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Barbados steps up swine fever defence

Barbados is stepping up efforts to protect its agriculture sector from animal health and biosecurity threats, particularly African Swine Fever (ASF), in the face of warning about the possibility...

Man remanded on bodily harm charge

O’Brien Antonio Franklyn is scheduled to be back in court on September 30. Franklyn, 48, of Quarry Road, Bank...

Water clearer, but still doubts

Some St Lucy residents are finally seeing something they have waited years for – clearer water from their taps. But...

Wesley Hall Junior School reopening delayed again

Two students turned up for class at the Wesley Hall Junior School this morning, only to find the...

Not following guidelines ‘can be fatal for employer’

Employers have been warned about failing to give workers a chance to defend themselves and poor record-keeping. In the...

Switch to virtual classrooms as term begins

The start of the Trinity term today for thousands of public nursery, primary, and secondary school students and their teachers, signals a shift in...

New protocols for Registration Department

The Registration Department will reopen on May 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.A press release said in light of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Immigration Department notices

The Barbados Immigration Department will reopen on May 4, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. with new guidelines, in an effort to limit the...

UPDATE: Body of teen missing at sea discovered

The body of  16-year-old Amalee Mayers of Beach Mount, Bathsheba, St Joseph was discovered about 6 a.m. today by a resident from the area.Mayers,...

Some online class concerns

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the thousands of students and teachers logging onto online classrooms yesterday, the first day of the truncated Trinity...

Out and about

It was a Barbados not seen in the last six weeks. Forget those long supermarket lines, or sitting at home in front of the...