Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley was re-elected unopposed and will serve a third consecutive term while former Barbados chairman of selectors, Henderson Wallace, is the new face added to the board after elections took place last night virtually. While Riley and BCA secretary Gregory Nicholls returned unopposed, there has been a change to […]
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MELBOURNE – England have never come back from a 2-0 deficit to win an Ashes series but that is the task that faces Joe Root’s team when they walk out in front of a Boxing Day crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the third test on Sunday. Cricket enthusiasts around the world would probably […]
Say what you like about Roger Harper and his dismissal as the West Indies men’s lead selector after two years and two months in one of the most thankless jobs in regional cricket for the last two decades, I found his interaction with the media, especially when tough questions were asked, to be fascinating. With […]
The Government of Barbados has a vision for sports and road tennis is a major sport in the scheme of things says acting assistant director of the National Sports Council Adrian Donovan. He said that the common sentiments with regards to the Barbados delegation which had a showcase has been described as a tour of […]
Management and staff of the insurance arm of CIBC FirstCaribbean dedicated their time to make the holiday season merry and bright for the elderly residents of the Soroptimist Village in Eden Lodge last Saturday, December 18. Staff distributed hampers packed with toiletries, linens and non-perishable food items for the 22 residents of the village.Ramona Smart, […]
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka – West Indies rookie Test star Jayden Seales tasted success in his first ever overseas franchise tournament, when Jaffna Kings trounced Galle Gladiators by 23 runs to win the Lanka Premier League title here Thursday. Choosing to bat first at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Kings piled up a 200-plus total for […]
Kim Worrell is the owner of Libraal Mobile Spa, which offers aromatherapy, Deep Tissue massage, MLD, Swedish Massage, pedicures, body steams and sugar scrubs. The former student of St. James Secondary School said she decided to become an entrepreneur years ago when she became interested in massage therapy. “I realized I wanted to become an […]
The $125 million in government security recently introduced by the Central Bank of Barbados is being described by one economist as “junk bonds”. Kemar Stuart, Director of Business Development, Finance and Investment at Stuart and Perkins Caribbean, said the Government was facing a cash shortage, having revised its targeted six per cent primary surplus to […]
Government’s finance team will be working closely with the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to uncover any unscrupulous activity that may have prevented consumers from reaping the full benefits of Monday’s VAT-free shopping. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn made the disclosure as he said that authorities will only consider repeating the initiative if […]
Importers, manufacturers and retailers of light bulbs or electric lamps, face being fined as much as $100,000 come January 1, 2022 if they are not in compliance with The Control of Inefficient Lighting Act which comes into effect then. The Act, which was passed by lawmakers in July this year, seeks to phase out lights […]