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President’s leave extended

The President of Barbados, His Excellency, the Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic’s leave has been extended until Monday, July 13. The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey Gibson will continue to perform...

BWU monitoring action over alleged mistreatment of migrant workers

The Barbados Workers Union is waiting and watching after exposing a large construction company's alleged mistreatment of migrant...

Traffic changes for Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes

Motorists are being advised of temporary traffic changes today to facilitate the National Cultural Foundation's annual Ceremonial Delivery...

The Barbados Police Service announces senior command appointments

The Barbados Police Service has announced the appointment of two Deputy Commissioners of Police and three Assistant Commissioners...

Sonia Boyce sworn in as Barbados’ first female Commissioner of Police

Sonia Boyce was sworn in today as Commissioner of Police, becoming the first woman to hold the post...

Abrahams: People not paying their water bills

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing revenue at the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) to leak by as much as 25 per cent, primarily because more...

Longer opening hours for supermarkets

As Barbados continues to respond to the fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation here, more changes have been announced to the recently implemented alphabetical...

PRO: Cops not trying to be difficult

Police say they are not seeking to antagonise the public in relation to pulling over people at night during the COVID-19 curfew.As part of...

Joe Edghill dies

Former Barbados Labour Party parliamentarian Joseph “Joe” Edghill has died.Edghill, who had suffered from dementia for the last five years, passed away today in...

Bradshaw to address nation today

Acting Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw will host a virtual media conference at 4:30 p.m. today at Ilaro Court.She will be joined by Minister of...

Four more recover from COVID-19

Four more people will be released from isolation today after testing negative for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.For the fifth straight day, there were...