Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Moore: Young people joining BWU

General secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Toni Moore says there has been a resurgence of confidence in the country’s oldest trade union. Moore, who was speaking to the...

Sahara dust trigger

More Barbadians are presenting to their doctors and local pharmacists, complaining of respiratory ailments and allergies due to...

Inflation squeeze

Barbadians are cutting back to the basic items as the cost of living crunch drags on, reported president...

Fatal hit-and-run at Long Bay

Police are probing a fatal hit and run that occurred along Long Bay main road, St Philip in the...

‘Ease on the way’ for St Joseph commuters

Government is on the job when it comes to long-standing complaints from residents of St Joseph on fixing...

Human chain for Barbados’ 50th

A HUMAN chain link around Barbados is planned in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Independence next year.That’s the vision of Errol Griffith who...

Scotia’s rate cut

COME JUNE 1, Scotiabank will cut its interest rate to 1.5 per cent on savings accounts, where the minimum savings rate previously applied.The Canadian...

Back to school

IT IS NOT the Waterford, St Michael campus the principal was hoping for, but the majority of Combermere students are back under one roof.A...

All set for 11-Plus test today

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION has not publicly stated where the hundreds of children who normally sit the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination or Common...

Chin up!

PRIME MINISTER FREUNDEL STUART is urging Barbadians not to be “ashamed” though the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has placed the island at the bottom...

Little hands of talent

CHILDREN ATTENDING the Child Care Board’s Bagatelle, St Thomas day nursery were all excited as they showed off their work, displayed under the theme...