FRIENDS ONLINE FOR 10 YEARS, A BARBADIAN AND A JAMAICAN MET IN PERSON FOR FIRST TIME ON INTER-CARIBBEAN FLIGHT A Barbadian and a Jamaican who share the same first name met in person after being friends online for 10 years. They were able to meet in Jamaica on (February 6) after disembarking from the inaugural Barbados to Jamaica interCaribbean Airways flight service that connects the Northern Caribbean with the Eastern Caribbean. Here is their story. | One News SVG

A Barbadian nurse is on the frontline of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Brenda Mayers has been living in Canada for the last 43 years and has made nursing her passion for 28 years. She has spent her entire career at the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. In an interview with CBC News on her off day, Nurse Mayers says she was in the Critical Care Unit at the hospital during the SARS outbreak in 2003 and this helped prepare her for this pandemic. Nurse Mayers says she is happy wit

25K views · 97 reactions | Barbadian songstress Betty Griffith-Payne and two others have been remanded to prison on a number of drug-related offenses. The trio of Payne, her 35 year old sister Marie Griffith, and 34 year old Guyanese national Kwanza Canterbury appeared in the District 'C' Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer the charges, said to have occurred between November 7th and 10th. Our Sharika Griffith was there. | CBC News Barbados | Facebook

19K views · 173 reactions | Barbadians now have another option to consider when looking to travel to Jamaica. This as InterCaribbean has introduced flights between the two islands. The inaugural flight touched down at the Grantley Adams International Airport this afternoon. We'll have more details coming up in subsequent newscasts. Video: Christopher Wood #CBCNewsBarbados | CBC News Barbados | Facebook