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The nation of Barbados is 21 miles long and up to 14 miles wide, with an area of 166 sq miles. It is in the western area of the North Atlantic and 62 miles east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea. Closest nations are St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Hurricanes usually miss Barbados.
The British moved in and took over in 1624, and more or less moved out in 1966. Barbados remains a country as a British colony. Which means they play cricket.
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Trenelle Ailani Byer of Gilkes Road, Hindsbury, St Michael. She was last seen at home sometime around 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, by her father Andrew Byer. At the time she was wearing a dark blue spaghetti top, short cutoff jeans pants, and a pair […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for St James North Edmund Hinkson has expressed unhappiness with the number of financial obligations placed on non-profit organizations and has complained that it is stumping growth of charitable foundations. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) MP last night made known his concern while delivering brief remarks at a fundraising event for […]
Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Roseanne Myers has told employees of Sandals Barbados to look at the “bigger picture” as they continue to promote the island as the ideal tourist destination. “While you are in . . . that Sandals cocoon, keep an eye on the big picture destination because the […]
A 24-year-old woman in southern India cut off the genitals of a Hindu holy man who tried to rape her and who she alleged has been sexually assaulting her for the past eight years, police said Saturday. G. Sparjan Kumar, a police officer in Thiruvananthapuram, the Kerala state capital, said the woman fled her home […]
The St Michael Parish Independence Committee officially launched its 2017 parish project yesterday at the Ellerslie Secondary School under the theme Changing Mindsets, Building Our Communities. Attendant Ryan Gilkes said this year’s focus will be on healthy living, noting that juvenile obesity in Barbados has reached an alarming stage. Gilkes expressed concern that some of […]
