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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,...

New shipping regulations to govern watersports

Barbados will soon have a new law to better regulate its domestic shipping affairs, including the watersports sector.Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue...

Drugs still bad, warns magistrate

The proposed decriminalisation of small quantities of marijuana has been given the thumbs down by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes. He believes it will give the...

No widespread dispute about grades, says CXC

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is sticking to its guns that anyone with concerns about the results from this year’s examinations should go through...

Don’t give in to hate, family told

The family and friends of the late Dr Tanya Greenidge were urged during her funeral service yesterday not to be consumed by hate.Greenidge is...

New protocols placing UK in “high-risk” category

One of Barbados’ main tourism source markets, the United Kingdom (UK), is being placed in the high-risk category for COVID-19.On Friday, the Ministry of...

COVID cases reach 190 as one more recovers

A 24-year-old female visitor who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 was positive for COVID-19 after a second test on Thursday.She is now...