The Barbados Trust Fund Limited is clearing the backlog of loan applicants dating back as far as last year, as the entity continues with its mandate to ensure that many Barbadians realise their dream of…

Fifty-three Immigration Officers received permanent appointments to the Public Service of Barbados.
Acting Director General of the Ministry of the Public Service, Penny Linton, said Governor General…

After almost a month at large, the teenager who allegedly pushed away his prison escort and made a dash to freedom from the Supreme Court Complex was remanded when he appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’…

There was one positive result among 302 tests for COVID-19 done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday.
A 26-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on Jet Blue on August 29, was…

Deroy Antoine Nicholls, alias Sticky, is now in police custody.
The 29-year-old of French Village, St Peter, was wanted by lawmen in connection with a serious criminal matter.
Nicholls was the…

One man was shot and another “grazed” in a shooting incident at Ulster Road, Grazettes, St Michael, on Wednesday evening.
A Nation team was in the area when they encountered the angry residents speaking…

At least one restaurant in Speightstown, St Peter, appears to be on fire.
Several people in the area took pictures and video and circulated them on social media. A team from the Barbados Fire Service…

A flash-flood warning is in effect for Bridgetown and surrounding districts.
The Barbados Meteorological Services say maximum rainfall accumulations of 15 to 50mm in moderate to heavy showers, mainly…

A 53-year-old Guyanese woman on Wednesday became the 177th person to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Barbados.
She arrived on Trans Guyana Airways on September 1, and was transferred to the isolation…

Cameron Burke is the new vice president of the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA).
After a two-hour closed-door annual general meeting at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Wednesday night, Burke…