Barbadians should know by year-end what the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) will be offering as an alternative to the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP). This is according to president Dr Ronnie Yearwood as the Dems held an ole time excursion at Bath Beach, St John, yesterday, following the conclusion of their 67th annual conference at George Street, Belleville, St Michael, on Saturday. Speaking amid a sea of mainly yellow T-shirt-clad …
We’re outside! That was the cry from some jubilant Sol Rally Barbados fans on Saturday at stage two in Pickering, St Lucy, as they welcomed the return of the island’s international motor racing affair. The event passed through St Lucy, St John and St Joseph on the second weekend that locals were no longer mandated to wear COVID-19 masks in public, and was a full comeback since the brakes were …
Flying fish will be in abundance for Easter with a sharp rise in the catch that was scarce for months. Fish cleaner Fabian Douthy, the 44-year-old grandson of Berinda Cox after whom the Berinda Cox Fish Market in Oistins, Christ Church is named, told the DAILY NATION the most popular fish at market last week was indeed flying fish. “This week was flying fish. [It] put these women back in …
Officials are promising that the proposed South Coast Water Reclamation Project will deliver more water of better quality. It will also go a far way in preventing any recurrence of sewage spills like what occurred on the South Coast a few years ago. These were among the benefits outlined from an environmental impact study the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) set in motion a year ago aimed at revolutionising the South …
The ravages of climate change on Barbados were brought into sharp focus yesterday when dignitaries here for the United Nations’ Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) got a first-hand look at how the island is pushing back on coastline erosion with protection work on the West Coast. They also had exclusive interaction with some of the island’s youth involved in Future Barbados that features Project CATAPULT – a six-month programme …