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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...

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...

Debate on health issues

HEALTH ISSUES are expected to take the spotlight when the House of Assembly resumes sittings today at 10 a.m. after a short break.In addition, the...

Ticket fix

THE MINISTRY OF the Environment and the Private Waste Haulers group have reached an interim agreement concerning the recently introduced tipping fee.Yesterday morning the...

One love!

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, all eyes were on exiting principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Sir...