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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...

Haulers not happy

DESPITE REACHING a temporary agreement, the Private Waste Haulers group say they will still be pursuing alternative dumping arrangements to the Sustainable Barbados Recycling...

Poultry import ban lifted

THE VETERINARY Services Department of the Ministry of Agriculture has advised that the temporary restriction placed on the importation of poultry and by products...

NATION newscast May 4, 2015

IN TONIGHT’S NEWS:Don’t despair over IMF report, says the Prime Minister.Two more charged in April 16 murder.Garbage haulers park their trucks in protest. http://www.youtube.com/embed/RTsMwQX-wqU

Two more charged in murder of David Miller

TWO MORE MEN appeared in court today, charged in the April 16 murder of David Miller.They are unemployed 22-year-old Antonio Valentino Michael Joseph of...

Stuart: Don’t despair over IMF report

THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest prediction of a negative performance for the Barbados economy this year, is not causing Prime Minister Freundel Stuart...

Haulers park in protest

DISGRUNTLED solid waste haulers gathered outside the Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre (SBRC) Inc. in Vaucluse, St Thomas today after being barred entry.The haulers said...