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Jamaica commits US$6.6m to help hurricane victims rebuild

KINGSTON – Government has signed J$1.05 billion (US$6.6 million) in contracts to begin construction of 268 semi-permanent housing units for families severely affected by...

Animekon returns to LESC

After years of fan requests, the Animekon convention made its return to the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (LESC) last weekend, delivering a rich showcase of...

From heartbreak to hope

by Cheryl Harewood When they lost their only son and child Tyrese Caesar to gun violence on June 30, 2022, Daniel and Jacqueline Caesar decided...

Tridents Women fall short

Three-time defending champions Barbados Tridents Women began their Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) in disappointing fashion, falling to a 21-run defeat at the hands...
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Move to protect health records

As Barbados digitises its health records and hospital systems, officials say the change must not leave anyone behind. At a public consultation Thursday night held...

Man charged with cannabis and driving offences

A 25-year-old St Michael man has been arrested and charged with several cannabis and driving-related offences stemming from an incident on August 28. Shaquan Shaquille...

New DLP general secretary aims to unify party

The Democratic Labour Party continues to hold out an olive branch to former members in an effort to get them to return to the...

‘D’ big battle

Tridents Women fall short

Three-time defending champions Barbados Tridents Women began their Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) in disappointing fashion, falling to a 21-run defeat at the hands...

CPL fever takes over

Equity financing ‘a viable option’

Economist Professor Winston Moore is advising businesses and entrepreneurs concerned about the cost of capital to consider equity financing, where they access funding by...

COB suspends CEO

Eye on financial sector links

More support needed for breastfeeding mothers

The following is a submission by Aaliyah Lara, a member of Healthy Caribbean Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and a medical student at the...
 

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Jamaica commits US$6.6m to help hurricane victims rebuild

KINGSTON – Government has signed J$1.05 billion (US$6.6 million) in contracts to begin construction of 268 semi-permanent housing units for families severely affected by...

Animekon returns to LESC

After years of fan requests, the Animekon convention made its return to the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (LESC) last weekend, delivering a rich showcase of...

From heartbreak to hope

by Cheryl Harewood When they lost their only son and child Tyrese Caesar to gun violence on June 30, 2022, Daniel and Jacqueline Caesar decided...

Tridents Women fall short

Three-time defending champions Barbados Tridents Women began their Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) in disappointing fashion, falling to a 21-run defeat at the hands...

Fogging Schedule: September 7 to 11

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will resume its fogging programme in St John and Christ Church this week. The Vector Control Unit will concentrate...

Fifa president Infantino to seek re-election in March 2027

Fifa president Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election in March, says football's world governing body. Infantino, who has filled the role since 2016, has been...

Volcanic eruption leaves more than 150 000 stranded in Indonesia

More than 150 000 passengers have been left stranded after a volcanic eruption forced Indonesian authorities to temporarily suspend operations at eight airports. Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta...

CPL fever takes over

Everyone loves a party, and there was no bigger soiree than the return of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to Kensington Oval...

BWA ‘on the ground’ in St Thomas

The Barbados Water Authority is looking at the prolonged water pressure problems and outages affecting parts of St Thomas as a “crisis situation”, as...

Family seeking justice six years after mother’s death

Three brothers have vowed to continue their six-year battle for accountability after their elderly mother was crushed to death by a ship-refuelling truck while disembarking...