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The Barbados Football Association (BFA) is mourning the passing of Jabez ‘Jack’ Bovell, a long-serving football administrator and Director of the Barbados Soccer Academy. Bovell, who dedicated more than 30 years to the sport, played a significant...

On Tuesday, His Majesty King Charles III planted an Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’ tree in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, marking the completion of The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) and honouring his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II’s, env...

While Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn highlighted a booming construction sector in his Budget presentation, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne offered a different perspective, stating that the benefits are not being felt by workers on t...

The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has started in the capital, Buenos Aires. Maradona was convalescing when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, aged 60. He had been recover...

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has labelled the current administration as “weak and toothless,” accusing it of being soft on crime. In his response to the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, Thorne said the recently introduced Bail ...

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has criticised the economic report presented in the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, declaring that it attracts a failing grade. While he expressed respect for Member of Parliament Ryan Straughn—who d...

In his reply to the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals, Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne identified what he described as six scourges currently afflicting the country — crime, corruption, cost of living, a culture of moral decay, consti...

US President Donald Trump has said he will double the tariffs he previously announced on Canadian steel and aluminium imports into the US, taking the levies to 50% in total. In the latest twist in a deepening trade war, Trump said it was in retaliati...

The Poultry industry is feeling the heat from climate change. Montrose Holdings Limited managing director Dominic De Freitas says this is the reality facing his group, which includes Chickmont Foods Limited, a leading Caribbean integrated poultry bus...