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Barbados tops Caribbean’s Ultimate Winter Escape list

Barbados takes the crown as the Caribbean's Ultimate Winter Escape in 2026, surpassing St Lucia, Aruba, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and more islands as travellers chase sun-drenched beaches,...
Business

BARP reports major surplus

When members of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP) meet on July 23 at the Lloyd Erskine...
Business

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...
From The Courts

‘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...
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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...
Editors Pick

Stroke victims ‘getting younger’

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Strokes are occurring among Barbadians about ten years earlier than previously seen. And Medical director of the Cardiac Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme of the...
Editors Pick

Education Ministry chided for slow pace of repairs

Sherrylyn Clarke -
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training is being is knocked for “the pedestrian pace in addressing much needed school repairs”. President of the...
Editors Pick

Police launch another internal probe

Sherrylyn Clarke -
The Barbados Police Service (BPS) has launched another internal investigation, this time into the leaking of a statement to social media. Acting Commissioner of Police...
Editors Pick

Firearms offenders to face tougher penalties

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Consecutive sentences for multiple firearm offences and longer imprisonment upon conviction are among the measures Government is introducing to combat gun crime. Attorney General and...
Entertainment

Rihanna drops ‘Lift Me Up,’ first new track in six years

Akeel Lovell -
Rihanna’s first solo new music in six years is out and tugging at heartstrings. “Lift Me Up” from the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack was released...
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Officials start testing cashless payment on buses

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Public testing of the Transport Board’s new automated cashless payment system began last Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources...
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