The “Diamonds” singer, 35, and partner A$AP Rocky, 34, have welcomed their second baby together, sources confirm to PEOPLE. The couple is already parents to son RZA, 15 months. The pair announced the singer’s second pregnancy during her Super Bowl halftime show. Rihanna played up the big pregnancy reveal in the opening moments of her […]
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking at the UN Forum on Sustainable Development, reiterated her call for a restructuring of the international financial architecture, indicating that the call for financial reform is really not about governance. “For us, it is about longer money, cheaper money and being able to use it for the purposes for […]
The Caribbean islands are essentially a microcosm of the challenges we’re all facing. This is according to the founding director of Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute, Stephen E. Flynn—as cited by a recent report by The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)—and therefore, world leaders must begin paying attention to the region. Compared to the […]
Veteran Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands aboard Paramount Prince captured the 164th King’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday. Husbands, who earned his third Plate title, captured his first Plate aboard Wando in 2003. He teamed up with trainer Mark Casse to win again in 2014 with filly Lexie Lou. Commenting on his race on Sunday, […]
Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. will be a presence at the TD Markham Jazz Festival slated to hit the stage from Saturday, August 19 to Sunday, August 20. The festival’s main stage (Millenium Bandstand) will feature the renowned Barbadian saxophonist, Elan Trotman, in what is expected to be a captivating performance on Saturday, August 19 at […]
The Barbadian Canadian take home $60,000 for ‘The Island of Forgetting’ Vancouver writer Jasmine Sealy has won the 2023 Amazon First Novel Award for The Island of Forgetting. The $60,000 prize recognizes the best debut Canadian novel of the year. Set in Barbados, The Island of Forgetting is a coming-of-age story spanning four generations, […]
Mottley promotes “Bridgetown Agenda” World leaders meeting in Paris last Thursday could give poorer countries access to hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle climate change. Mia Mottley, Barbados’ first female PM, is leading the global fight for this money. She said her small country urgently needs help. Poorer nations want more money because they […]
Barbados’ fourth Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford has died at the age of 86. The educator and diplomat was a veteran Democratic Labour Party politician who entered the political fray in 1964 and served the country for more than three decades. Before ascending to the highest political office on the death of Prime […]
CARICOM marks its 50th anniversary The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a grouping of 20 countries, observes its 50th Anniversary this year under the theme “50 Years Strong: A Solid Foundation to Build on.” CARICOM was established on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas by Prime Ministers Errol Barrow for Barbados; Forbes […]
Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation, and Investment, The Honourable Charles Fernandez, joined other Caribbean tourism leaders in Barbados on May 9th for the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace business meetings. The day before, Minister Fernandez attended the CHTA’s Caribbean Travel Forum, a new event focused on the […]
