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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...

QEH urgent appeal for blood donations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) Blood Bank today issued an urgent appeal for blood donations."All blood types are needed and donated blood products will...

MESSAGE: World Metrology Day

By Dwight Sutherland, Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and CommerceFellow Barbadians, In the midst of our challenging social and economic climate due to COVID-19,...

Caricom team in Suriname to observe elections

A four-member team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) arrived in Suriname on May 18.“In response to the request from the Government of the Republic...

Jordan: No flood of complaints about paycuts

 There has been no influx of complaints to the Labour Department regarding companies cutting the wages of their employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

24-hour curfew still on, says AG

Barbados is still under a 24-hour national curfew.That was made clear by Attorney General Dale Marshall, who said the intention is to keep as...

BL&P: Power restored in most areas

Barbados Light & Power representative Jennifer Blackman said power has been restored to most areas affected by an outage which occurred about 8 p.m....