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‘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 he reappeared in the No 4 Supreme Court yesterday. Neblett, of 2nd...

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...

Nicholls: Govt to study how freedom of information works in region

Government should soon start conducting research into how well freedom of information legislation is working in the region. After...

Man killed in Silver Hill shooting

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

PSV pressure

Charging that the Public Sector Vehicle (PSV) culture has been plaguing Barbados for decades, Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw says it is time to...

‘No quick fix’ for high prices

CARICOM’s plan to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025 is Barbados’ best bet to lower food prices over...

Conman gets 8 years in prison

Contractor Anderson Leon Browne, whose actions “destroyed the career and reputation” of a bank official who helped him at the urging of a politician,...

Government seeks to reallow issuing of heavy duty licences for under age 25

Government is seeking to right what it considers a wrong by reversing a section of the Road Traffic Amendment Act (2017), which prohibits people...

BWA to upgrade St George facility

The Barbados Water Authority will be carrying out an upgrade at a facility that supplies water to residents in parts of St George and...

Hundreds showed up for Wyndham Grand job fair

The Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre in Queen's Park, The City, was transformed into an interview hub with hundreds of Barbadians seeking the first 300 jobs...