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BARP reports major surplus

When members of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) meet on July 23 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) for their annual general meeting, they will do...

BiMPay worked ‘99.8% of time’

BiMPay was not introduced before it was ready. Central Bank Governor Dr The Most Honourable Kevin Greenidge made that...

‘I was on cocaine and wanted something to eat’

The pre-sentencing report is still outstanding and, as a result, Robert Ricardo Neblett had his matter adjourned when...

Update: Bank Hall man identified as latest shooting victim

Twenty-one-year-old Cammeron Ifill of Pasture Road, Bank Hall, St Michael, has been identified as the victim of a...

Disabled jobless rate ‘a crisis’

The high unemployment rate among people with disabilities is not just a social issue but a national development...

Derelict building demolished

The derelict building from which the old Howard Supermarket formerly operated at Jackson, St Michael, is no more. The eyesore and health hazard was demolished...

Bar owner passes away

Hal Bushelle, the popular owner of Hal’s Car Park Bar, has passed away. He was in his late 60s. Bushelle was a fixture in St Lawrence...

Cruise ship to be named in Barbados

P&O Cruises has announced that its newest ship, the 5 200-passenger Arvia, will be officially named in Barbados on March 16 next year in...

BIDC head: Private sector should take lead

Chief Executive Officer of Export Barbados, Mark Hill, says more private sector-driven initiatives like the Kloth Lifestyle Holiday Pop-Up Shop and Expo are needed...

Police identify man who died at Lemon Arbour

The man who died at Lemon Abour, St John has been identified as 44-year-old Elvis Reid of Pool Land, in the same parish. The vehicle...

Group still pressing for accountability over IDB survey

“We are not making much ado about nothing.” That was the way organisers of the Watch Out My Children Rally responded to critics who questioned...