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For the second time in six months the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) will have to fill the role of chief executive officer.That’s because current Chief Executive Officer (CEO)  Geoffrey Roach has announced that he will be stepping down from the position after only a short time in the role.A press release issued today stated that Roach made the disclosure during the BHTA’s recent Fourth Quarterly Meeting.Last May, then CEO Rudy Grant stepped down from the role after six years to also pursue other opportunities. He was subsequently named as Barbados’ Consul General to Miami...

Former minister responsible for culture and two-time calypso monarch John King is suggesting that Barbados gives the late calypso icon Singing Francine the recognition she deserves with a fitting memorial.King was among a number of local entertainers and creatives paying tribute on Friday to the Barbados-born Trinidad calypso queen, who passed away in the United States on Friday morning after suffering a heart attack.The 79-year-old Singing Francine, whose real name was Francine Edwards went to live in Trinidad as a teen and later became one of the most successful calypsonians in that country,...

General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) Dennis DePeiza has charged that a plan is afoot to undermine the organisation and divide the local labour movement.Speaking during CTUSAB’s annual end-of-year press conference on Wednesday morning, he said it appeared the aim was to create “constructive chaos” by not acknowledging CTUSAB as the umbrella body for trade unions.If that is allowed to continue, DePeiza maintained, it had the potential to destroy CTUSAB.The Congress represents the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), the Barbados ...

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at an abandoned house at Fairholme, Christ Church. (more details as they come to hand.)

It took a 12-member jury just over an hour of deliberations to find Rommel Akeem Cummins guilty of murder.It was around 4:45 p.m. on Thursday evening that the jury delivered its decision.Cummins had pleaded not guilty to murdering Dave Archer on June 10, 2019. Archer, a former security guard on the MV DreamChaser was fatally shot while onboard the party vessel.After the verdict was delivered in the No. 3 Supreme Court, Justice Carlisle Greaves set March 2, 2023, as the date for sentencing.A pre-sentencing report was also ordered.