Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country of Barbados made a huge power play by severing ties with Britain and monarch Queen Elizabeth II and deeming itself an official republic. In doing so, the ...

Barbados marked its 55th Independence Day on Tuesday, Nov. 30, by officially removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state and commemorating its new status as a republic. The move from a constitutional ...

The island of Barbados has said goodbye to the British monarchy. The Associated Press reported that the Caribbean island has become a republic for the first time and removed Queen Elizabeth as its ...

There's no simple way for me to characterize the emotions evoked by Barbados' official declaration of parliamentary republic status this week. My great-great-grandfather, Walter O.A. M. Collymore Sr., ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

UPDATE (Jan. 3): Due to concerns with the omicron variant, the date for the celebration of Barbados’ transition to a republic has been moved to March 19. To RSVP for the 5:30 p.m. event at the Harbour ...

Barbados swore in its first ever president on Tuesday, becoming a republic 55 years after the island first gained independence. Queen Elizabeth was formerly the head of state of Barbados. However, ...

On its first anniversary of complete independence from British rule, a writer reflects on how Barbados continues to celebrate what it now means to be free. Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country ...