Keisha Christian Releases Love at El Mocambo

Keisha Christian Releases Love at El Mocambo

Keisha Christian, a Barbadian soul/R&B artist, is taking listeners on a journey through the highs, lows, and intricacies of love with her new album, 360 Love. Produced by Billboard-charting pianist Eddie Bullen and Thunder Dome Sounds, the album blends R&B and jazz into a mix of breezy grooves, stormy ballads, and bouncy anthems, exploring themes […]

‘Active citizenship’ is going to be at the core of Barbados’s transformation – Mia Mottley

‘Active citizenship’ is going to be at the core of Barbados’s transformation – Mia Mottley

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, in a keynote address at the annual “Bring on the Spring” event in Toronto on Saturday, stressed the importance of “active citizenship.” Mottley told a large gathering of Barbadians at the event, organized by the Barbados Canadian Foundation, that “active citizenship” is going to be “at the core of Barbados’s […]

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Inspires Active Citizenship During Toronto Visit

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Inspires Active Citizenship During Toronto Visit

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley wowed the crowd in Toronto during her recent visit to Canada on Saturday March 25. Mottley was in town to speak at the annual “Bring on the Spring” event, which is organized by the Barbados Canada Foundation. As the guest of honor and keynote speaker, she spoke about the importance […]

Barbados signs education deal with Cuba

Barbados signs education deal with Cuba

Barbados signed an education memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Cuba. The MOU provides two scholarships per year for five years to Cuban nationals — providing training in English as a foreign language for Cuban experts. The signing of the MOU also provides Barbadians with the opportunity to strengthen their capacity in second […]

Mia Mottley to speak at Toronto fundraiser

Mia Mottley to speak at Toronto fundraiser

  Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados will be the guest of honour in Toronto, on March 25, to deliver the keynote address at the Bring On The Spring event that is organised by the Barbados Canadian Foundation (BCF). The event will be held at St Peter and Paul Banquet Hall, 231 Milner Avenue, Scarborough, […]

Regional jet service added to Trinidad, Barbados, and Guyana

Regional jet service added to Trinidad, Barbados, and Guyana

The Dominican Republic’s new discount airline, Arajet Airlines, has just received permission to offer regional jet service to six more countries in the Caribbean and South American. As well, Arajet is working to establishing landing rights in the US in the US and hopefully Canada. Arajet has received the go-ahead from its civil aviation board […]

Does the Canadian army have a white supremacist problem?

Does the Canadian army have a white supremacist problem?

University of Alberta Andy Knight, a professor of international relations and the school’s first provost fellow in Black excellence and leadership, made a proposal to the federal department last fall in which he drew attention to racism in the military. Over the next year, he is to assess just how entrenched radicalization, antisemitism, xenophobia and […]

Barbados says British MP must pay reparations for family’s slave past

Barbados says British MP must pay reparations for family’s slave past

The government of Barbados is considering plans to make a wealthy Conservative MP the first individual to pay reparations for his ancestor’s pivotal role in slavery. Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, recently travelled to the Caribbean island for a private meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mia Mottley. A report is now before Mottley’s […]

Barbados improving cruise ship service at ports

Barbados improving cruise ship service at ports

A more effective operating strategy has been implemented by Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) to help cruise ship passengers disembark in Bridgetown Port BPI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Jean-Marie announced the changes. “BPI recognises that some guests who had taken the Rhapsody of Seas cruise were in recent times understandably unhappy with traffic movements within […]

Singing Francine dies at 79

Singing Francine dies at 79

Barbados-born calypso artiste Francine Edwards, better known onstage as Singing Francine, died in Queens, New York last Friday. She was 79. She was reported to have suffered a heart attack. Singing Francine won the National Calypso Queen competition in Trinidad in 1972, 1973,1981 and 1983. A news release from the Trinbago United Calypsonians Organization (TUCO) […]