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Call to modernise funeral laws

The Barbados Association of Funeral Directors (BAFD) has issued a forceful call for the complete modernisation of the legislation governing the island’s funeral industry, while expressing frustration over being...

Youth set for discount day Aug. 12

Young Barbadians between the ages of 16 and 35 will be able to access discounts from more than...

Some parents offset by fabric shortage

The lack of material for school uniforms is making some parents blue vex and seeing red. Retailers and tailors...

ZR driver eagerly pleads guilty

From the time Magistrate Jared Richards called Shaquille Ashane Scott’s name yesterday, the ZR driver jumped out of...

Dust haze advisory for Barbados

Barbadians with respiratory issues and allergies are being advised to take all of the necessary precautions as concentrations...

Explore link between C-sections and health problems

BARBADIAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS should explore claims that there’s a link between birth “interventions” such as Caesarean sections and health problems which such emerging...

Woman charged in drug trafficking

MEMBERS OF THE DRUG SQUAD have formally charged Kerry-Ann Natalee Davis, with several drug offences committed at the Grantley Adams International Airport on Monday. The...

Smooth going at Princess Margaret

THE SCHOOL YARD of the Princess Margaret Secondary School was a hive of activity as parents of the children taking the Barbados Secondary Schools’...

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...