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 ...

With countries like Australia still debating whether or not the time has come to become a republic, what prompted tiny Barbados with its population of less than 300,000, to take the leap?

The second president of Barbados, Jeffrey Bostic, was sworn in early Sunday during the 59th anniversary of Independence and the fourth as a republic. A former Minister of Health and a highly decorated ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - 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.

The climax of celebrations marking Barbados’ 59th Anniversary of Independence and the 4th Anniversary as a Parliamentary Republic will be the Independence ...

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., ...

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, ...

Prince Charles has left Barbados after its first day as a republic that broke the country's centuries-old ties with the British monarchy and saw Rihanna collect her National Hero award. The Prince of ...

Queen Elizabeth will have one less realm after this week, when Barbados severs its final imperial links to Britain by removing the 95-year-old as its head of state and declaring itself a republic. The ...

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 ...