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Monkey sales not illegal, says RSPCA

A weeks-old green monkey advertised for sale on Facebook for $500...

Green cars taking over

Electric and hybrid vehicles now make up about 70...

Continuous assessment to account for half of marks

Barbados is on the way to moving away from...

BUT: Public schools have resource edge

Comparisons between public and private schools based on Barbados...

Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health...

BUT supports schools’ closure

The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) has given its...

Monkey sales not illegal, says RSPCA

A weeks-old green monkey advertised for sale on Facebook for $500 in Barbados has ignited some outrage among tourists and animal welfare campaigners, but according to...

Green cars taking over

Electric and hybrid vehicles now make up about 70 per cent of all new vehicle sales in Barbados. Industry leaders say the rapid transformation has...

Continuous assessment to account for half of marks

Barbados is on the way to moving away from its decades-old Common Entrance Examination to the two-year continuous assessment model that will account for...

BUT: Public schools have resource edge

Comparisons between public and private schools based on Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) results are unfair, says president of the Barbados Union of...

Ishmael wants food industry to help solve NCD crisis

Barbados has the size to solve its own health crisis of noncommunicable diseases, and the food industry is being called on to help make...

BUT supports schools’ closure

The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) has given its blessing to the early closure of 13 primary schools to make way for a major...

‘Joint effort’ on fuel prices

Geopolitical tensions between Iran and the United States have been a key driver behind recent fuel price increases hitting Barbados Light & Power Co...

Schools start to get summer upgrades

Thirty-five schools across Barbados are set to undergo major structural upgrades this summer as the Ministry of Education Transformation launches a wideranging school improvement...

‘Comply with fire safety protocols’

Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Chris Gibbs is urging landlords to comply with fire safety requirements, while also pledging to reduce the dangerous...

Probation pressure

Nearly 300 young Barbadians, many of them teenagers, were under the care of the Probation Service last year, and more than half of those...