CWI CEO Departing

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that Johnny Grave will be concluding his tenure as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the end of October 2024. CWI said in a statement that it extends its deepest gratitude for his dedicated service and leadership throughout his term. Cricket West Indies says it will be initiating a comprehensive […]

T-20 cricket to be Olympic sport

Cricket is set to be an Olympic Sport at the 2028 games in Los Angeles. It will be just the second time cricket will be featured at the Olympics, having being played more than a hundred years ago. A statement on the Olympic website states that the International Olympic Committee approved cricket among five news […]

$90M in renewable energy projects stalled

The business sector warns that up to 90 million dollars in renewable energy projects remain in limbo due to a lack of battery storage and sees a need to urgently address the matter. President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce, James Clarke, tells Starcom Network News, that with Middle East conflict threatening to send oil […]

New court procedures to speed up gun/homicide cases

Government is developing new criminal procedure rules to speed up the trial process in the criminal courts. This has been disclosed by Attorney General, Dale Marshall, during the opening here in Barbados of in-country sensitization meetings of the Crime Gun Intelligence Unit of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security. Mr. Marshall voiced specific […]