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Update: Pinelands shooting victim identified

Police have identified the victim in Friday morning's fatal shooting at Martins Road, Pinelands, St Michael, as 30-year-old Darius Anthony Perch of Maple Path, Pinelands. According to police, Perch was...

6.0 earthquake felt south of Barbados

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded south of Barbados on Saturday afternoon, according to the University of the...

BLPC gets approval to recover rental cost

Barbadians can expect higher electricity bills after the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) approved an application by the Barbados...

Richards lawsuit put back to July

The case in which former judge Dr Sonia Richards is suing the Government has been adjourned until July. In...

Govt sending clear message with proposed gang prevention legislation

Attorney General Wilfred Abrahams declared that gangs do exist in Barbados and warned that anyone who joins, assists,...

Drug Service notice on Metformin

Metformin products, used to treat diabetes, currently supplied through the Barbados Drug Service in the public pharmacies and the private participating pharmacies, are not...

Tearful chef remanded

A 50-year-old chef was reduced to tears yesterday when he learnt he would he going to HMP Dodds. Patrick O’neal Collymore, of 3rd Avenue Holders...

Mia: Dems should be last to talk

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has no moral standing upon which to attack the Government’s handling of violent...

One man tests positive

A 54-year-old Barbadian man was the only positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed today among 457 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public...

Farmers at a loss

Head of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), James Paul, is warning that the country’s livestock industry is under threat, noting that a recent spike...

Julian Hunte sworn in as Independent Senator

Julian Hunte, a 44-year-old trade unionist and assistant registrar at the University of the West Indies (UWI), was sworn in this morning as the...