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Making the right Connections

Barbados’ tourism authorities are anticipating productive results from Connect...

PM’s vow to Police Service

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has given the assurance...

Church ordained 16 women priests

Thirty years after the decision of the Anglican Diocese...

Ex-journalist George Hall passes on 

Former Barbadian journalist George Hall has died. The 85-year-old stalwart...

Cover coming for those in non-standard employment

Barbadian workers engaged in non-standard forms of employment who...

‘Strong-looking’ tourism season

Barbados is trending towards another strong tourism performance in...

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,...

Assisted living village on way for disabled

A respite centre and a residential facility are on the cards for disabled adults in Barbados. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley made the disclosure in...