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Government is in the initial stages of facilitating the establishment of a National Rehabilitation Centre specifically for athletes, accident victims, and others suffering from joint pains and injuries.Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed on Thursday that the new specialty facility is on the cards and could be located at the site of the Ursuline Convent School.“We are in very early stages of seeing how we can establish, either through private sector facilitation or in a public-private partnership, a National Rehabilitation Centre,’ she said during the St George Speaks town hall meeting, in...

The Estes Valley Fire Protection District says in the last 5 years, 60% of structure fires in the valley happened at home rentals. A new proposal would eliminate outdoor fires at rental properties.

It was yet another resounding victory for international certified cricket umpire Gregory Brathwaite who will serve his fifth consecutive term as President of the Barbados Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) having attained 43 votes.The electoral process was held last night at Kensington Oval where Brathwaite who has been at the helm since 2013 defeated Ricardo Harrison who tallied 19 votes. Leon Layne will serve as deputy having amassed 37 votes to Harrison’s 28. The latter also ran for the position of vice-president.Speaking with Barbados TODAY from St. Lucia where he is on tour as an umpire...

Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew have claimed their second victory in Sol Rally Barbados, adding this year’s trophies to those they won on their debut in the event’s World Rally Car class in their Subaru Impreza WRC S12 in Sol RB19. After a dramatic weekend of changing fortunes among the front-runners, their margin of victory in the 32nd running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event was one minute and 10 seconds.A stunning performance on his own four-wheel-drive debut earned Josh Read second place and the FIA R5 class win with Barry Ward in the ex-Sol Esuf Ford Fiesta R5, the firs...

Barbados’ top road tennis players Sheldene Walrond and Mark ‘Venom’ Griffith are singing the praises of the government for levelling the playing field where both men and women will receive BDS$20, 000 cash in the June 12 Barbados Road Tennis Open tournament.The reigning number one female player Walrond who will represent the constituency of St. James South in the island-wide community-based event put on by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment said this was a great way to get more women playing.“I feel really good this tournament is taking place because it has been tw...