Anthony Calvillo became pro football’s all-time leading passer last season, but that fact didn’t register with students at any of the three high schools on the island of Barbados visited by players from the Canadian Football League this week.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Kensington Oval has a superb electronic scoreboard, covered stands, VIP suites, party areas and — most important — an expansive media centre to keep members of the Fourth Estate happy.It is a superb, modern sports facility in most respects, but it was built for cricket, the consuming passion of Barbados. ...
The battle to carry the Barbados Labour Party’s (BLP) flag in St Philip West is heating up with a defeated candidate vying for another shot at a seat in Parliament and a pastor and retired soldier throwing their hats in the ring.
Canada's Governor-General a master of sports and affairs of the state
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Governor-General of Canada is nearing the end of a 10-day visit to Brazil, Barbados and Trinidad-Tobago, having taken 30 university and college presidents with him to sell the benefits of a Canadian education to the burgeoning middle class of Brazil.On Monday, he did the diplomatic rounds on the Caribbean island of Barbados and today he begins an official state visit ...
More than anything else, the historic Barbados sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will perhaps be best remembered for the court’s determination that this country has a case to answer regarding claims by Jamaican Shanique Myrie that she had been subjected to a cavity probe by a local immigration officer and had been refused entry into the island.