Thursday, May 28, 2026

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House fire in St Lucy

The Barbados Fire Service is on the scene of a house fire at Checker Hall, St Lucy. Nine fire officers and one tender were dispatched. More details as they come.

Road marking works planned for section of ABC Highway

The Ministry of Transport and Works is advising motorists that road marking and painting works will be carried...

Arthur Seat bridge hazard dragging on, say residents

Residents at Arthur Seat, St Thomas, are calling for an urgent fix to the bridge in the area...

Govt moves to give ordinary Bajans chance at regional projects

Ordinary Barbadians could soon be given greater opportunities to invest in major regional projects as Government moves to...

Concern over unstable trees

Fallen and uprooted coconut trees along the eroding shoreline at Worthing Beach, Christ Church are creating growing safety...

More questions for Sinckler

TELL THE COUNTRY THE FACTS.That was the challenge thrown out yesterday to Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler by Opposition Leader Mia Mottley regarding the...

Customs scores low in grading

BARBADOS’ CUSTOMS and Excise Department was given a failing grade on most areas of its operations by international assessors in 2011.In fact, of 86 areas examined...

Critics of Customs blacklisted, says report

INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES who complain about the Customs Department find themselves blacklisted by customs officers.The damning accusation was found in the Barbados Customs Assessment Trade...

Loan not paid ‘on time and in full’

THE BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY (BLP) says it has been in possession of a Central Bank board paper since 2011, showing the Government was having severe...

Workload, especially loaders’, is ‘gruelling’

SANITATION SERVICE AUTHORITY (SSA) workers have been making much of little for a long time, says the president of the agency’s unionised workers, Hugh Smith.He...

Stuart you’re wrong, says legal expert

“SORRY, MR STUART. You’re incorrect.”That is a legal expert’s view on Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s assertion that central Government, like statutory corporations, can retire its...