Barbados Open Water Festival set to attract hundreds of swimmers in November

Barbados: Barbados has started the preparations for welcoming hundreds of national and international swimmers for the 12th annual Barbados Open Water Festival (BOWF), scheduled to take place between November 4-8, 2026. Registration window for the …

Barbados authorities step up poultry surveillance after Suriname bird flu outbreak

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados has stepped up monitoring at its ports of entry following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in neighbouring Suriname, with authorities warning of the potential impact on the local poultry sector …

BARBADOS-AGRICULTURE-Authorities step up poultry surveillance after Suriname bird flu outbreak

A&E: Barbados balance brought to The Well

Black Sage wood is fire-hardened and used for stick licking on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The practice is an Indigenous martial art with roots in Africa and brought to this hemisphere through the 17th century slave trade. It combines elements of …

Barbados police arrest 19-year-old British national over $1.17m cocaine

The Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit has arrested and formally charged a 19-year-old British national, Abdul-Rasheed Anjolaoluwa Oduola, over the alleged possession and trafficking of 23.4 kilogrammes of cocaine. The police disclosed this in a …

Video: Barbados Football Team Defeat Bermuda

Bermuda’s men’s football team lost 4–1 to Barbados in their Concacaf Nations League match at the BFA Technical Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Friday [October 2]. Djair Parfitt gave Bermuda the lead in the eighth minute, but Barbados responded with …

Barbados join regional elite as seventh KFC International School Football tournament set for December 13-20

Barbados will feature alongside some of the Caribbean’s premier secondary school teams when Guyana hosts the seventh edition of the KFC Goodwill International football tournament this December. The Barbadian contingent joins an expanded eight-team line-up …

Bermuda soundly beaten by Barbados in Nations League

Created: Oct 02, 2026 11:48 PM (Updated: Oct 03, 2026 12:07 AM) Bermuda starting XI against Barbados (Photograph courtesy of Bermuda Football Association) Barbados 4 Bermuda 1 Bermuda squandered an early lead against Barbados to suffer a third straight …

Barbados ticks all the boxes for visitors, says Nigerian travel agent

Barbados is the island that delivers. That’s according to Nigerian owner and founder of V-N-B Holidays and Travel Experience, Valentina Rotimi, who spoke to the Business Report on the sidelines of the Spirit of Barbados Mega Fam at the Hilton Barbados …

Barbados Police Service appoints two new Assistant Commissioners

The Barbados Police Service has two new Assistant Commissioners of Police. Effective October 1st, 2026, Christine Stanford and Vernon Farrell were promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police. Assistant Commissioner Stanford has thirty-eight …