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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...

Safeguarding biodiversity

Following is a statement from The Caribbean Public Health Agency in observance of World Environment Day, June 5, 2020.The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)...

Lawyer: Don’t write off car thief

Mario Ricardo Absalon has spent the “better part of his 20s” in prison having been introduced to a life of crime by his sister’s...

BOSS praised

Former Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr Justin Ram, has given Government’s proposed Barbados Optional Savings Scheme (BOSS) his stamp of...

Ease for worshippers

From June 5, Government changed several of its coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions on churches, including allowing communion, one of the central rituals of Christians.In addition,...

PdP wants in on plans for creative sector

The Opposition People’s Party for Democracy and Development is calling on Government to make clear its plans for the creative economy, after spokesperson for...

Plea to put down the guns

Barbados cannot afford to deal with crime and violence now while it is already suffering under COVID-19, says Reverend Dr David Durant, who is...