NORTH CAROLINA – Man tries to drown three children
DURHAM — A North Carolina man tried to drown his three children in a pond at an apartment complex and then begged a 911 dispatcher to send help, sobbing as he explained that authorities were trying to...
View ArticleAmir’s top priority
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has said that a return to international cricket is not his current focus and has stressed that domestic cricket will be his top priority in the months ahead. Amir...
View ArticleDuminy dominates
JP Duminy smashed 68 from 34 balls to help South Africa to a seven-wicket win over India in the first T20 international of three, at Dharamsala today. Rohit Sharma hit a first T20I ton for India with...
View ArticleWindies women fifth
Cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), has launched its official women’s team rankings with West Indies installed at number five on the table. The rankings will be...
View ArticleJAMAICA – Ashley: Health minister should be fired
KINGSTON –– The revelation by Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson that he was unaware of deadly bacterial outbreaks at two of the country’s major hospitals has not settled well with attorney-at-law...
View ArticlePickwick, Maple under pressure
It is inevitable that Sagicor Life UWI will capture their fifth top league three-day title in ten seasons, while ESA Field Pickwick and Sierka Rentals Maple sweat over relegation as the BCA Elite...
View ArticleOn the line!
The battle for supremacy went right down to the wire and in the end it was Red House who pipped Yellow House by three and a half points to win Bay Primary’s Inter-house sports held at the school today....
View ArticleFever pitch
After a spectacular display of fireworks lit up the start of the final of the inaugural Pakistan Super League, in Dubai, Dwayne Smith produced the cricketing equivalent of it, firing Islamabad United...
View ArticleWASHINGTON – Christie endorses Trump
WASHINGTON –– New Jersey governor and former Republican candidate Chris Christie is endorsing front-runner Donald Trump for president, he has announced. Christie dropped out of the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleAction packed
Burger King Lester Vaughan and The St Michael School ran away as champions of the Frank Blackman Zone at the 2016 Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championship held today at the National Stadium....
View ArticleAmazing feat
Eleven-year-old Vauxhall Primary School student Olianna Bishop achieved a feat today that has not been accomplished in the 29-year history of the Barbados Football Cup. The shy, athletically built...
View ArticleNadal suing minister over doping claims
World number five Rafael Nadal has filed a lawsuit against former French government minister Roselyne Bachelot, who has accused him of doping. “I intend to defend my integrity and my image as an...
View ArticleOHIO – Kasich out
COLUMBUS — The last man standing in Donald Trump’s path to the Republican nomination, Ohio Governor John Kasich will end his campaign Wednesday, making Trump the party’s presumptive nominee. Three...
View ArticleInniss not losing any sleep over latest Panama Papers leak
Minister of International Business Donville Inniss says the Panama Papers leak was yet to reveal any wrongdoing on the part of players in the island’s international business sector. Inniss therefore...
View ArticlePromising talent
Bay Primary’s Amir Gustave and St Gabriel’s Ethan Wood continue to impress in the Bico-sponsored National Sports Council’s Primary Schools Football Tournament. Today, the prolific Gustave notched a...
View ArticleBurke making great waves
Barbadian teenage surfer Josh Burke has qualified for the men’s World Surf League QS 6000 Ichinomiya Japan Open to be held in the town of Chiba, approximately 55 kilometres from Tokyo. Burke, who is on...
View ArticleOf luxury cars and leaders of our unions
It is an age-old tactic used with telling effect sometimes to discredit and neutralize critics who are either causing discomfort for politicians, or have considerable clout to influence significant...
View ArticleAwesome gospel concert on the Hill
The day was cloudy and cool, the perfect setting for Gospelfest One Awesome Day at Farley Hill National Park. Performances from Kim Arthur, Schreffler Germal Maxwell, Stacey Little and steel pannist...
View ArticleSoca Snypa Bajan to the bone
Barbadian DJ Pedro Gooding, also known as Soca Snypa, has a genuine love for his island home. Wherever he goes to perform, he carries Barbados with him proudly and constantly promotes our island. This...
View ArticleElection rub
Two respected political analysts have found themselves on opposing ends of the St Lucia general election debate, with St-Lucia born Dr Tennyson Joseph and Barbadian Peter Wickham trading strong punches...
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