376 Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ag.) Sonia Boyce will be appointed Commissioner of Police with effect from July 3, 2026, due to the impending retirement of Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce and the consequential vacancy in the leadership of The Barbados Police Service (TBPS). The appointment follows a process conducted by the Protective Services Commission, which included interviews as part of its assessment of candidates, according to a press release. A recommendation was subsequently submitted to the Prime Minister for the constitutionally required consultation and confirmation of support before being submitted for the approval of the President of Barbados. The release explained that the appointment is based on Deputy Commissioner Boyce’s demonstrated competence, experience, training, integrity and record of service. It stated that her career was built over four decades in policing and public service, with proven leadership across operational, investigative, administrative and human resource functions. Deputy Commissioner Boyce enlisted...

563 Attorney-at-law Samuel Legay believes birth tourism can be beneficial to the country, but has urged government to ensure international agencies involved exercise proper diligence in screening participants to safeguard the island’s social systems. He noted that birth tourism was not new to the island, pointing out that at least one clinic has been promoting the practice “for years”. However,  he questioned whether the current public concern was really due to birth tourism or to the promotion of such in African countries.  “For years, it has been a certain class of colour of people that have been coming to do it, and they have been getting the Barbadian passport,” he said. Birth tourism is beneficial to the country, he said, even as he urged the government to warn international agencies to exercise due diligence in screening participants. Suggesting the promotion of birth tourism via advertisements can attract “too many undesirables”,...

365 The country’s second-place Common Entrance performer, Hilda Skeene Primary School’s Josiah Gibson, says hard work, determination and the support of his family helped him earn one of the country’s highest marks, as he now prepares to begin the next chapter of his education. Speaking after the school’s graduation ceremony at The Crane Resort on Friday, where he was valedictorian and also named the school’s Most Outstanding Student of 2026, Gibson admitted he entered the examination feeling a mix of emotions. “I was a little nervous but also excited because I knew that whatever I did on that day…” he said. The achievement left the young student overwhelmed with joy. “I was very happy when I heard this… running around my house screaming.” His success was also recognised during the graduation ceremony, where he received several awards: Most outstanding student of 2026; highest mark in Language Arts; highest mark in...

Hace apenas unos días, volvió a sesionar el Comité de Descolonización de la Organización de Naciones Unidas ( ONU) para escuchar los reclamos de individuos y organizaciones en Puerto Rico por la autodeterminación e independencia de nuestro país. La resolución aprobada por dicho organismo este año, la número 44, resume una larga historia que se remonta a la aprobación en 1960 por la Asamblea General de la ONU, de la Resolución 1514 (XV) que reconoció, condenó y denunció la existencia de la dominación colonial de unos países por otros, y exigió medidas inmediatas para transferir los poderes de la soberanía a pueblos y territorios bajo subordinación colonial. La erradicación del colonialismo y la autodeterminación e independencia de todos los pueblos del mundo es un principio consagrado en la Carta Magna de la ONU desde la fundación de dicho organismo en 1945. Por eso, no es una pérdida de tiempo –...

L‘impérialisme américain est sans vergogne. Il ne connaît aucune honte, il n’en a jamais éprouvé face à son système capitaliste irresponsable. Voyez l’état auquel Haïti a été réduit, alors que le pays subit une domination coloniale depuis plus d’un siècle. C’est Washington qui décide de tout, dans un climat de soumission sans précédent. Qu’a tiré le pays de cette situation ? Comment expliquer ce paradoxe : ce sont les États-Unis qui contrôlent de nombreux dossiers et interviennent dans tout, allant jusqu’à imposer l’actuel Premier ministre Alix-Didier Fils-Aimé. Le responsable des affaires américaines en Haïti, Henry T. Wooster agit comme un véritable « Gouverneur » qu’aucun dirigeant haïtien ne peut rappeler à l’ordre, car ils sont tous, sans exception, des marionnettes chargées de gérer le pays au profit des intérêts yankees. Ainsi, Haïti tombe sous la coupe de l’impérialisme américain qui s’empare de ses meilleures ressources naturelles avec la complicité d’une...

11 An 18-year-old has been remanded after being charged with serious assault and robbery in connection with an attack on American visitors at Savvy on the Bay last month. Rashad Alexander Williams, of Buckingham Road, Bank Hall, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Douglas Frederick charged that on May 17, he with intent to maim, disfigure or disable Darin Sisco or to do serious bodily harm to him, unlawfully did serious bodily harm to Sisco; robbed Sisco of two chains valued at US$1 000 ($2 028.27) and a US$800 ($1 622.56) cell phone; robbed Larraine Sisco of a US$800 cell phone ($1 622.56) and that, when present together with other persons, he used unlawful violence and their conduct, taken together, would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their personal safety. He is also facing a separate charge of assaulting Cairo Yearwood on June 22....

Amnistía Internacional, capítulo de Puerto Rico (AIPR), denunció que el país enfrenta señales claras de deterioro democrático ante una serie de acciones legislativas y gubernamentales que reflejan un patrón sistemático dirigido a cerrar el espacio cívico, limitar la fiscalización pública y debilitar derechos fundamentales de la ciudadanía.  Las medidas -se denunció- van dirigidas a restringir el acceso a la información pública, obstaculizar el trabajo de la prensa, encarecer la justicia ambiental, normalizar la vigilancia tecnológica contra manifestantes y promover legislación discriminatoria  “Lo que denunciamos no son hechos aislados, son señales de alerta de un deterioro democrático”, explicó Liza Gallardo Martín, directora ejecutiva de AIPR en comunicado de prensa. “El espacio cívico es el lugar donde la gente puede expresarse, organizarse, protestar, defender derechos, denunciar abusos y pedir cuentas sin miedo a represalias. Cuando un gobierno legisla para esconder información, encarecer el acceso a la justicia y vigilar a quienes protestan,...

La Coupe du monde était pour beaucoup une occasion de célébrer le football. Aujourd’hui, elle est devenue le théâtre des abus et de la cruauté d’arbitres véreux. Autrefois, la Coupe du monde était pour beaucoup une occasion de célébrer le football. Aujourd’hui, en 2026, elle est devenue le théâtre des abus et de la cruauté d’arbitres véreux. C’est aussi l’occasion pour le président de l’UEFA Aleksander Čeferin de cracher sur les citoyens des pays qu’ils n’apprécient pas. Quant aux Haïtiens, ils se réjouissaient de voir leur équipe nationale fouler le terrain lors de cette Coupe du monde 2026. Hélas, une mauvaise réputation colle désormais à un certain Mustapha Ghorbal, qui a massacré nos « Grenadiers » par des décisions défavorables à Haïti. Mais plutôt que d’énumérer tous les torts que cet homme nous a causés, nous préférons publier pour nos lecteurs et lectrices cette lettre trouvée sur le groupe WhatsApp...

105 Parents have been given their clearest picture yet of how Barbados’ proposed transition from primary to secondary school will operate, with classroom projects completed at school, four standardised tests spread over two years and continued parental choice of secondary schools all forming part of the new assessment model. Deputy Chief Education Officer for Planning and Development Reverend Stephen Scott outlined the details during a Ministry of Education Transformation town hall meeting on Thursday evening, one of several public consultations being held following the government’s announcement that the traditional Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination will be replaced by a new two-part assessment model. The proposed system would move away from relying on a single examination and instead assess students over a two-year period through continuous classroom assessments and national standardised tests. “The outline of the new transition model is that it will be a two-part approach,” Rev Scott said. “There...

La secuela de denuncias entre el ex secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), Sebastian Negrón Reichard y el secretario de la gobernación, Francisco Domenech, continúan levantando banderas rojas sobre la corrupción en el gobierno, en particular sobre el proceder del Secretario de la gobernación, el cual amerita investigación.  Así lo planteó la experta en administración pública, la profesora Palmira Ríos, al referirse a las expresiones atribuidas al Secretario de la gobernación y dirigidas al ex director del DEEC, en el sentido de que “no se iba a asignar a ningún puesto de confianza a nadie que no haya trabajado en la campaña”. Ríos apuntó que hay que cuestionarse si “es esto una sana administración pública, si es un ambiente que refleja que hay profesionalismo en el gobierno”.   Más aún, rechazó que se le tilde de chisme y subrayó que hay que entender la gravedad de la situación ...