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Immigration reform ‘to protect workers, boost growth’

Minister of Home Affairs Gregory Nicholls says Barbados must...

Sir Hilary’s reparations plea to King Charles

Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Sir Hilary...

MP urges faster maintenance hearings

Christ Church South Member of Parliament Dr Shantal Munro-Knight...

Griffith’s life of service lauded

President The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic and Prime Minister...

Lashley touts value of Bill to justice system

Government moved a step further in its bid to...

Foster ‘eating, sleeping, behaving  well’ at 107

Centenarian John Foster turned 107 on Monday.  And yesterday, with...

Stellar tourism results recorded

Barbados' tourism recorded a sterling performance in 2024, with figures exceeding those of the record year of 2019. This was revealed by chairman of the...

Retired UWI Professor Pedro Welch passes away

Retired University of the West Indies Cave Hill Professor Pedro Lancelot Welch has died. According to a social media post by one of his relatives,...

Heated words over allocation of money

A contentious exchange between Chairman of Committees in the House of Assembly Peter Phillips and Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne yesterday led to...

‘Gather money’ to clean Barbados

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has suggested that some of the money spent on last week’s We Gatherin’ celebrations at Archer’s Bay, St Lucy, on...

Breaking with Muslim culture

Sakina Bakharia is a Muslim woman who dared to break with cultural traditions, engaging in social work and joining the fight against gender-based violence...

Blackman ‘a voice for the voiceless’

Walter Blackman never realised his boyhood dream of becoming Prime Minister of Barbados, but there could be little doubt of the profound impression he...

Close to $4m given to fisherfolk

Fisherfolk who suffered heavy losses as a result of Hurricane Beryl have so far received close to $4 million in ex gratia payments from...

Cases of gender violence ‘still too high’

Barbados and the region continue to be stained with high cases of gender-based violence, but the solution does not lie with Government alone. Permanent Secretary...

Taylor proposes UWI hotel concept

Veteran Barbadian hotelier Ralph Taylor has floated the idea of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, having a resort hotel...

Thorne queries debt support bill

Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne has challenged Government on its decision-making with regard to Barbados’ debt, as the House of Assembly debated a resolution yesterday,...