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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...

Teachers off the job at Princess Margaret School

Several teachers at Princess Margaret Secondary School walked off the job today after encountering significant health and safety concerns when staff returned for the...

Forecast: Hot spells until November

Extended hot spells are expected to continue all the way to November, meteorological officials warn. Barbadians are experiencing sweltering conditions as maximum temperatures have soared...

CTUSAB wants bank holiday parity for protective services, nurses

The congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) is demanding that members of the protective services and nurses receive double pay...

CEO: No dip in UK bookings

Despite the United Kingdom’s (UK) recent update to its travel advisory warning British citizens about increased crime levels in Barbados, bookings to the island...

Make Change a new project to raise funds

The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) has unveiled a new funding initiative called Make Change that will allow everyday Barbadians and visitors to contribute to...

CASA lending hand to addicts

Twenty-five years ago, a handful of Barbadians who had worked in the United Kingdom and Canada returned home with a troubling realisation: their island...

Farmer cries foul over land cut

Bryden Springer was reportedly planting butternut squash when bulldozers arrived on his five-acre plot in St Lucy. According to him, the machinery was there to...

BL&P upgrades for storm season

As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins, the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL& P) has declared itself storm-ready, unveiling its final substation upgrade...

VIDEO: Weathering the Storm

Weathering the Storm – a series exploring the preparedness and readiness of Barbadians for the 2025 hurricane season. Episode 1 Barbados’ fishing fleet was dealt a...

Clean up goes underground

Deep beneath the streets of Oistins crews with shovels are pulling out sand, debris and oil-soaked material from a drainage system that tells a...