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English decline ‘a concern’

Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn has expressed concern about the decline in this year’s national average English score in the Barbados Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, warning that literacy challenges...
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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...
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...
Editors Pick

Symmonds: Reform civil aviation industry

Sherrylyn Clarke -
The time has come to reform Barbados’ civil aviation sector, says Minister of Energy and Business Development Kerrie Symmonds. Piloting debate on the Civil Aviation...
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Mostly men applying for Welcome Stamp

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Men make up the majority of people applying to Barbados’ 12-month Welcome Stamp Programme. Approximately 63 per cent of the applicants are men and a...
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Guns, ammo seized at Bridgetown Port

Akeel Lovell -
Police on October 24, 2022, carried out an operation at the Bridgetown Port in which they seized guns and ammunition. Lawmen said about 11:00 a.m, ...
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Number porting soon possible in Barbados

Akeel Lovell -
Barbadians will soon be able to switch telephone service providers for mobile and landline/fixed services without having to change their phone numbers. The process, called Local...
Editors Pick

Nurse: Mottley in pain for long time

Sherrylyn Clarke -
A nurse with 18 years’ experience told a Coroner’s Inquest yesterday that while she was on duty last year, her patient Warren Mottley complained...
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Walters: Education Minister should have been removed

Sherrylyn Clarke -
Charging that a party conference was not the place to make announcements of national decisions, a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) member, says, however, the...
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