This Today in Bajan History segment highlights a milestone in overseas employment and skills training for Barbadians, reported in the Barbados Advocate on January 30, 1952. The article noted that four ABC-rated seamen had departed Barbados via BWIA to Curaçao to begin work with the Shell oil tanker fleet.
The Barbarbadian reported that a group gathered to discuss the franchise (or 'the right to vote') reform.
The Barbados Advocate reported on the devastation caused in Antigua by Hurricane Dog and highlighted Barbados’ response to the disaster. Relief efforts led by...
On February 12, 2025, Barbados lost one of its most influential historians and educators, Trevor George “Snuffy” Marshall, who passed away at age 77,...