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Govt finalising debt swap for health

Government is moving to finalise a debt-for-social swap targeting...

English decline ‘a concern’

Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn has expressed concern about...

Countdown for end of 11-Plus begins

The countdown has officially begun for the end of...

Dip in overall maths, English

St Gabriel’s Primary School dominated this year’s Barbados Secondary...

Walters slams Govt ‘secrecy’

Democratic Labour Party Spokesman on finance Senator Ryan Walters...

Still mum on BiMPay cost

Questions about the cost of Barbados’ new BiMPay platform...

Minister: Need to reach 95 per cent coverage for herd immunity

Barbados has fallen below the vaccination level needed to keep dangerous diseases at bay, prompting a warning from Minister of Health and Wellness Senator...

Barbados, Venezuela pact targets food, flights, fuel

Barbados moved yesterday to deepen trade, tourism and energy ties with Venezuela, as Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley declared that Bajans must no longer...

Cancer worry

Barbados’ high number of new cancer cases for a population of just over 270 000 is of concern to a leading United States specialist,...

BWU: Don’t let Berger go yet

The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) has formally made a case to Government to ensure Berger Paints is not allowed to dissolve its Barbados operations...

Call for proactive disaster systems

Barbados must move beyond reacting to disasters and invest in systems that anticipate and reduce their impact, says Director of the Department of Emergency...

Barbados gets reparations estimate

Barbados now has, for the first time, a quantified figure for reparations owed for the brutal system of slavery, with the long awaited tally expected...

$5m fund will be ‘tightly structured’

Faith-based organisations seeking access to Government’s new $5 million annual fund have been put on notice: bring strong, resultsdriven programmes or risk being left...

Principals back social media regulation call

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley's call to regulate young people’s use of social media and artificial intelligence has come in for high praise from...

Mottley: Social media and AI regulations coming to protect youth

Barbados will soon be implementing regulations on social media and artificial intelligence to protect young people. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday warned that technology...

Rogers: We must protect what generations built

Barbadians must value education, health care and the country’s development and work together to protect what previous generations built, says Independent Senator Reverend Canon...