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  • Anti-Ceasefire Protest in Wildey 28 March 2025 US Embassy
    March 20, 2025

    Caribbean Against Apartheid in Palestine, Picketing Genocide 28/03/2025

  • Mr. Don Victor Mooney, SuPing (his wife), Jun-Jie Mooney (his son) meet Pope Francis at the Vatican for December 1, 2021, General Audience on World AIDS Day at the Vatican. Mooney presents the Pontiff his rowing uniform.
    March 17, 2025

    U.S. Rower Remembers Pope Francis

  • Barbadians will have to pay more for Pringles and similar snacks
    March 10, 2025

    Public Reaction for Budget 2025, especially “Potato Chip Tax”

  • Unlike previous years when Palmetto Square at the north end of Parliament Buildings teemed with supporters, only a modest crowd of about 100 people assembled, their cheers and applause a mere echo of the vibrant receptions of the past.
    March 10, 2025

    Budget 2025 – Solidarity Allowance #ICYMI

  • These were all announced by Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, during the 2025 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposal.
    March 10, 2025

    Budget 2025 – Maternity Leave #ICYMI

  • The requirement that the child must be born in Barbados will also be eliminated, with the new condition being that the mother must be ordinarily resident in the country. For the first time, statutory paternity leave will be introduced, granting fathers three weeks of leave. The condition that parents must live together when the child is born to access these benefits will also be removed. In another important update, the maternity grant will be converted into a child grant, recognizing that the primary caregiver of a child may not always be the mother.
    March 10, 2025

    Budget 2025 – Paternity Leave

  • (Straughn) maintained that Barbados’ level of debt today was 101 per cent of gross domestic product which was way below the 2018 level. Moreover, he contended that were there no COVID-19 pandemic, he was sure the administration would have had the debt-to-GDP at 92.2 per cent today.
    March 10, 2025

    Debut in Budget 2025, Ryan Straughn as sole presenter #ICYMI

  • This engaging video series will bring new and exciting delivery of poetry via the art form of theatre, enhance the examination preparation of CSEC English B students, continue to fuel the development of culture while bridging the gap between literature and theatre.
    March 10, 2025

    NCF’s Online Theatre Repository Launch

  • Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley (left), and Serge Letchimy, President of the Executive Council of the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique, signed the accession agreement at Wyndham Sam Lord's, St Philip
    March 1, 2025

    Martinique signs CARICOM accession agreement

  • Anderson Rice accepts the hampers from Kristen Austin and Shanice Jordan McBride Brands Developers
    January 2, 2025

    JABEZ HOUSE EXTENDS GLAD TIDINGS THANKS TO McBRIDE’s

  • Mrs. Lee-Ann Millar-Mendes, Group Vice-president of Human Resources and Shared Services of Goddard Enterprises Limited, left, presenting the sponsorship cheque to the Barbados Volleyball Association's treasurer, Mr. Wynne Jean-Marie.
    December 30, 2024

    GEL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PREMIERE LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL

  • The Hastings Board Walk Hydration Station, installed in 2021 with sponsorship from Ansa Merchant Bank, has provided over 256,650 bottle fills, significantly reducing the use of single-use plastics. It is also beneficial for protecting the local environment, including the nearby Hawksbill sea turtle nesting sites.
    December 23, 2024

    ‘A Really Big Surprise’ – Hydrate Caribbean Celebrates First Winner Of Hydration Campaign