Barbados

The YES - Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme - Community Business Labs programme was started: it seeks to help young people develop businesses and make them sustainable; it was launched first in the northern area with 20 small entrepreneurs registered

Much-awaited 13th Barbados Food and Rum Festival 2024 will open later this week; taking place from 24 to 27 October, it promises an expanded lineup that highlights the island’s rich gastronomic heritage and its status as the birthplace of rum

Barbados was rated most creative economy in the Caribbean, ranking 77th in the Global Innovation Index 2024; the country over-performed regional average indicators of institutions, human capital, research, business sophistication, knowledge and technology

Rum and Sargassum Inc, a local deep-tech start-up, and the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies launched the first vehicle powered by bio-compressed natural gas

An incident, involving the threatening behaviour of a parent, led to the early closure of Hilda Skeene Primary School and police intervention, just days after a stabbing at Alexandra School

Officers from a number of services will receive a four-day level 2 trauma training from tomorrow, part of the initiative “Pruning the Root – Comprehensive Trauma Training for Criminal Justice Professionals Engaging Youth Caregiver Treatment Group”

An Anglican church group will launch a £7 million reconciliation project in Barbados to atone for the atrocities of transatlantic slavery and compensate the descendants of enslaved people

From August 20, 2024 printing driving licence cards service has been resumed for special categories of users at Barbados Licensing Authority's Pine - St Michael branch; the service will soon be once again available for everyone

The criminal justice system will implement new rules by the end of September to speed up the processing of criminal cases

Per capita fish consumption in Barbados is currently double than that of other countries in the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

The Director of the Department of Emergency Management thanked the students for participating in the Early Warning poster competition for Hurricane Awareness Month, encouraging them to be more aware of the risks

The government has denied media reports that the health of Barbadians was put at risk during the International Cricket Council Men's T20 World Cup

Barbados Food and Rum Festival was named best culinary festival in the Caribbean, City of Bridgetown as best emerging culinary destination and Jean and Norma Holder Hospitality Institute as best culinary training institute