Facts On Barbados News

Student association builds community, changes misconceptions about Caribbean

Members said it is important to build community and to help change misconceptions people may have of the Caribbean.

DEAR CHRISTINE: Play your part: foster a child

Dear Christine, I read the letter in the DAILY NATION of February 2 entitled Young Girls In A Den Of Prostitution .

Broomes’ say on BSTU charges

ALEXANDRA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JEFF BROOMES responded yesterday point by point to issues raised by the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union.

Reggae star paid for drug mules' travel, court hears

Deceased 80s reggae singer Smiley Culture paid for drugs mules to traffic cocaine from the Caribbean to the UK, a court heard.

Plainfield City Council votes unanimously to reprimand mayor, seek criminal inquiry

Plainfield Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs appears at an Aug. 1, 2010 radio broadcast featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton. / CN file photo PLAINFIELD — Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs willfully broke state laws, directed staffers to do the same, lied about it when subpoenaed to testify and tried to muddle the facts by falsely claiming a “state of emergency” existed when she doled out $20,000 in city funds ...