Lord Michael Taylor's colt - Daylight Express - wins the 2009 Sandy Lane Gold Cup horse race.The 2009 running of the most prestigious annual horse race in Barbados, the Sandy Lane Gold Cup, attracted tremendous excitement March 7th, 2009, with local entrants from the same stable copping the two top places and over 200,000 dollars

Barbados News 2009Totally Barbados » Barbados News » Barbados News 2009December 30th, 2009 Ten-Time Winner Enters Sol Rally Barbados and early on-line entries include newcomers from overseas Roger The Sheriff Skeete, the most successful driver in the history of the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) premier event, is among the early entries received for Sol Rally

Barbados News 2008Totally Barbados » Barbados News » Barbados News 2008March 25th, 2008 150 Million for Barbados Queen Elizabeth Hospital The new Barbados government has announced plans to spend an extra 40 million dollars on improving the state-run Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in the financial year starting April 1st, 2008. Business News ...Add to FavoritesDoug

Doug Bochert Visits Barbados and Bert's Bar Doug Bochert from Ottawa, Canada has been a big ice hockey fan all his life. He supports The Ottawa Senators, and has played competitive ice hockey against some of the team's leading players. At one stage he nearly turned professional but decided against it and just continued playing

Doug Bochert Visits Barbados and Bert's Bar Totally Barbados » Barbados News » Barbados News 2008 » Doug Bochert Visits Barbados and Bert's Bar February 20th, 2008 Doug Bochert Visits Barbados and Bert's Bar Doug Bochert from Ottawa, Canada has been a big ice hockey fan all his life. He supports The Ottawa Senators, and

Barbados Tourism Authorities up beat about the 2008 - 2009 Winter SeasonBarbados is banking on its largely up-market, value-for-money tourism profile to help get it through the current world financial turmoil and the resulting economic slowdown, especially in its major markets. "We stand a good opportunity to fare better than most," Barbados Hotel and Tourism

Barbados Central Bank Cutting Interest Rates from October 2008Amidst turmoil in the International financial markets, the Barbados Central Bank is cutting the minimum interest rate on local deposits from October 20th, 2008. The Central Bank said its move is to give the Barbados economy a boost, in light of the financial pain afflicting the world

Barbados Introduces Free Bus Rides for StudentsBarbados, which already offers free state financed education from primary to university levels, has now added free bus travel to and from school for its estimated 10,000 - 12,000 students. It previously cost each child one dollar (US 50 cents) per ride. The innovation was introduced for the start

Barbados Cuts Its Transit FeesBarbados has announced a substantial reduction in transit fees for passengers coming through its Grantley Adams International Airport, en route to other Caribbean destinations. The move, effective September 1st, 2008, is in response to a slowdown in transit traffic to and from other islands of the Eastern Caribbean, following the last

Access Barbados Festival building on successHigh Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Edward Evelyn Greaves told a Montreal audience that part of his mandate is to build new synergies and strengthen Barbados' relationship with Canadian officials and the wider community in order to promote, encourage and assist with the growth and development of trade, industry, tourism and