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Mary Shelford Reps St. Kitts at Tourism Youth Congress
BASSETERRE – Mary Ann Shelford, St. Kitts’ Junior Minister of Tourism, is proudly representing her nation at the 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress, a flagship event of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) held during the State of the...

Saint Lucia Takes Bold Steps To Ensure Healthier School Food Environments
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs in collaboration with EU-Caribbean Nutrition (EU-CaN) and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) recently hosted a two- day nutrition workshop at the Harbor...

Prime Minister of Barbados calls for defence of rules-based world order
She warned that truth, trust and fairness were fraying under the weight of war, inequality and climate crisis. “Countries of different sizes, capacities and cultures can only survive in the world in which we live if we maintain a rules-based...

CTO to Host World Tourism Day Special Event Ahead of SOTIC 2025 in Barbados
Source: Caribbean Tourism Organization Narendra Ramgulam, the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Deputy Director of Sustainable Tourism, will moderate the World Tourism Day special proceedings BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (September 25, 2025) – The...

Barbados to host Caribbean tourism conference
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Barbados is set to host the 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), the region’s most influential gathering of tourism leaders from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. This year’s conference, which is being presented by the...

Gonsalves joins Trump, attacks China
By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” Oct. 3, 2025) In his most backward display of global politics yet, Gonsalves, known for his relatively progressive positions on international issues, took the mic at the United Nations last week to launch a...
Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction
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Debate on full free movement’s impact
Political scientist Peter Wickham is cautioning that while the conversation on full free movement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines has largely focused on economics, the political implications may prove equally...

Barbados Small Island, But Postal Giant.
- Advertisement - Barbados has been elected to two Councils of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at the Union’s 28th Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The island secured seats on both the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal...

Run Barbados turns 42 with new wellness chapter
28 Barbados’ longest-running sports tourism event is getting a wellness makeover. Formerly known as Run Barbados, the newly rebranded Run Barbados Marathon and Wellness Weekend returns December 4-7, 2025, with a broadened focus that blends...

Youth signals outside court spark concern
84 Young men charged with violent offences are openly flashing apparent gang signs outside court, alarming the public and highlighting the growing influence of gang culture amid the country’s struggle to contain street violence. The development...

Barbados moves to modernise measurement laws to protect consumers
25 Barbados is set to overhaul its decades-old Weights and Measures Act with a new Metrology Bill aimed at guaranteeing fairness in trade, building consumer trust, and ensuring businesses face stricter accountability over how goods and services...
Barbados begins next phase of implementing Metrology Act
Barbados has begun the next phase of implementing its new Metrology Act, legislation designed to guarantee accuracy in trade and protect consumers. This from Minister of Innovation, Industry, Science and Technology, Senator Jonathan Reid, who was...

Research vessel to retire after 50 years and one million miles at sea
September 19, 2025 After almost five decades of service, the research vessel Endeavor will complete its final mission on Sept. 20 before being retired from the U.S. oceanographic fleet. Owned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated...

japanese joinery shapes adjaye associates’ record-setting timber pavilion in barbados
adjaye associates’ music venue completes first phase The Barbados National Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Bridgetown as the first phase of a future national cultural center designed by Adjaye Associates. Built for the Caribbean festival...

Scotiabank Barbados wins two Global Finance Digital Banking Awards
63 Scotiabank Barbados has earned two major honours at the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2025, reaffirming its leadership in digital innovation and client experience. The bank received the following awards: Best Corporate/Institutional...

Belize participates in Caribbean Tourism Industry Conference
Views: 25 Views: 25 Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025. 2:19 pm CST. By Zoila Palma: Belize is being represented at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference, taking place from September 30 to October 3 in...

Police recruiting digital skills
The Barbados Police Service is shifting its recruitment focus toward intelligence and technology driven policing as it works to fill 254 vacancies and adapt to the evolving landscape of modern crime – from cyber fraud to human trafficking. Station...

Caribbean Tourism Association to unveil innovation hub in collaboration with cutting edge tech firm at upcoming regional tourism conference
Dominica News Online - Monday, September 22nd, 2025 at 9:26 AM Ed Limon, Cofounder and Producer at Winged Whale Media. Photo: Caribbean Tourism OrganizationThe Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is set to launch an innovative new center at the...