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PM credits World Bank

Barbados borrowing at lower interest rate has enabled it to do projects that would have otherwise been placed on the back burner. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley pointed this out...

Missing 12-year-old girl traced

Ariel Holder, 12, of Bridgecot Terrace, St George, who was reported missing on Thursday, November 5, has been...

Police seek vehicle of interest

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a vehicle of interest. The vehicle...

Plans underway for landmark pharmaceutical plant

Plans are under way to establish a $64 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Barbados to produce intravenous (IV)...

Barbadian environmental advocate receives Irene Dankelman Ecofeminist Award at COP17

Yemi Knight, Founder and Executive Director of AnchorBridge Environmental Inc. (ABE), has been named one of three recipients...

Police investigate report of shooting in St Thomas

Police are investigating reports of a shooting incident which occurred around 11 p.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2020, 'Old Year's Night' in the area...

Deshon in recovery after left arm amputated

Deshon Gibson, the 14-year-old boy with the rare condition Desmoid Fibromatosis, has had his left arm amputated. His mother Sharon Gibson said doctors took Deshon...

US Embassy cancels visa appointments

The following message has been posted on the Facebook page of the United States Embassy in Barbados. “Due to changes in Barbados’s general COVID-19 posture,...

Ban on bus crawls in Barbados

There is an indefinite ban on bus crawls in Barbados. This is among the measures announced by Attorney General Dale Marshall on Saturday evening when...

Major spike in COVID cases

Over the past two days, almost 200 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and public health officials are investigating at least three clusters,...

Changes to bus service during curfew

Some routes serviced by Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) will be affected by the current 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew and members of the...