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Chapman Challenge to launch next month

The President’s Trust will officially launch the Chapman Challenge next month, with the national initiative aimed at helping young Barbadians develop leadership, resilience and other skills to reach their...

PM Mottley calls for UN reform

Warning that small states like Barbados will “cease to exist” without an equitable rules-based order, Prime Minister Mia...

Traffic changes in place for Youth Parade

Motorists can expect traffic changes and delays in Bridgetown today as the Barbados Youth Parade 2026 gets under...

Farmers welcome BWA project

Construction of the $220 million South Coast Water Treatment project is expected to begin in October, the Barbados...

Kings Beach verdict a ‘lesson for developers’

The decision by the court that prohibited an overseas developer from restricting access to a public road should...

Court quashes decision to send Leroy Parris matters to DPP

Former CLICO boss Leroy Parris no longer has a case to answer. Justice Michelle Weekes handed down that decision in Supreme Court No. 8 today,...

Ministry: Students filming, sharing fights not tolerated

The Ministry of Education Transformation has issued a stern warning to students following reports that physical altercations are being deliberately arranged, filmed and posted...

61-year-old man dies in collision

A 61-year-old man died at the scene of a road traffic collision involving a public service vehicle (PSV) and a pedestrian on Walkers Road,...

Death by ‘plastic bag suffocation’

A forensic pathologist said yesterday that Phyllis Edghill died from asphyxia caused by plastic bag suffocation. Dr Shubhakar Karra Paul was testifying in the trial...

Prison photos spark probe

Rare pictures of an inmate within the confines of Dodds Prison resurfaced yesterday, prompting the minister responsible for the St Philip penal institution to...

Govt planning to bring derelicts, vacant lots back into stock

Thousands of vacant lots and derelict houses across Barbados could be targeted to ease the shortage of houses under a new Government programme aimed...