Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has suggested that some of the money spent on last week’s We Gatherin’ celebrations at Archer’s Bay, St Lucy, on Errol Barrow Day could have been allocated to cleaning up the environment.Charging that Barbados was “a very untidy country”, Thorne told yesterday’s sitting of the House of... Read more

Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Social and Environmental issues, Toni Moore says 21 days to clear an overgrown lot after notification is enough time.She said that issue, whether the daily $10 penalty was harsh and others had arisen as the group heard from a cross section of people... Read more

A new political group, the Conservative Barbados Loyalist Party, is expected to be launched on Saturday.Reports are that it would be led by attorney Corey Beckles, known in the past for his social activism on a number of issues including elder abuse and human rights.Beckles was quoted by Starcom Network... Read more

WASHINGTON –  US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these also could be applied to “other participating countries.”In a post on Truth Social, Trump modified... Read more

Political Analyst Peter Wickham says while the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) naming of 15 candidates to contest the next General Election is a step forward, some key omissions and strategic missteps can undermine public confidence in it.“It’s good that he’s made a start,” he said in reference to Opposition Leader... Read more