed by campaigners and academics in recent years – one of the first such calls by a minister directly involved in the talks. Juan Carlos...