Barbados Science & Technology News

Reaching out to young black men Role models within the Reach programme are helping disaffected black teenagers gain confidence in their futures A year ago today, the government launched its role-model initiative to raise the aspirations and achievements of young...

A landmark study on child sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean has discovered that the problem is escalating in the sub-region and identified emerging forms of abuse, including the use of boys in an organised network to service cruise ship...

Barbados and Switzerland have signed an Air Services Agreement that the Caribbean island's Foreign Minister believes should serve "to expand international air services opportunities and facilitate increased opportunities for tourism, trade and commercial activity" between the two countries....

Health Minister Donville Inniss, in officially opening the Vashti Inniss Empowerment Centre this week, said the new facility signalled government's commitment to meet the 2006 United Nations' General Assembly goal of Universal Access to comprehensive HIV prevention, programmes, treatment,...

For Tennille Ray, maintaining her sculpted arms, 12-pack abs and muscled legs is a full-time job...Last spring, she signed up for a retreat held by a pro bodybuilder that taught some diet and exercise basics...It took her about four months...

Eastern Caribbean still facing several challenges, but with a call from acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Challenger for employees to work together to take the company to higher levels of achievement.  "While there should be justifiable pride and joy in...

There's also a constellation of hotel-sorting Web sites to help travelers find their way to the deals. Some of these businesses, such as Expedia, Priceline, and TripAdvisor, have been around for years. But other, less well-known sites can also steer...

As forecasters predicted would happen by yesterday, Tropical Storm Henri is no more. The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said on Tuesday when Henri formed that it would become "a remnant low" by Thursday. Yesterday evening, in its final advisory on...