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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...

CCJ denies killer an appeal

Jamar Dewayne Bynoe, one of the killers in the Campus Trendz tragedy, had his application for leave to appeal his death sentence turned down...

Three more COVID deaths

There were 461 new COVID-19 infections from November 12 to 25 from 3 275 tests conducted across Barbados. The number of women testing positive numbered...

UWI to launch website for Caribbean research

Acknowledging that a digital presence was needed to drive education in the region, The University of the West Indies (UWI) plans to launch a...

SSA makes another appeal for cooperation

The Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) is still dealing with issues of noncompliance from members of the public. According to Public Relations Officer Carl Padmore, while...

Not guilty of gun and ammo charge

Hazel Donna Greenidge yesterday shed tears of joy after she was freed of a gun and ammunition charge. The hairdresser, of Block 11 B Bottom...

‘Can’t be influential by staying home’

Barbadians are being told to weigh the cost of travel against the potential benefits the country may derive. Senator Elizabeth Thompson digressed briefly from discussion...